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Random music news for Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Why is right-wing media lying about COVID-19? Read this. Meanwhile, here’s some music news with the least amount of misinformation

An oldie but a goodie originally posted in 2014. Love the Dokken vs. chicken ad. (Via Tom)

Now that we’ve finally reached Super Bowl week, it’s time to start sorting through the big-budget commercials that will run

Here’s an interesting study from Nielsen that looked at the effectiveness of more than 600 TV commercials, more than 500

Thanks, Internet!

There’s no such band as “MuttonGut”–but if there were, they’d travel by Greyhound. http://youtu.be/HKQnHLJ08ek This brings back memories of Burger

With physical and digital music sales sliding, artists and music publishers need to find new sources of revenue. That’s why

Once upon a time, licensing your song for something as crass as a TV commercial was seen as the height

It’s that time of year when Canadians kvetch about not being able to see the big-production Super Bowl commercials because

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver