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Random music news for Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Jeezus. Now otters are getting COVID-19? In Georgia they are. Please make it stop. Meanwhile, here’s music news for April

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

There’s no question that it’s going to be an ugly, difficult, pandemic winter. Yet this week, there was cause for

I’ll bet you’re expecting an opening link to something Halloween related. Nope. This is much more interesting. And so is

The bad news: It’s Labour Day, the unofficial end of summer. The good news: This is the latest day on

We’ve written a lot in the past few weeks about the anguish concert goers are dealing with as concerts are

Yep. That’s about right. And now, music news for April 30, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: A poll reveals that 40%

It’s not been the best couple of weeks for Ticketmaster. First the anger over what fans called a change in

Days after announcing a way for music fans and sports enthusiasts to get refunded if an event is postponed and

Can the coronavirus be transmitted through farts? This leads to a discussion of “aerosolized feces.” Once you get over that,

It’s not just lawmakers in New York looking for answers from Ticketmaster this week. In addition to a state senator

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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver