Music Business Interviews

‘Right now, it’s us against maths, isn’t it?’

MBW interviews Pete Simmons, Universal Music Publishing Group’s UK Head of A&R

‘Our ambition is to sign acts with the best talent and break them on a global scale.’

Jamie Spinks, Head of A&R at Columbia in the UK, on how A&R is evolving, and more...

‘The objective is not just to have a hit, it’s to make people feel less alone, more loved, more alive, more thankful.’

Josh Jenkins talks about co-writing two very different country mega-hits, the effect they have had on his career, gifts from God, TikTok and the importance of 'a slow, peaceful creative space'

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‘Technology is a fantastic thing but there’s nothing like human curation.’

MBW’s Inspiring Women series interviews Moon Projects founder Mary Rahmani

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Austin Daboh on music, tech, AI, and the future of artist marketing

The Atlantic Records UK EVP joins the Music Business Worldwide podcast

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BMG’s Hartwig Masuch and Thomas Coesfeld on hits, efficiency – and spending $400m on catalog acquisitions in 2022

BMG's current CEO and its incoming CEO both sit down with MBW to discuss the company's ambitions

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‘We need to find a fair way to compensate songwriters, because we can’t survive. Well, I can survive, but I’m terrified for the next generation.’

Liz Rose on becoming a superstar songwriter by accident, Taylor Swift, telling stories, selling catalogs and why current payment models urgently need overhauling

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Key Songs In The Life Of… Justin Tranter

The hit songwriter selects the tracks that have had the biggest influence on their life and career to date

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‘The biggest question we face today is, how do we break Japanese artists internationally?’

In this feature, we speak to Kaz Kobayashi, President & CEO, Warner Music Japan and Kazuhiro Shimada, COO, Warner Music Japan.

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The Taylor Swift ticket sale crash was a bit like a Prada store break-in… and 4 other things we learned from Michael Rapino’s new podcast interview

Rapino was interviewed on the latest Bob Lefsetz podcast last week

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‘The industry has controlled what the consumer listens to for way too long.’

Emma Banks of Frtyfve and Instrumental is interviewed in MBW's Inspiring Women series

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‘There can be a lot of mystery and complexity around live music and I see our role as demystifying all of that.’

Songkick General Manager Sarah Jones traces the evolution of the Warner Music-owned concert discovery platform and shares her views on the importance and future direction of live music…

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Shunsuke Muramatsu, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), on the CD’s continued dominance in the market, and how anime acts as a gateway to Japanese music worldwide

MBW's World Leaders series speaks to Shunsuke Muramatsu, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Japan

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‘In the first meeting, she basically told them to f*** off and that she didn’t need them – but they came back for a second meeting.’

Becky Hill’s manager Alex Martin talks to MBW about his journey so far with the double BRIT-winning artist...

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‘Downtown have trusted us to run the business in the way that made us successful in the first place’

Curve co-founder Tom Allen on the company's sale to Downtown and the future of the royalties sector