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Random music news for Friday, January 15, 2021

We just lost a couple trillion galaxies. Oops. And this guy has two more guesses at his bitcoin wallet password.

If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, you’ll appreciate this. And meanwhile, back in Russia… Once you’re done watching that

Almost spring. Almost. And now, the music news. Liam Gallagher says the title of his first solo single will be

Anyone know of any radio stations that have flipped to all-Christmas music yet? There’s gotta be a couple already. In

If you watch The Voice, you may remember a contestant named Christina Grimmie (a former girlfriend of Adam Levine, by

Here’s a story by Will Kennedy on the kind of talent competitions we’re now seeing in Nairobi. He’d know because

It’s here! The first long weekend of the summer! (Well, for Canadians, anyway.) Now that vacation season is almost here,

This is the 30th anniversary of the first-ever Wrestlemania, which was held at Madison Square Garden. Yeah, about that Sacha

Sister Cristina Scuccia, winner of Italy’s The Voice competition, doesn’t seem to have a problem with it. It’s all in

Comic-Con starts in San Diego today. And it’s David Hasselhoff’s 62nd birthday. I’m sure there’s no connection. Paul McCartney has

When a nun showed up as a contestant on the Italian version of The Voice, no one expected this to

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, […]
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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 […]
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Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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