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Random music news for Saturday, March 13, 2021

Fun fact: Chinese couples are clamoring to get married next Sunday because the Chinese characters for that date (20210314) look

Got a nutty friend who believes in QAnon? Better read this. Once you absorb that, move on to music news

On this day in 1986, the first-ever PC virus. (c)Brain, was released into the wild. As for music news on

One more month and this awful year will be behind us. And now, in music news… Kanye has left the

Usually when we imagine bands and musicians recording their latest albums, we envision them in a recording studio with a

Here’s King Buzzo from the Melvins to explain something that Mike Patton of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle did.

One of the most contentious music stories of the past week involved this chart that purported to rank the singers

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver