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Random music news for Monday, September 21, 2020

Give an alligator helium to chance its voice? Why not? Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for

Some people are really into tattoos and other body modifications. But would you have your ears removed so that your

Just wear a damn mask. And if you won’t, then this song from Eric D’Allessandro is for you.

Given that Canada had a day off in the middle of the week, this is not going to be a

Are we heading out on a Boxing Day run today? Or are you all shopped out? Maybe we can all

With America on edge after the mass shootings earlier this month, people are taking the idea of “see something, say

Today is the 50th anniversary of the start of the first-ever Special Olympics. It was held in Mexico City. As

It’s 4/20. Are you even paying attention to music news today? No, I didn’t think so. The doctor who prescribed

Mason Ramsey, the 11-year-old who has recently come to the Internet’s attention for his insistence on yodeling Hank Williams songs

For reasons that best remain unexplored–this is Walmart, after all–this 11-year-old boy has turned into an Internet meme thanks to

Anyone else die recently? Keep reading through the music news… How did George Michael die? Initial postmortem is “inconclusive.” Further

Pricing a 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