When artists are wrongfully accused of transgression, it can be career-ending. One go-to expert in reputation management explains how he helps stars navigate their way back to public acceptability – and why he has firm rules over who he will, and won’t, help…
Last year, David Gray was flying high at Universal Music Publishing Group in the States as a globally respected A&R exec. Then he was offered his ‘dream job’ of running the publisher’s UK company – a role that’s now underway. MBW meets him in London...
Shelly Peiken on writing classic hits for Meredith Brooks, Christina Aguilera and many others, as well as her fight for songwriters' rights, ignoring the algorithm, and not being an asshole
MBW's World Leaders series meets Niels Walboomers, President, Recorded Music and Publishing, Benelux, Warner Music Group, which includes powerhouse dance label Spinnin’ Records
As Ozzy Osbourne prepares to take a final bow with Black Sabbath live in the UK next month, Sharon Osbourne looks back on over 40 years as his manager and reflects on the success they achieved together - as well as what she learned along the way
After more than two decades with the majors, Amanda Hill now heads up Runner Music, the publishing company founded in 2023 by Ryan Tedder, Ron Laffitte and Andrew Sparkler. Here she discusses her career to date, artist development and archaic business models