Music industry events calendar: All the festivals, awards, conferences and more across the business.| Billboard
With AI, fan page marketing, unlimited uploads and an endless stream of new music, how can anyone figure out what to listen to — or what's even real?| Billboard
The Music Business Association announced the agenda for Music Biz 2025, set for May. This marks the first time the conference will be held in Atlanta,| Billboard
Marc Schneider joined Billboard in 2011 as a news editor for its consumer-focused website. Three years later he pivoted to covering the business side of music as an industry news editor for Billboard Pro. (He handles the weekly 'Executive Turntable' column and the semimonthly 'Publishing Briefs' — send notices, tips and plaudits to marc.schneider@billboard.com). Prior to Billboard, he spent a decade or so in various editorial roles at AOL. He's a seriously out-of-practice musician, a collec...| Billboard
As lead analyst, Glenn has covered the business side of music for Billboard for 12 years. He focuses on financial topics, closely covers public companies’ earnings reports and pores over annual reports and other financial disclosures. He also covers startups and new technologies, catalog acquisitions, global trends, the streaming business and market research in the music business. As the number of publicly traded music companies exploded, Glenn created the Billboard Global Music Index that ...| Billboard
Liz is Billboard’s senior finance correspondent, covering all things money in the music business. She is drawn to stories that help readers understand the economics at play for artists today — such as how much money Charli XCX earned from brat summer — and that highlight the financial industry’s influence on artists and music, such as the global private equity giant Blackstone’s growing portfolio of music companies and catalogs. Before Billboard, Liz spent a decade covering Wall Str...| Billboard
Chris Eggertsen has written for Billboard since 2019 and joined the staff as a full-time editor in 2022. He specializes in coverage of the music business, with stories encompassing every aspect of the industry including record labels, publishing, management, technology and the live sector. As associate editor, he helps lead and shape music business coverage for Billboard Pro, from breaking news to deep-dive features on the latest industry trends. In addition to assigning and editing stories b...| Billboard
The Music Biz Annual Conference, powered by the Music Business Association, unites leaders from the global commerce, content and creative communities to discuss the future of the music business and build relationships that will steer the industry for years to come.| Music Business Association
As a senior writer at Billboard, Kristin covers music publishing and technology, with particular expertise in artificial intelligence. Recently, she launched the Billboard newsletter Machine Learnings, continuing her coverage of AI’s rapid impact on the music industry. In 2023, Kristin was named a finalist for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award for her investigation of a $23 million YouTube royalty fraud case. In 2024, she was a finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club Sout...| Billboard
Spotify, Universal Music Group, HYBE and more have reported earnings for Q1 2025. Here's every music company's report for the period in one place.| Billboard