Music Business Interviews

Craig Kallman on signing ‘uncategorizable’ artists, reimagining Big Beat, and his new role as WMG’s Chief Music Officer

Veteran A&R executive discusses his new role as Chief Music Officer at Warner Music Group

Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026: Royel Otis, SAILORR, Sayf, Aaron Rowe

Four more new names from Vevo’s annual DSCVR Artists to Watch list

MDLBEAST’s Nada Alhelabi and Mazen Khamis talk Soundstorm 2025, XP Music Futures, and growth in MENA’s music business

Mazen Khamis, Executive Director of Marketing, Commercial, and Products at MDLBEAST on organizing large-scale music events in Saudi Arabia

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Tuned Global renews Twist Music partnership as telco-bundled streaming gains ground in MENA

Deal will see Tuned Global continue to power the Twist Music streaming service as it expands beyond Egypt into the UAE and Saudi Arabia

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Brad Navin on The Orchard, working with ‘great entrepreneurs’, and the growing importance of D2C

Navin, a 22 year veteran of the company, has led The Orchard to surpass USD $1 billion in annual revenues

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‘The industry often prioritizes quick results, but true development takes patience.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets 1916 Enterprises Partner Ruchir Mohan, and Yung Lan a producer, songwriter and founder of Milan Publishing/Production Group

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‘It’s about bringing in fresh energy. And that fresh energy will carry the work through.’

MBW’s regular check-in with the Did Ya Know? podcast sees Adrian Sykes talking to Ammo Talwar, a key figure in the Birmingham music scene and the Chair of UK Music’s diversity taskforce…

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‘Culturally, we’re in a moment that values vulnerability and rawness. My role is to help make those creative connections possible.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Jennifer Fierman, Head of A&R and Publishing at Disruptor Records

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Spinefarm’s Jonas Nachsin on 30 years in rock & metal and working with acts from Slipknot to Sleep Token

MBW's World Leaders series meets Jonas Nachsin, General Manager (Worldwide) of Spinefarm Music Group.

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‘There is little more important to me than giving children the music they deserve that will stay with them for life.’

From raving in Ibiza with Ministry of Sound to heading up Universal Music UK’s youth strategy – via The Powerpuff Girls and Amy Winehouse – Sarah Boorman discusses her life in music and a job that’s also a vocation…

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