Earlier in June, the UK became the latest country to propose a ban on social media for under 16s — in an announcement by the Labour Party’s Keir Starmer which […]
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Downtown Music CTO, Tom Allen: “People are running scared from AI”
Technical skills: Tom Allen is CTO at Downtown Music, where he oversees the company’s deployment of technology and how it works with external products and services. Music companies’ relationship with […]
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Partner at Fox Rothschild, Cynthia Katz: “Any and all revenue streams related to music have turned into an asset class”
October 2025: Cynthia Katz, partner at Fox Rothschild. Acquisition position: Cynthia Katz is a partner at major US law firm Fox Rothschild where she specialises in mergers and acquisitions, as […]
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Key Production founder and CEO, Karen Emanuel: “I’ve always found it really odd that people don’t value their staff”
September 2025: Karen Emanuel, CEO and founder of Key Production. Trust issues: Karen Emanuel set up Key Production in 1990 and it has weathered the storms of the assorted format […]
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Bandcamp artist and label relations lead, Aly Gillani: “If we don’t all buy each other’s records, the whole thing falls apart”
August 2025: Aly Gillani, artist and label relations lead at Bandcamp. He talks about why downloads are still a lifeline for many artists, how paying to own music has become […]
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Deezer CEO, Alexis Lanternier: “More customisation, more control and more connections”
July 2025: Alexis Lanternier, CEO of Deezer. Deezer dichotomies: Alexis Lanternier became CEO of music streaming service Deezer in July 2024 with an agenda to “accelerate the company’s future development […]
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CEO of Dynamite Songs, Alan Wallis: “Catalogues selling for 25x? That’s gone”
June 2025: Alan Wallis, CEO of Dynamite Songs. The price of rights: blockbuster catalogue sales became a core characteristic of the rights business half a decade ago where some of […]
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President and CEO of A2IM, Richard Burgess: “The majors are screwing themselves for the future if the independent sector is not thriving”
May 2025: Richard Burgess, president and CEO of A2IM. Independent dependency: with a background in electronic music (he was a member of Landscape), music production, artist management, music technology and […]
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President of CD Baby, Molly Neuman: “There is a narrowing of success where there should be a big pool of possibility”
April 2025: Molly Neuman, president of CD Baby. Creation degeneration: musicians can theoretically reach the entire world, but making their streaming and live income add up and work symbiotically has […]
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Culture Collective’s Jonathan Azu: “Moments are easy, but careers are very difficult.”
As introductions to the music industry go, working with George Michael in the studio takes some beating.That’s how Alex Nutton got his break.
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Reverb Data’s Andy Blair: “Every artist can choose their own adventure for what works for them, and they can be successful at it”
Andy Blair spent nearly nine years at Universal Music Group as its chief privacy officer, but after he left in July 2024 he launched Reverb Data, a data-focused law firm […]
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Author and journalist, Liz Pelly: “Spotify is not the music business – it’s the technology industry”
March 2025: Liz Pelly, author of Mood Machine: The Rise Of Spotify & The Costs Of The Perfect Playlist. The Spotify showdown: as the financial centre of gravity for much […]
