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Random music news for Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Klingon wine? Absolutely! Post Malone rose? Why not? And now, let’s get back to reality with what’s going on in

Got a nutty friend who believes in QAnon? Better read this. Once you absorb that, move on to music news

Ew. Gross. Now cleanse your mind from those images by browsing through music news for June 15, 2020. Radio folk

It’s that time when the zeitgeist takes over and starts searching for a song that will forevermore embody the song

Happy Thanksgiving, American readers. We appreciate the day of football you provide for us people up north. Please accept our

I hate to mention it, but Labour Day is this weekend. Summer–at least when it comes to those glorious weeks

I don’t want to be an alarmist, but next weekend is Labour Day. Yes, already. Here’s music news for August

If you’re into this whole “song of the summer” thing–this idea that a single song can represent everything about the

It’s both Memorial Day in the US and a bank holiday in the UK, so let’s see if anything is

I honestly don’t remember this “song of the summer” stuff being such a big deal until a few years ago.

It’s a holiday Monday for us in Canada, but since this site has readers around the world, I feel obligated

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