Ralph Simon is the industry legend you’ve never heard of. Well, you’ve heard of him, of course, but you don’t really know his role in the rise of Zomba and Jive, the story and messy end of his partnership with Clive Calder, and how he feels about missing out on the biggest deal in the history of the music business. You’re about to find out…
Launched in 2011, London-born music platform NTS now attracts over 1.5m monthly unique listeners. Here, the company's bosses tell us how it all began, and how they built it into what it is today...
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