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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

DMN's top 11 most powerful music biz figures

TURNING IT UP TO 11: Digital Music News has come up with a list of the 11 most powerrful people in the music industry. Here are the selections:

1. Lucian Grainge
2. Irving Azoff
3. Google Music's still-unannounced CEO
4. Eddy Cue, VP of iTunes
5. Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
6. Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne
7. Paul Tollett, President, Goldenvoice
8. Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Pandora
9. Scott Borchetta, President, Big Machine Records
10. Ian Rogers, CEO, Topspin
11. The Consumer

Of the last selection, DMN offers, “They say when, where, and how they want to listen to your music. Oh, and they even control how much they want to pay for it. Sounds pretty powerful, maybe the most powerful of them all.” (11/17a)

 
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