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Streaming is about to get a lot more interesting with the new YouTube Music

YouTube was trying to keep something secret until a grand unveiling on Tuesday, but there was a leak. It has

April Fool’s Day is over for another year. Good. It’s a stupid tradition. Here’s some truthful and real msuic news.

For a couple of years, Songza was the most popular of all the streaming music services available in Canada. Some

Rdio died last night, the victim of takeover by Pandora. If you were a user–I was–I hope you managed to

When Songza, a music streaming service powered by human curated playlists, was purchased by Google about 18 months ago, there

Well, Scotland? What will it be? September 23 has been declared David Bowie Day in Chicago. Insert cliched “Let’s Dance”

This was a very, very bad week for album sales in the US. In fact, it was a bleak time

The biggest online source for music in this arm of the Milky Way is YouTube. Add together all the other

Okay, okay, I’m biased because I work for Songza. While the Songza Canada team are in New York getting Googlized

Okay, the secret’s out. After the markets closed Tuesday, it was announced that Google has acquired Songza (Full disclosure: I

RAIN published this interview with Songza CEO Elias Roman yesterday. Yes, I work for the company as head of curation

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