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Ongoing History Daily: Disney’s musical error

In 1989, Disney decided that they wanted to get into the record industry. However, instead of buying an existing label,

If you have any anti-vaxxers in your life, read this, commit it to memory, and use it against their stupid

As Nirvana prepared to go into the studio with producer Butch Vig in May 1991, they’d been playing most of

It might be a while before this episode of the BBC Two production Reel Stories reaches our shores, but at

When Nirvana fell apart and before Dave Grohl found his legs with the Foo Fighters, he was lost. Totally lost.

This new AI system can tell if you have a good dog and reward them accordingly. As for music news

This may sound like a gruesome question to ask, but whatever happened to the gun that Kurt Cobain used to

Still confused about the US election? There’s this rabbit hole: Now let’s try music news for November 5, 2020. Johnny

Last October, the Sick Kids Foundation of Toronto commissioned this ad featuring a haunting cover of “Hurt” by Nine Inch

I gotta stop buying the stuff advertised in Instagram. My record is Pieces of Crap 5, Actually Useful Stuff 1.

Even when you think you’ve discovered everything about Nirvana, there are still those occasions where you’re surprised by something you

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