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He built TikTok’s music AI tech. But he says robots will never replace human songwriters.

Ed Newton-Rex joins MBW's podcast to talk AI, TikTok, and why we shouldn't be scared of the robots

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Key Songs In The Life Of… Jérémy Erlich

Spotify's Global Head of Music on the songs that have soundtracked his existence

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‘APAC isn’t a region to apply a one size fits all strategy.’

MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Nina Rabe-Cairns, Managing Director, APAC for Ingrooves Music Group

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‘If there’s something big happening with a record, there’s most likely a story to be told at radio.’

Propeller MD Tom Rose on the company's history, the challenges of cracking the European radio market, and the value that the format brings to artist development in a streaming-led world...

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‘It’s not about money and business, it’s about making people want to come give you a hug because they heard a song’

Hip-hop producer No I.D. talks, with wisdom and humour, about working with legends, his creative philosophy, how the industry is broken and why, if anything, producers get too much respect

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Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music acquires Christopher Cross’ full catalog

Seeker is led by CEO Evan Bogart, a chart-topping songwriter

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‘I don’t take it for granted when someone trusts me to help them with their career – their life, really. That’s a giant statement in itself.’

Kerri Edwards talks about how she helped take Luke Bryan from bars to arenas and what she learned along the way

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TikTok, indie tracks, AI, and tech-driven ‘efficiencies’: Robert Kyncl’s first earnings call at WMG wasn’t short on punchiness

MBW digests the new Warner boss's first-ever earnings call

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Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘Everyone that works for me has to be able to count, and they have to be able to say no.’

Universal boss sits down for a discussion with Bill Ackman at Pershing Square's investor day

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‘The MENA region will become a pioneer in the music industry.’

Nada Alhelabi, Strategy Director at MDLBEAST & XP Music Futures Program Director on the challenges and opportunities for the music business in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region...

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‘Songs are the engine of the music industry and sometimes people can lose sight of that’

Amy Allen discusses writing some of the biggest pop hits of recent times, the joy of collaborating and making Grammy history

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How Max Martin’s songwriting techniques are used to write hit, after hit, after hit

Top40 Theory founder Asaf Peres on how he studied Max Martin's songs to build out his Melodic Math Course

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‘Nearly 3 out of every 4 on-demand audio streams is coming from music that’s 10 years old or younger.’

Kevin Gore, President of Global Catalog at Warner Music Group, on the company's approach to catalog and trends in the market...

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‘This is an industry where fast-talk is acceptable and double-talk is expected. But everything comes back around.’

MBW’s Inspiring Women series interviews Mari Davies, Live Nation Urban’s VP of Booking and Talent, about her career to date, and challenges in the live music business

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How Thailand’s Yupp! Entertainment hit 1m YouTube subscribers in 1 year, and got rapper Milli booked to play Coachella

MBW’s Trailblazers series interviews Pollakit Srisamut (aka Lunaticfluker), co-founder of prominent Thailand-based record label and media company YUPP! Entertainment.