World Leaders

Vinit Thakkar talks Sony Music India, artist development, M&A, and more: ‘The Indian music market is at a transformative stage.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Vinit Thakkar, Managing Director of Sony Music India

‘Music fans nowadays are so immersed in the online world, they can see what’s real and what’s manufactured.’

MBW's World Leaders series meets Niels Walboomers, President, Recorded Music and Publishing, Benelux, Warner Music Group, which includes powerhouse dance label Spinnin’ Records

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Oscar Höglund talks Epidemic Sound’s revenue growth and vast reach: ‘We get roughly 3bn daily views. That’s 20 Super Bowls per day, 365 days per year.’

MBW's World Leaders series meets Oscar Höglund, CEO of Epidemic Sound

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Taeho Kim, HYBE COO and BELIFT LAB President, talks ENHYPEN, ILLIT, Coachella, and superfans

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Taeho Kim, Chief Operating Officer of HYBE and President of BELIFT LAB

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Per Sundin on Pophouse’s $1bn+ ambitions in music rights: ‘We don’t buy catalogs to put them on a shelf.’

Per Sundin reveals what sets Pophouse apart from other music investment firms, and shares his thoughts on the future of catalog investment...

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Jay Mehta talks Warner Music’s M&A strategy in South Asia and how India will produce ‘the next big global wave for music.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Jay Mehta, Managing Director, Warner Music South Asia

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‘Our global strategy for Japanese music has just begun.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Manubu Tsujino, President of Sony Music Labels, the recorded music division of Sony Music Entertainment Japan

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Believe’s Global Head of Music, Romain Vivien, talks artists, AI, streaming fraud, and the future of independence

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Romain Vivien, Global Head of Music at Paris-headquartered music company Believe

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‘Japan’s UGC monetization is starting late but growing rapidly.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Alan Swarts, CEO of Orfium Japan

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‘I advise others to come and invest in the MENA region – they will see how many opportunities there are.’

MBW’s World Leaders meets Ghassan Chartouni, CEO and founder of Lebanon-based indie Glava Holding

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‘Songwriters and publishers should be seeing a larger slice of the digital pie.’

MBW's World Leaders series meets Spek, PopArabia's Founder and Chief Executive Officer, and Reservoir's Executive Vice President of International and Emerging Markets

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Meet Kyogu Lee, President of Supertone – the voice cloning AI company acquired by HYBE for $32m

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Kyogu Lee, President of HYBE-owned voice AI company Supertone

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‘India’s streaming market is on the cusp of a digital boom with unprecedented opportunity.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Kumar Taurani, Chairman and Managing Director of India's Tips Industries

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Weverse boss Joon Choi: ‘The potential for growth in the superfan business is limitless.’

MBW speaks in depth to the leader of HYBE's much talked about superfan platform

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‘J-Pop is now gaining popularity on a global scale.’

MBW's World Leaders series meets Keiko Ishikawa, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at Sony Music Entertainment Japan...