Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and Ho…

Of the $40 billion in annual revenue earned by the music industry, only 12% is actually paid out to artists. The remainder goes to institutional middlemen like agents, platforms, and record labels, unfairly cheating creators out of the fruits of their labor. Moreover, fans, whose engagement almost entirely drives these revenue streams, are given no... See more

Music has a new canvas. We’re witnessing an audio movement driven by scarcity, fandom and access. This is the Music NFT Landscape.

The business event industry is a trillion-dollar game. People are willing to pay a lot to be part of an event. For example, the early-bird ticket for WSJ Tech Live, the Wall Street Journal’s premier technology event, starts at $6,500 a head. The economic impact on the Austin economy from SXSW in 2018 was $350.6 million. Burning Man and Coachella ar... See more

A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio–and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youthWhen television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star–and radio, period. But radio came roaring back with a whole new concept. The war was over, th... See more