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Is facial recognition coming to a show near you?

Going to a concert should be about the fun, not a scenario in which people are worried about their photo

It was a year ago today that 22 people were killed as they left an Ariana Grande concert at the

First day of spring! Now if those dirty piles of snow in parking lots would just go away. Here’s what

Mississippi finally ratified the 13th Amendment, which deals with the abolishment of slavery. It was March 16, 1995. Wow. And in

Roughly two weeks after the Parkland shooting in Florida, a New York man is facing felony charges after a song

Back on June 30, 2017, Welsh police arrested 17-year-old Lloyd Gunton on charges that he was going to perform an

So many things can go wrong with a concert, a festival or a tour. This necessitates all manner of insurance.

Police in Rotterdam found a van filled with gas cylinders that may have been heading to the site of a

A 19-year-0ld from London named Haroon Syed has been sentenced to more than 16 years in jail after he admitted

Rock Am Ring, one of the biggest music festivals in all of Europe, was thrown into chaos today when organizers

As people celebrated the arrival of 2017 in a Turkish nightclub, gunmen dressed as Santas walked in with long-barrelled weapons at

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