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Random Music News for Friday, July 1, 2016

Happy Canada Day! And holiday or no holiday, here’s your daily selection of music news. We should soon learn more

I’m hosting a day-long TEDx event put on by the University of Toronto at the St. Lawrence Centre today. This

Only two more days and we’ll have survived January. Let’s see if we can get through the rest of the

Let’s see if we can get through today without having another rock star die, shall we? Rod Stewart is building

Halloween costume suggestion: dress in a sumo suit with a bright red wig. Tell everyone you’re a realistic version of

It looks like Straight Outta Compton will be this weekend’s #1 movie again. Cue the Muppets. Love the Big Bird

Now that the Straight Outta Compton bio-pick is a hit, where else can people come straight outta from? What about Gotham

The long-awaited (and well-reviewed) NWA bio-pic, Straight Outta Compton, opens today and Los Angeles is on edge. According to showbiz

I’ll see this. Definitely.

So how will Dre and Ice Cube be portrayed in the upcoming bio-pic Straight Outta Compton? This should give us

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