November 2011

24/11/2011

Last week a team from Universal Music UK ventured north of the border for the first Utalks session outside London. The event took place just before The Naked and Famous Glasgow show at the ABC. Fiction MD Jim Chancellor and label manager Steve Warby joined Thom Powers and Aaron Short from the band to make up our panel. Corrine McConnachie attended the session and kindly shared her thoughts with us.

24/11/2011

We recently threw open our doors for the second Universal Music Open Day. This time our main focus was investing in music and discussing the ins and outs of start ups, securing the capital behind the services and analysing the wider market.

On the panel were :
Hugh Campbell, Founding Partner, GP Bullhound
Alice Enders, Enders Analysis
Ken Parks, Chief Content Officer, Spotify
Luke Wood, CEO, Beats By Dre
Miranda Sawyer (chair)
Francis Keeling, Vice President, Digital, Universal Music Group International

02/11/2011

Julia Svennerstal - Digital Strategy Manager, Universal Music UK

Last week I was invited to attend a round table discussion titled "The music and TV industries: each other's saviour?" As a new member of the Universal staff this was a great opportunity to learn and meet others working to shape the future of digital music.