Salaam Remi on music, business, Amy Winehouse – and always learning
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
5M ago
Welcome to the latest MBW Podcast – this time a special podcast entry in our long-running World's Greatest Producers series. Salaam Remi is, by any measure, a World's Greatest Producer. A Grammy winner, he's worked closely – and made timeless hits – with musical legends from Nas to Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys, The Fugees, and many more. He's also an accomplished music biz executive and entrepreneur.  On this podcast, Salaam joins MBW founder, Tim Ingham, to discuss topics including techniques for staying creatively hungry, why he decided to stop actively producing records on his 50th bir ..read more
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Sherrese Clarke Soares on buying music rights – and expanding Harbourview's vision
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
6M ago
On the latest Music Business Worldwide Podcast, Tim Ingham, founder of MBW, is joined by the founder and CEO of Harbourview Equity Partners, Sherrese Clarke Soares (pictured). Since being established in 2021, Harbourview has acquired premium music assets associated with stars such as Wiz Khalifa Nelly, Lady A, Florida Georgia Line and Christine McVie.  One of Harbourview's biggest deals to date was its reported $325 million purchase of Sound House Acquisitions LLC in 2022.  The company has since expanded into other entertainment verticals, investing in assets in film/TV. Founded ..read more
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Amra is disrupting the world of global royalty collections – with big plans for what's next.
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
6M ago
On the latest Music Business Worldwide Podcast, Tim Ingham, founder of MBW, is joined by the CEO of Amra, Tomas Ericsson (pictured). Amra is a global digital collection society that happens to be owned by Kobalt Music Group.  Since Kobalt acquired and relaunched Amra in 2015, the collection society has become a fast-growing business in its own right: in the 12 months to the end of June 2022 – the last year for which public financial information is available – Amra generated over USD $110 million in revenue.  Amra's clients today include Kobalt's global publishing business, plus ot ..read more
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What does the future hold for SoundCloud?
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
7M ago
On the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast, MBW founder Tim Ingham is joined by Eliah Seton, the CEO of SoundCloud. Seton (pictured) joined SoundCloud as the company’s President in 2021 after over a decade at Warner Music Group/ADA. Seton then became CEO of SoundCloud last year. During his time at SoundCloud he has steered the company beyond major milestones – including SoundCloud's first ever annual profit, posted last year. The biggest headline surrounding SoundCloud in 2024, however, has been the news that the company is headed towards a financial event: either a sale, an IPO, or some ..read more
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With 550 employees and 40 offices globally, ONErpm remains fully owned by its founder
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
8M ago
On the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast, MBW founder Tim Ingham is joined by Emmanuel Zunz, founder of ONErpm, one of the recorded music industry's most interesting companies and something of a quiet giant. When it was founded in 2010, ONErpm quickly gained ground in Brazil, where it continues to challenge the major record companies for market share. Since finding success in Brazil, ONErpm has grown all over the planet, offering a range of partnerships to artists, from low-margin DIY distribution to higher-margin full-service deals. Understood to turn over a substantial nine-figure su ..read more
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'We are witnessing a recalibration of what it means to create pop music...'
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
10M ago
On the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast, MBW founder Tim Ingham is joined by Temi Adeniji, Managing Director of Warner Music Africa and SVP of Sub-Saharan Africa at Warner. Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, is already a major global music industry story with huge potential for the future. On the music-making side of things, the continent has produced global hits and superstars in recent years including the likes of Burna Boy from Nigeria, Tyla from South Africa, and many others. Based in Johannesburg, Adeniji has been instrumental in a number of initiatives from Warner Music Grou ..read more
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Universal x TikTok and Spotify's lyrics move: Talking Trends
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
10M ago
On this episode of Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends, MBW founder, Tim Ingham, is once again joined by Charlie D'Atri, to discuss two key recent headlines from the world of entertainment:  (1) Universal Music Group's kiss-and-make-up announcement with TikTok over the two companies' new deal, via which UMG says it's being paid more handsome compensation than it was previously;  (2) Spotify quietly moving access to lyrics behind a 'paywall' – i.e. making lyrics a Premium-only perk. People and companies mentioned on this Talking Trends podcast include: Spotify, Universal Musi ..read more
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Spotify vs. Songwriters (again)... and a 'likely' legal fight
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
10M ago
On this Music Business Worldwide podcast, MBW founder Tim Ingham is joined by David Israelite, the President and CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association. We probably don't need to ask you to guess which particular controversial topic Israelite and Ingham discuss. Earlier this month, Spotify announced that it was changing the way it calculates mechanical royalty payments for songwriters and publishers in the US. Spotify has re-categorized its Premium subscription tiers in the States as 'bundles,' enabling it to pay out a lesser mechanical royalty rate to songwriters than it would i ..read more
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Spotify's sneaky songwriter pay move and Blackstone vs. Concord: Talking Trends
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
10M ago
On this episode of Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends, MBW founder, Tim Ingham, is once again joined by Charlie D'Atri, to discuss two key recent headlines from the world of entertainment:  (1) A battle between Concord and financial giant Blackstone to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund – the UK-listed bundle of music rights accumulated by Merck Mercuriadis;  (2) Spotify's decision to re-categorize its Premium subscription tiers as 'bundles' – including audiobooks – that will materially lessen the royalty rate paid to songwriters in the US. People and companies mentioned on this ..read more
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Taylor Swift x TikTok and artist visibility on Spotify: Talking Trends
The Music Business Worldwide Podcast
by Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
10M ago
On this episode of Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends, MBW founder, Tim Ingham, is joined by Charlie D'Atri, to discuss two key recent headlines from the world of entertainment:  (1) Criticism of Spotify from non-superstar artists who say the platform isn't paying them a fair amount in royalties; (2) Taylor Swift unilaterally putting her recorded music back on TikTok despite her record company, Universal Music Group, continuing to refuse to license the service. People and companies mentioned on this Talking Trends podcast include: Universal Music Group, Spotify, Daniel Ek, Sir Lu ..read more
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