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I got lucky, and got to fuse my two passions: music and economics. I want to share that passion with you through these publications in media and academia.

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TOCA UOL: A música brasileira marcou presença no SXSW London

TOCA UOL: A música brasileira marcou presença no SXSW London

BBC Front Row: Will discusses the impact of AI generated fake music

BBC Front Row: Will discusses the impact of AI generated fake music

LISTEN (from 23:00)

Edinburgh International Festival – Conducting Business: The Future of AI

Edinburgh International Festival – Conducting Business: The Future of AI

Mainstream Press

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The Economist: Entertainment is being deglobalised

The Economist: Entertainment is being deglobalised

The Economist: The biggest band you’ve never heard of

The Economist: The biggest band you’ve never heard of

WSJ:  Britain May Finally Have Its Next Big Pop Star

WSJ: Britain May Finally Have Its Next Big Pop Star

If You Hate Bad Bunny, I Have Bad News for You

If You Hate Bad Bunny, I Have Bad News for You

Book Reviews

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The Telegraph: Why don’t the charts make sense anymore?

The Telegraph: Why don’t the charts make sense anymore?

*Speciallmedia: What publishers can learn from Spotify: pivoting through disruption

*Speciallmedia: What publishers can learn from Spotify: pivoting through disruption

The Enlightened Economist</a>: The Business of Digital Disruption

The Enlightened Economist: The Business of Digital Disruption

Times of India: How To Sell Music To Indians? Bundle It With Education

Times of India: How To Sell Music To Indians? Bundle It With Education

Global Value of Music Copyright

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Billboard: Global Music Copyright Value Soared to $45.5 Billion in 2023

Billboard: Global Music Copyright Value Soared to $45.5 Billion in 2023

Music Ally: Music beat cinema in 2023 with $45.5bn global copyright value

Music Ally: Music beat cinema in 2023 with $45.5bn global copyright value

Music Business Worldwide: At $45.5bn in 2023, music copyright now worth more globally than cinema, new report finds

Music Business Worldwide: At $45.5bn in 2023, music copyright now worth more globally than cinema, new report finds

FT: Music revenues overtake cinema’s pre-pandemic peak on back of streaming boom

FT: Music revenues overtake cinema’s pre-pandemic peak on back of streaming boom

Glocalisation

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TOCA UOL: A música brasileira marcou presença no SXSW London

TOCA UOL: A música brasileira marcou presença no SXSW London

Billboard: A Stream is Not a Stream: How Geography Affects the Economics of Music Streaming

Billboard: A Stream is Not a Stream: How Geography Affects the Economics of Music Streaming

Talk at SXSW – Glocalization in Music: The Art of Adapting

Talk at SXSW – Glocalization in Music: The Art of Adapting

Musik Woche: Lokales Repertoire, Fachkräftemangel undTonträger im Fokus

Musik Woche: Lokales Repertoire, Fachkräftemangel undTonträger im Fokus

Music Industry Press

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Billboard: A Stream is Not a Stream: How Geography Affects the Economics of Music Streaming

Billboard: A Stream is Not a Stream: How Geography Affects the Economics of Music Streaming

Billboard: Global Music Copyright Value Soared to $45.5 Billion in 2023

Billboard: Global Music Copyright Value Soared to $45.5 Billion in 2023

Billboard:  How Vinyl Can Harness the Influence of Superfans

Billboard: How Vinyl Can Harness the Influence of Superfans

The Strong Streams Remain The Same

The Strong Streams Remain The Same

A Case for Completion

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Soundcloud Rockonomics

Soundcloud Rockonomics

The Author: The cats that got the cream

The Author: The cats that got the cream

Parliament Live: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Parliament Live: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

How to Fix Streaming – An Introduction to the Artist Growth Model

How to Fix Streaming – An Introduction to the Artist Growth Model

BBC

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BBC Front Row: Will discusses the impact of AI generated fake music

BBC Front Row: Will discusses the impact of AI generated fake music

LISTEN (from 23:00)

Times Radio: Catch Up – Ed Vaizey in for Rod Liddle

Times Radio: Catch Up – Ed Vaizey in for Rod Liddle

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BBC Front Row: 25 Years of 21st Century: Music

BBC Front Row: 25 Years of 21st Century: Music

BBC News: How 'Swiftonomics' is impacting the music industry

BBC News: How 'Swiftonomics' is impacting the music industry

Canada

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The Globe and Mail: Why 2024 shook the live music industry

The Globe and Mail: Why 2024 shook the live music industry

Music Business Worldwide: Canada an unsung heavyweight of global music, but new Canadian content law could backfire

Music Business Worldwide: Canada an unsung heavyweight of global music, but new Canadian content law could backfire

Music Ally: Canadian study sifts domestic and international music streams

Music Ally: Canadian study sifts domestic and international music streams

Billboard Canada: More Than 10% of the Most-Streamed Songs in Canada are by Canadian Artists

Billboard Canada: More Than 10% of the Most-Streamed Songs in Canada are by Canadian Artists

Interviews

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Times Radio: Catch Up – Ed Vaizey in for Rod Liddle

Times Radio: Catch Up – Ed Vaizey in for Rod Liddle

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NPR The Indicator from Planet Money: The year the music festival died

NPR The Indicator from Planet Money: The year the music festival died

Talk at SXSW – Glocalization in Music: The Art of Adapting

Talk at SXSW – Glocalization in Music: The Art of Adapting

Music Business Worldwide: Will Page on streaming pricing, music’s revenue ‘pie’ – and why the global record industry is more local than ever

Music Business Worldwide: Will Page on streaming pricing, music’s revenue ‘pie’ – and why the global record industry is more local than ever

Academia

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User-centric Revisited: The Unintended Consequences of Royalty Distribution

User-centric Revisited: The Unintended Consequences of Royalty Distribution

Money In, Money Out: Lessons From CMOs in Allocating and Distributing Licensing Revenue

Money In, Money Out: Lessons From CMOs in Allocating and Distributing Licensing Revenue

The Causes and Consequences of Allocating Revenue Between Mechanical and Performing Rights

The Causes and Consequences of Allocating Revenue Between Mechanical and Performing Rights

Can Two Societies Ever Be Better Than One?

Can Two Societies Ever Be Better Than One?

Spotify

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Written Direct Testimony of Will Page

Written Direct Testimony of Will Page

Written Rebuttal Testimony of Will Page

Written Rebuttal Testimony of Will Page

Adventures in the Lowlands - Best Practice for Spotify, Social Media and Festivals

Adventures in the Lowlands - Best Practice for Spotify, Social Media and Festivals

Adventures in the Netherlands - Spotify, Piracy and the New Dutch Experience

Adventures in the Netherlands - Spotify, Piracy and the New Dutch Experience

Straight No Chaser Magazine

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Issue #99: KCRW From the Basement

Issue #99: KCRW From the Basement

Black Lily: A Women in Music Series (Review)

Black Lily: A Women in Music Series (Review)

Black Lily: A Women in Music Series (Preview)

Black Lily: A Women in Music Series (Preview)

Deodato and the Heritage Orchestra

Deodato and the Heritage Orchestra

PRS For Music Economic Insight

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A House Divided

A House Divided

Adding Up the UK Music Industry for 2010

Adding Up the UK Music Industry for 2010

DJ Sets

Getting the message across, without crossing over

Consistently topping Mixcloud’s global DJ charts. Listen here.