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Random music news for Wednesday, February 10, 2021

The problem with a laptop is that you only have one screen to work with–unless you have this laptop. As

Anyone else see the poop emoji in this design? Probably not a good corporate look. And now, music news for

Before we begin, South Korea has unveiled their AI-powered TV news anchor. Scary, really. Now that you’re freaked out, try

I’ll bet you’re expecting an opening link to something Halloween related. Nope. This is much more interesting. And so is

It’s to the point where I want to stand on the border and yell into the US “GET IT TOGETHER,

I love this guy. Over to music news for October 10, 2019. Think you’ve got father issues? Read this about

Maybe one more day of erratic posts and email responses. Surgical recovery is taking a little longer than expected. Here’s

This is the date–February 20, 2003–of the Station Nightclub Fire in Rhode Island when 100 people died and 200 were

Shazam, the magical audio identification app (now owned by Apple, by the way), is always collecting data on what songs

Off to Winnipeg to see Paul McCartney tonight. I swear that when he does “Hey Jude” live, he casts healing

Google says that today is the anniversary of its founding in 1998. Interesting how they retroactively made that declaration. I

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