Canadian Music Week 2021
Now in its 38th year, the Canadian Music Week Conference is the premier annual business and networking event in Canada. The 3-day music summit attracts all sectors of the industry in an interactive forum for domestic and international delegates to exchange ideas, explore trends & breakthroughs and offer insight into the global challenges facing an ever-changing landscape. Keynotes, speakers, panels, workshops, master classes and receptions all take place in Toronto,
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MUSIC CONFERENCE NEWS
From Video Guy to Superfly: Fireside Chat with Director X
Few epitomize the blend of high-profile sight and sound in this century like the Toronto-born Director X, whose roster of high-budget video stars has included Jay-Z, Drake, Rosalia, Kanye West, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Justin Bieber & more.
Allen Kovac Keynote Interview: ‘Don’t Drink the Major Labels’ Kool-Aid’
Allen Kovac has been in the music industry for over 40 years founding TDA Productions, Tenth Street Entertainment and the Eleven Seven Music Group (now Better Noise Music). TDA productions a concert promotion company was founded in 1975 in Eugene, Oregon, promoting...
Up Close and Personal Conversation with Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley, professionally known as Timbaland, is a legendary American record producer, rapper, DJ, singer and songwriter, well known for hits like ‘Give It to Me’, ‘Cry Me a River’, ‘The Way I Are’ and ‘4 Minutes’. As a rapper he initially released...
CMW 2021 Spotlight on Poland
CMW shines a Spotlight on Poland in Toronto in 2021, welcoming the largest official music mission from Poland to Canada to open new trade routes between our respective music markets. The initiative has been a few years in the making, collaborating with Music Export...
Born to Produce: A Fireside Chat with Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin, Grammy Award Winning Producer, It’s not everyone whose Grade 11 teacher tells his mom to let him quit school and follow his dream. But even as a teenager who carried his keyboard everywhere, the Atlanta-based Dallas Austin turned heads in the music...
From Love-in to Cash-In: How the World’s Biggest Music Festivals Evolved
Creative Director, Co-Founder, Glastonbury Festival / The Great Escape Redhill, Surrey, UK
MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS
Music News
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Instagram Launches ‘TikTok Killer’ Reels In 50 Countries – Including the US
Reels are functionally identical to TikToks – Instagram users can create and edit short-form videos for their followers
AS ROUND HILL SUES TUNECORE FOR $33M, COULD WAR BREAK OUT BETWEEN PUBLISHERS AND INDIE DISTRIBUTORS?
Round Hill's lawsuit cites infringement of 219 songs, including The Beatles' I Saw Her Standing There
Could it be magic? Barry Manilow song rights sold to Hipgnosis
Firm owns over 13,000 songs, including Rihanna’s Umbrella and Beyoncé’s Single Ladies
Microsoft In Talks To Buy TikTok After Trump Threatens Ban
Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the U.S. operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app
RADIO SUMMIT NEWS
RADIO INDUSTRY NEWS
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Is Howard Stern Headed to Spotify? The Poaching Rumors Begin
During an earnings call delivered alongside second-quarter performance info, SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer once again expressed strong interest in inking a new contract with Howard Stern. However, rumors suggest that Spotify is making a play for the 66-year-old radio jock.
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Asia News: Seoul Delays Concert Resumption, Tokyo Theatre Found To Be COVID Hub & More
Seoul Stalls On Plans To Resume Concerts The Korea Herald reports that the recent spike in coronavirus cases in Seoul and nearby cities has led to a halt in the resumption of “large concerts” in the capital city.
MUSIC AWARDS NEWS
Comic Adam Growe To MC New Radio and Audio Awards Luncheon
For over 30 years, Adam Growe has been performing in radio, television, and on-stage. In addition to hosting 8 seasons of Cash Cab, Adam is a highly sought after event host and an accomplished stand-up comedian, starring in Just for Laughs, Comedy NOW!,...
Funny Man Darrin Rose to Host Music and Broadcast Industry Gala Dinner
Darrin Rose is one of Canada’s most popular comedians, and an award-winning writer and actor. He plays Bill on the hit CBC sitcom Mr. D, now in its eighth sea-son. He is currently a writer on the CBS sitcom Happy Together starring Damon Wayans Jr. He was the host of...
‘Canada’s Queen of R&B Soul’ Jully Black to Host the Live Music Industry Awards
Canadian Music Week (CMW) and Canadian Live Music Association are excited to announce Jully Black as the host of 5th Annual Live Music Industry Awards. Purchase tickets here. Jully Black is a true Canadian Icon. Named as one of ‘The 25 Greatest...
In Memoriam: Nevin Grant to be Inducted into Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame, Receiving Allan Waters Lifetime Achievement Award
Early this year Canadian Music Week announced that Nevin Grant of CKOC was to be inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame, and be the recipient of the Allan Waters Lifetime Achievement Award which is presented in recognition of Nevin’s...
Iconic Indigenous Musician and Activist Buffy Sainte-Marie To Receive Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award
Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce Buffy Sainte-Marie as the 2021 recipient of the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award. Buffy will be honoured for her work over the last 60 years as a trailblazing musician, activist and educator at the...
Rock Icon Kim Mitchell to be Inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame During CMW
Toronto, ON– The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) has partnered with North America’s leading entertainment festival and conference, Canadian Music Week (CMW), to celebrate the induction of rock legend, songwriter, and broadcaster Kim Mitchell to the Canadian...
Music Awards News
Paul Farberman Now Managing BT Talent Contest Winner, CZN
Sheridan College student singing trio CZN (pronounced ‘season’) sent in their audition for Canadian Family's Got Talent and won the Breakfast Television competition in May when Simon Cowell picked the winner from three fan-voted finalists. In making the announcement on BT, and inviting the group to compete on next season’s America’s Got Talent.
