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“FLO is our vision, it’s about us being
confident in our own dream”
JORJA DOUGLAS,
FLO
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DICKON STAINER
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STEPHEN WILSON JR
FRONT SECTION 06 THE BIG STORY It’s all change at Universal Music UK, with Dickon Stainer in as CEO & chairman after David Joseph steps down after nearly 17 years. Music Week looks at what’s next...
08 OASIS Amid the sales surge following the Britpop legends’ reunion tour news, we delve into the catalogue campaign with Ignition Records
10 Q4 RELEASES With a strong outlook for physical sales, music retail execs assess the line-up of albums dropping in the run-up to Christmas
11 FOR THE RECORD/ TAKE A BOW 13 SPOTLIGHT Mahogany’s CEO & founder Mark Murdoch on scaling up, distribution and breaking acts
14 START ME UP/ IN POD WE TRUST RoEx CEO David Ronan features in Start Me Up, whilst our podcast of the month is Ben Buddy Slack’s The Swan Song Project 15 DIGITAL DISCOURSE Our columnist Sammy Andrews takes a deep dive on AI’s potential to democratise software creation 16 TWEETS OF THE MONTH 17 RISING STAR Say hello to Erin Taylor, merchandise and touring manager at Dirty Hit 18 ON THE RADAR Stephen Wilson Jr looks back on his journey so far, from boxer, to microbiologist to acclaimed country rocker
20 PLAYLIST/ TASTEMAKERS
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