Claudio Ferrante, founder of distribution company and record label Artist First, on thriving during the pandemic
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Category archives: Interviews
‘We are entering a golden age for independents in Italy.’
Claudio Ferrante, founder of distribution company and record label Artist First, on thriving during the pandemic
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‘There is an urgent need for more people to take diversity and representation seriously.’
TBA founding partner Amy Davidman discusses working during the pandemic and lessons learned across her career
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‘Streaming data files are getting bigger and bigger – they are not manageable manually anymore.’
Reprtoir’s CEO, Dominique Rottet, explains how his company’s software is benefitting labels and music publishers
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David Hodges on writing with Ed Sheeran, selling his catalog, and refusing to be fixated on fame
The Grammy-winning writer and producer opens up on his career and his approach to songwriting
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Merck Mercuriadis faces the future… and stares down his critics
MBW asked the Hipgnosis CEO and founder to respond to criticisms from his harshest detractors. He said yes.
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‘Breaking Japanese artists internationally has never been easy. But barriers are crumbling…’
In this feature, we speak to Kaz Kobayashi, President and CEO of Warner Music Japan
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Universal’s Michael Nash and TikTok’s Ole Obermann on the companies’ expanded global alliance
TikTok has struck an “expanded” global licensing agreement with Universal Music Group
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Why Soundcharts, used by all major record companies, is ‘not your typical music data aggregator’
Soundcharts CEO, David Weiszfeld, on the music industry’s future evolution – and his company’s role in it
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‘Latin music artists are not getting the recognition they deserve.’
MTW Agency CEO Diana Dotel discusses the challenges that come with working with Latin music and biggest lessons learned across her career
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