Rob Wells, President, Global Digital Business, Universal Music Group
Rob Wells, President of Global Digital Business at Universal Music Group joins Ian Rogers in the studio to talk about UMG's gobal initiatives in the digital music space. The conversation includes streaming services, the difficulties various international music markets present, what entrepreneurs should know when approaching and doing business with UMG or their like, and finally, what new services and music Rob loves right now! Lots of great discussion in this episode. Thanks as always to billboard.biz for being our media partner! 0:53 - Introducing Rob Wells 3:00 - How Rob ended up at UMG 10:45 - What Rob learned by having to have a digital music business in another part of the world 17:00 - How Rob found subscription service models to be worthwhile for UMG 31:15 - "50% of the market isn't interested in music at all!" 34:25 - How does Rob go about deciding what digital tracks UMG makes available online in various forms 40:55 - What does the landscape look like for entrepreneurs approaching labels and what do the labels want to hear when an entrepreneur approaches them with a new idea? 47:06 - What are some of the more interesting and exciting services going on worldwide that Rob is excited about? 50:57 - What is the key value a company like UMG brings as opposed to an indie label or DIY? 53:20 - When shouldn't I sign with UMG? 54:00 - What music Rob loves at the moment
December 9th, 2011 - 20:48
man i got 6 kids to feed an send to school is there any way you can help me get a music deal ? they say i sound real good ,i just dont have the money to make this happen .
December 9th, 2011 - 20:56
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December 9th, 2011 - 21:52
Nice interview Ian. The only thing that Rob mentions that I am curious about questioning I heard on a NARM webinar yesterday was that people who discover music through a music identification app are most likely to end up purchasing music, where as people who discover music on online radio are most likely to go back to streaming, rather than purchase. Same with video site discovery. He mentions Coldplay specifically, looks like he’ll get a chance to sway their opinion now that UNI has EMI.
December 9th, 2011 - 22:19
Extremely interesting interview. Thank you!
December 9th, 2011 - 22:27
Awesome episode! Greetings from Mexico!
December 9th, 2011 - 22:54
that one by far was my favorite episode.
December 9th, 2011 - 23:53
Another great show Ian … invaluable info. Thanks dude!
December 10th, 2011 - 00:00
is the the knife party/ ghosts n stuff rob wells aswell?!?!?! i think it is just not 100%
Very diverse if it is.
December 10th, 2011 - 00:02
NICE INFO FOR THIS VIDEO