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S3E5: Cherie Hu | Founder and Publisher at Water & Music

December 1st, 2020  |  Season 3  |  50 mins 53 secs

apple music, business, commentary, content, creator, finance, gaming, livestream, monetisation, music, podcast, publishing, spotify, strategy, tiktok, triller, twitch, vc, youtube

We welcome award-winning music-tech journalist Cherie Hu to discuss the influence new digital experiences are having on artist monetisation, how this impacts the future of the music industry, and where video games and social media fit into it all.

S3E3: Olivier Robert-Murphy | Chief of Possibilites at UMG

July 13th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 5 secs

a&r, agency, apple music, b2b, b2c, brands, business, cds, charts, collaboration, creativity, deezer, digital, distributor, income, labels, marketing, media, music, new artists, new business, partnerships, physical, podcast, rankings, revenue, songs, spotify, streaming, tech, tiktok, umg, umgb, universal

As Chief of Possibilities at Universal Music Group (UMG), Toulouse-born Olivier Robert-Murphy’s desire to seek out inventive and collaborative business concepts never wavers.

Driving New Business around the world, Olivier leads an award-winning team of global music, content and partnership experts, recognised as THE creative company for music, culture and brands. Servicing more than 500 brands yearly, across 70 markets, they provide innovative campaigns and focused insights to help local and global brands truly connect with their audiences and find their unique voice in culture.

This week, we sit down with Olivier to learn more about his story and discuss the current state of the industry.

S3E2: Warner Music Group IPO

June 23rd, 2020  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 28 secs

apple music, artist, atlantic, competition, coronavirus, covid-19, deezer, dsp, ed sheeran, elektra, finance, funds, hip hop, ipo, label, madonna, mgk, music, musician, musictech, pandemic, pop, private equity, public markets, publishing, rap, record deal, rock, run the jewels, shares, spotify, stock, tech, tencent, tidal, venture capital, warner, warner music, wmg, youtube

With the spotlight on Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) as the year's biggest U.S. IPO, this week we dig deeper into WMG and the hotly contested battle between labels, digital service providers and other industry players.

S1E7: Expectations VS Reality

November 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 23 secs

apple music, billboard, camp flog gnaw, chance the rapper, charts, concerts, country, dj khaled, drake, eminem, hiphop, itunes, kanye west, kendrick lamar, migos, music, musictech, nf, nicki minaj, rankings, sales, schoolboy q, soundcloud, spotify, streams, tde, tech, tickets, tiktok, tyler the creator, youtube

This week, we put the spotlight on popular opinion and how this translates into sales numbers. We discuss the relevance of chart positions in the modern streaming era, sales strategies and the artist disputes that arise on the back of these.

S1E3: Death of the Record Store

October 4th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 32 secs

a&r, ai, apple music, brand partnerships, cassette, cd, concert, data-driven, experience, hmv, independent artists, live music, live nation, ml, music, musictech, record labels, record store, shazam, signings, spotify, startup, streaming, tech, tower records, umg, vc, venture, vinyl, virgin megastore, wmg

This week, we unpack what led to the death of the record store and how it can be saved, the case for data-driven A&R and general industry buzz.