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Random music news for Tuesday, April 14, 2020

As if we don’t have enough to worry about, there’s this and this. Oh, and this, too. Swell. Now, the

Heading out of the hemisphere for a few days, but I promise to keep on top of things with music

Like you, I have a couple of DVD and Blu-ray players in the house. I haven’t touched any of them

Still brutally cold over much of North America. At my parents’ place in Manitoba, it reached -50 C with the

The dogs stuck their noses outside this morning, sniffed the cold and said “Nope. We’re holding it until April.” I

The first 747 went into commercial service with Pan Am on this day in 1970. As for music news on

Okay, okay! I’ll take the Christmas tree down this weekend. I’ve been busy doing things like gathering music news. Here’s

Music news for All Hallow’s Eve Eve: October 30, 2018. Weekly Canadian music sales and streams vs. this point last

Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space on this day in 1984. And in music news for October 5,

The staycation continues. How much have I accomplished with that list of things I was planning to do around the

Day two of my solo staycation. Maybe I’ll clean out the shed today. Or maybe I’ll just post some music

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