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from Music Business UK Q1 2023

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Contributors

Adrian Sykes is a widely-respected UK music industry veteran. He is also a successful entrepreneur and manager, having founded Decisive Management – which steered Emeli Sandé to the peak of her success. In this issue he speaks to another legendary British exec, this one working across the pond, David Miller.

Alex Robbins is an illustrator whose work has previously appeared on the likes of the New Yorker, Time Out, Wired, TIME and i-D. Oh, and Music Business UK. He has once again created our cover image based on a quote from our lead feature. This time, those words come from J. Erving, the founder of Human Re Sources, a company central to the rise of Raye.

Eamonn Forde has been writing about all areas of the music business since 2001. He regularly writes for IQ, The Guardian, The Big Issue, Q, Music Business Worldwide and The Quietus among other titles. In this issue he talks about perhaps his favourite group of all time, U2. His latest book, Leaving the Building: The Lucrative Afterlife of Musical Estates, is out now.

Mark Douglas is Chief Information Officer at PPL. In his current role, Mark is responsible for all of the technology systems and data that underpin PPL’s operations. To achieve this, Mark leads PPL’s Information Technology and its Data & Insight functions. In this issue, he offers his take on one of the most talked-about issues in the modern business.

Mark Sutherland has been covering the music business for over 25 years. He is a Variety columnist and writes for publications including Rolling Stone and Kerrang!. He was previously Editor of UK trade title Music Week. In this issue of MBUK, Mark sits down with Jimmy Napes, plus Jeremy Lascelles and Becky Hill’s manager, Alex Martin.

Rhian Jones is a respected freelance journalist who, in addition to writing regularly for MBUK and Hits Daily Double, is a Contributing Editor for Music Business Worldwide. In this issue, she interviews Human Re Sources’ J Erving and the executive team at ATC and, in her regular column, discusses the industry’s attitudes towards the demands of parenting.