CALL IT A RIOT, revolution, or regime change — the music business today looks nothing like what came before it. Thanks to the fierce pace of tech advancement and the insatiability of young, internet-grown audiences, the multibillion-dollar global industry is an entrepreneur’s playground. Record-label bosses share a throne with engineers and algorithms; …
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Ghazi Shami was building computers long before he championed hit records. “Tech and music have always been simultaneous for me,” says Ghazi, who operates his own music distribution company and record label, Empire, responsible for hits from Money Man, Migos, and Tyga. “I got my first real job right after …
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Dire Straits called it quits as a band in 1995. But in 2019, the back-catalog of the British rock band is reeling in more money than ever — thanks to an investment scheme that may help take the oft-in-turmoil music industry into a smooth financial future. The band’s longtime manager, …
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