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
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