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Random music news for Thursday, September 20, 2018

Off to Vegas for the Life is Beautiful music festival. What could possibly go wrong at an outdoor music festival

On a day just like this long, long ago–1977, to be exact–Star Wars opened in theatres. Now let’s move to

Go home, polar vortex. You’re drunk. That’s all I’ve got–other than these music news items for April 14, 2018. Here

Today is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Church of Satan. The album cycle isn’t dead yet, but

This group of Peruvian nuns will perform for Pope Francis on his stop in Mexico today. A group of pop-singing

For some reason, this date is indelibly etched into my mind because a billion years ago, my mom prohibited my

I’ve spent the last couple of days fiddling with my new iPhone 6s. Jeebus, I’m frustrated. It’s not the phone,

As someone brought up in the Catholic Church, I should have probably known about Wake Up, the new album from

Still in London having meeting with the Vintage.tv folk. Canada is on the list. Here’s some music news from this

Is this for real? God, I hope so. Interesting that he was into the classic Sabbath lineup. None of that

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, […]
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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 […]
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Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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