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Canadian Music Week CANCELED for 2020

If this had been a normal year, the music industry would have been gearing up for Canadian Music Week, which

Canadian Music Week, the massive annual music conference and festival that happens in Toronto every May, has been postponed until

The music industry has been hammered by cancellations and postponements. SXSW. Coachella, Madonna’s Madame X tour. Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour.

We’re just weeks away from Canadian Music Week and, with that, the 19th Annual Independent Music Awards. Who will win?

We are now less than three weeks out from Canadian Music Week, the 37th edition of our country’s largest festival

After years of work and tens of millions of dollars of investment, Toronto’s venerable El Mocambo still isn’t open yet.

Another highlight of Canadian Music Week is the Indie Awards. Here’s the list of this year’s winners. Winners are in

The music and broadcast industry gathered in Toronto at CMW for their annual awards on Thursday night. Here’s the complete

Music is meant to be shared. For millennia, humans have created instruments, developed sounds and shared those sounds with people

Okay, this press release doesn’t actually list the Music Technology Meetup as a sponsor, but trust us. We’re part of

With legendary and locally beloved venues closing at a dispiriting pace just as more bands are popping up, Toronto has

The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver
Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
Mark Silver
Creating An Entertainment Culture – Jeremy Cammy In Conversation With Tbp Podcast Ep 009 October 27, 2020
Thinking back, pre-covid, did you consider that visit to your local big-box bookstore an entertainment experience? For those lucky enough to attend a book signing or celebrity talk, you’re even more aware of the lasting impact that encounter had on your deep connection to the store’s brand. For Canadian retailer Indigo, at the centre of […]
Mark Silver