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Haviah Mighty wins the 2019 Polaris Music Prize

A lot of people woke up today wondering who won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize. And when they saw the

First came the nominations, resulting in about 200 candidate albums. Then came the vote to bring things down to the

After an endless parade of nominations (there were actually 233 albums put up for consideration) and an even more endless

Here’s a new graphic from Completely Ignored‘s Cameron Gordon looking at all the artists who made the Short List for

Now that the regular Polaris Music Prize is out of the way for another, the next order of business is

A lot of people (including me!) will be stumbling over the title of the winning album in the 2018 Polaris

Try saying that three times fast at the gala Monday night, September 17th with a few drinks in you. That

Back at work after two weeks of time off and just in time for tonight’s Polaris Music Prize gala. I’ll

After a year of arguing, lobbying, cajoling, kvetching, and passioned imploring by the 200+ members of the extended Polaris Music

As a member of the wider jury for the Polaris Music Prize (there are over 200 of us), I long

First, there’s the Polaris Music Prize, the award given out to the best album released in Canada over the previous

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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