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Wolf Alice wins the 2018 Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize is the UK and Ireland’s version of Canada’s Polaris Prize: an award voted on by music wonks

Artist: The Fluids Song: “Sign N’ Drive” Album/EP: No Kidding! The brilliantly bright melodic guitar may be the star of this

It’s been another rough week for music fans when it comes to losing people we admire. Hopefully this list of

This week was a tough one. So many good tracks were released that it was hard to cut things down

I’ve been posting these Top 11 playlists since 2012 without missing a single week. This time, it’s my favourite picks

Once again, I can offer a little bit of everything when it comes to what’s new and interesting out there.

Artist: Childhood, “As I Am” Album: Lacuna Digging the laid back sound of this track – great band out of

The premise of this week’s list is very simple: artists to watch in 2015. The hosting comes, as always, from

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 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, […]
Mark Silver
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