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Random music news for Monday, March 8, 2021

The latest crisis? Sexist dictionaries. Moving on to music news for March 8, 2021. It’s International Women’s Day. Here are

It’s over. The next couple of months will be rough, but things WILL get better this year. Meanwhile, distract yourself

A interesting point, don’t you think? Here’s what’s going on in music news for October 3, 2020. Coronavirus update 1:

The battle between Star Wars and Star Trek has been taken to a whole new level. Now let’s concentrate on

I woke up in Phuket this morning. Bonus points if you can pronounce that correctly. Here’s some music news for

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

Deep in my vinyl collection, I have a record from a Windsor, Ontario, band from the 70s band called Teaze.

Labour Day. I plan to do no labour at all today–except maybe a little reporting on the music news for

Today is the 55th anniversary of the Washington-Moscow hotline that went into use after the Cuban missile crisis. And when

Not that I’m counting, but there are only two more weekends left before Labour Day. Distract yourself from that fact

Superstitious? Don’t be silly. But be careful just in case, you know? Here’s what we have for music news on

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