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Random music news for Tuesday, October 8, 2019

On this day in 1921, KDKA Pittsburgh became the first radio station to broadcast a live football game. Fast-forwarding to

The speaking tour continues. Tonight I’m in Kamloops. If you’re in the area, come on out. Details here. Give it

One more sleep until the long weekend. And aren’t the kids out of school already? If not, it’ll be tomorrow.

Now that we’re well and good into the second half of 2018, it’s perhaps a good time to pause to

Both the US and the UK are back to work after a long weekend today, so is there any music

The producers of Game of Thrones have a thing for casting musicians as extras. Seasons 1-2: Wilko Johnson of Dr.

If Dolly the Sheep was still with us, she’d be 20 years old today. And now, the music news. Prophets

All right, back to work. Only 78 days until spring. And while we’re on the subject of a new year,

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

On this day 95 years ago, a Montreal station that went by the name XWA began broadcasting the first ever

Still in Vancouver. Damn, it’s nice out here–unless you’re running a ski resort. No snow this year. Thankfully, the FCC

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