Music Business Interviews

‘Spinnin’ Records has an independent approach, but with major opportunities on both a local and worldwide level.’

MBW's World Leaders series interviews Ewout Swart and Roger De Graaf, Co-Presidents of Warner Music Group-owned Spinnin’ Records

Analysis Interviews

Sony Music has issued nearly 10,000 deepfake takedowns… and other things we learned from Dennis Kooker’s speech about AI

Sony Music's President of Global Digital Business delivered a speech at Chuck Schumer's AI Insight Forum

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‘You always feel the pressure, but never let the biz get in the way of creativity’

Super-producer Tay Keith on working with Drake and Travis Scott, building a business empire - and why he might just retire from the game and take up teaching when he hits 50

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Please, don’t call it distribution.

JT Myers and Nat Pastor on their plans for Virgin Music Group, competing with The Orchard, and their disdain for the D-word

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‘The best failure that ever could have possibly happened to me’: Regal Credit’s Anthony Davenport on building a business, celebrity stalkers, and prepping for the next recession

The founder of Regal Credit on stalkers, the banking industry, and his personal story

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‘The music industry makes the ticket-buying process hard. I’d like to see us focus on the user experience.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series meets AEG Presents Chief Digital Officer, Brooke Kain

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Key Songs In The Life Of… Caron Veazey

Pharrell's former manager, co-founder of the BMAC and founder of Something in Common selects seven tracks to tell the story of her life so far...

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Key Songs In The Life Of… Shani Gonzales

MBW’s Key Songs In The Life Of… is a series in which we ask influential music industry figures about the tracks that have – so far – defined their journey and their existence. This time, it’s the turn of Warner Chappell’s UK MD Shani Gonzales to agonise (and possibly cheat, just a bit) over the … Continued

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‘When we show the artist something they don’t remember, and it all comes back to them. We get to witness that moment, that’s precious for us – and that’s also when we know the fans are going to lose their minds.’

Aviator talks 15 years of working with legends, taming the wild west and why the industry isn't prepared for a boomer-based digital tsunami

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‘The catalog acquisition business requires not just capital, but long-standing trust, reputation, and rapport.’

MBW's World Leaders series interviews Jangwon Lee, CEO of Korea-based catalog buying fund Beyond Music

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Teddy Riley on what it’s like to create a genre, write with Michael Jackson and nearly lose it all

The two-time Grammy winner talks new jack swing, Dangerous, My Prerogative, the key to collaboration and how the threat of jail can focus the mind

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‘I’m enormously proud of what we’ve achieved as a business, but I’ve always been one of those people that never stops.’

Having celebrated 25 years in business last year, Insanity enters its second quarter century more diversified and successful than ever. Founder Andy Varley reflects on the story to date, explains the current strategy and gives a glimpse of the future…

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Music Business Interviews

‘Spinnin’ Records has an independent approach, but with major opportunities on both a local and worldwide level.’

Sony Music has issued nearly 10,000 deepfake takedowns… and other things we learned from Dennis Kooker’s speech about AI

‘You always feel the pressure, but never let the biz get in the way of creativity’

Please, don’t call it distribution.

‘The best failure that ever could have possibly happened to me’: Regal Credit’s Anthony Davenport on building a business, celebrity stalkers, and prepping for the next recession

‘The music industry makes the ticket-buying process hard. I’d like to see us focus on the user experience.’

Key Songs In The Life Of… Caron Veazey

Key Songs In The Life Of… Shani Gonzales

‘When we show the artist something they don’t remember, and it all comes back to them. We get to witness that moment, that’s precious for us – and that’s also when we know the fans are going to lose their minds.’

‘The catalog acquisition business requires not just capital, but long-standing trust, reputation, and rapport.’

Teddy Riley on what it’s like to create a genre, write with Michael Jackson and nearly lose it all

‘I’m enormously proud of what we’ve achieved as a business, but I’ve always been one of those people that never stops.’

Scott Cohen on his optimism for the music industry – and JKBX’s ‘transformative’ launch

‘AfroFuture’s vision is to bring African art, cuisine, fashion, and music to a global audience.’

‘We operate at the intersection between creativity and culture for our artists.’