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This Music Biz LIVE will kick off with a special presentation by Luminate CEO Rob Jonas. During "Music By The Numbers: A Quantitative Look at the Industry in 2023 So Far, Jonas will walk attendees through the most notable global music industry data points so far this year. Spanning topics like change in consumption methods across genres, the evolving habits of music audiences, the continued growth of global activity, and how physical formats are showing their staying power as merch collectibles, this 10-minute session will offer a snapshot of music in 2023 through a quantitative lens, provided by the authoritative source of global music data.
For the session's finale, Music Biz President Portia Sabin will sit down with Willard Ahdritz where he will share his perspectives on the state of the industry in 2023, and how we can continue to push inclusion & collaboration forward.
Ahdritz has worked tirelessly to introduce transparency, fairness, and big tech to the music industry ecosystem throughout his illustrious career. As Kobalt’s CEO from its inception until 2020, he led the company to become a top-three global music publisher. In 2014, the company acquired AMRA, transforming and relaunching a year later to make Kobalt the only publisher to offer global direct collection from digital sources. With this full-service global platform that manages and collects music rights & royalties, Kobalt vastly increased the speed and efficiency of royalty collections for its clients. Today, AMRA has global license agreements with all major DSPs and claims directly in over 200 territories. Ahdritz was named one of the music industry’s most influential business leaders by Variety in 2020 and received the 2020 Music Biz Innovator Award.