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Here’s our first look at the upcoming Tina Turner documentary

The rock docs keep coming. A deep dive into Tina Turner’s life is both very welcome and long overdue. Here’s

On this day in 1919, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. Then again, the Sox

It’s Thanksgiving Day here in Canada, which should explain to non-Canadian readers why (a) posts are later than usual this

Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space on this day in 1984. And in music news for October 5,

Like most guys, I dread the idea of picking out a greeting card. I have no confidence that my taste

I got my first back-to-school school supplies email yesterday. Too soon, people. Too soon. And now, music news for July

Off to Vancouver for Juno weekend today. Sadly, this means I’ll miss the birthday of one of our English bull

I started writing this post just before I boarded flights from Singapore to Toronto via Taipei. In the way was

I promised myself I’d use part of the Christmas break to file all those CDs on the floor of my

The amount of material from David Bowie’s career that’s appeared online since Monday morning is astounding. Here, for example, is

Back when I was working at a radio station in Winnipeg in the middle 80s, I couldn’t get away from

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
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