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Recommended Reading: Lessons from the Industry Formerly Known as “The Record Business”

15 November 2011

This article by MMF Chairman Brian Message and board member and Commercial Director of Crown Music Management James Barton was recently published on the Harvard Business Review blog and is well worthy of a few minutes of your time.

The piece looks at why judging an artist’s success on record sales alone is an outdated notion, where instead we should be placing value, time and investment, and the key role of the artist manager within that process.

Read it here.

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Blue Raincoat Artists have been shaping global artist careers since 2014.⁠ From Cigarettes After Sex to Phoebe Bridgers and Arlo Parks, their focus is on long-term artists, strong relationships, and joined-up thinking across management, labels, and publishing.⁠

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Meet our Associates

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Manager Spotlight: Mei

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The Manager Spotlight offers a small insight into the heads of incredible managers.⁠ This week in the spotlight is Mei!

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Our 2025 Student Trailblazer Award goes to…

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The MMF is delighted to announce Ellie Nemeth, a former student at the University of West London, as our 2025 Student Trailblazer.

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