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Today is the first anniversary of the massacre at the Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas.

On October 1, 2017, not long into Jason Aldean’s nighttime set at the Route 91 Music Festival in Las Vegas,

I’m supposed to be on vacation this week, so apologies if there are fewer posts than usual. Back to normal

If you’re heading to Lollapalooza this weekend, expect LOTS of extra security and plenty of bag searches. There are no known

This is cold, even for the coldest-blooded of all shark-like lawyers. The company that owns the site of the Route

We still don’t know why Stephen Paddock decided to massacre 58 people at last year’s Route 91 country festival in

Is it “Happy Black Friday” or “Merry Black Friday?” I can never remember. And now, some music news for November

The Bataclan. Las Vegas. The Pulse Nightclub. Manchester. Gun violence (and the occasional bomb) is now a fact of life

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver