Will the Music Business Always Be Too Human for Wall Street?
“I can’t think of an asset I’m more confident in being consumed over time..” Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has launched a $64B bid to buy UMG - the company behind Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Sabrina Carpenter, and roughly a third of all recorded music on earth. Is it a smart move?
Are AIs Making Us Boring? How Personalisation Is Flattening Human Difference
According to new research from Columbia Business School, our creeping sameness isn’t just anecdotal - it’s the inevitable side-effect of our growing reliance on artificial intelligence.
The Influencers: Steven Bartlett on Becoming Your Best Self
Steven Bartlett has become a social media supernova. The Diary of a CEO is one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, and his posts to 3 million followers on Linkedin regularly generate tens of thousands of responses. BlueSky Thinking has put together some of Bartlett’s most insightful and applicable ideas for anyone graduating, starting a business, switching careers, or just trying to live well.
How Can The Music Industry Help Artists? Bye Bye A Slice Of The Pie
The "Big Three” major recording labels continue to dominate the music industry, to the detriment of most artists. Research points to exploitive contracts, unfair royalty splits, and lack of rights to songs. But recording labels can be successful by being more fair and transparent rather than exploiting artists.