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Random music news for Saturday, February 2, 2019

Spare me the Groundhog Day references. I get it. Spare me the Groundhog Day references. I get it. Spare me

Happy 76th birthday, Paul McCartney! If you’ve never seen him live, do it. I swear that a Macca show has

“Go over there,” Seymour Stein pointed, “Good kung pao chicken. Good kung pao.” We were standing on some side street

On this day in 1972, a blizzard started in Iran. When it ended seven days later, more than 4,000 people

Here at the music conference in Singapore, I just ran into the guy who helped put together Babymetal. I just

Americans are still talking about the Miracle on Ice that happened on this day in 1980. The Russians wish they’d

I was walking down a street in Beijing when I noticed Seymour Stein coming towards me. (That sounds like a

When it comes to following and documenting the success of singles, the 800-pound gorilla in the music industry is the

They’re from Austin, they’re 14 and they rock harder than you. Introducing Residual Kid. (Via Hector and Noisey)

Seymour Stein, the co-founder of Sire Records that the guy who signed the Ramones, the Smiths, the English Beat the

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 […]
Mark Silver
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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