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Here is the Short List for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize

You know we’re deep into summer when we start talking about the finalists for the Polaris Music Prize. We started

After nearly of year of nominating, lobbying, and listening, the jury for the Polaris Music Prize (200+ people of which

The Polaris Music Prize is back for 2021. Nominations and debates about a vast array of new Canadian albums are

With Backxwash winning the 2020 Polaris Music Prize this past Monday, it’s time to move to the 2020 Slaight Family

It came a month late and had to be done in a virtual setting, but we finally have a winner

In the Before Times, the Polaris Music Prize came to its annual conclusion with a big gala in Toronto on

We needed some good news like this in the age of pandemic. No flu season this year? We’ll see. On

When this whole process began, music wonks such as myself nominated over 200 albums for consideration by the Polaris Music

Since its inception earlier in the century, the grand prize winner in the Polaris Music Prize has always been announced

The cull has begun. With 223 suggested albums to choose from, the 201 jurors (including moi) for the 2020 Polaris

It’s Polaris Music Prize time again. Music wonks from all across the country (yours truly included) are already nominated and

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 […]
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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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver