Rob Wells, President, Global Digital Business, Universal Music Group

27th January 2012 Cat: Business with 17 Comments

Rob Wells, President of Global Digital Business at Universal Music Group joins Ian Rogers in the studio to talk about UMG’s gobal initiatives in the digital music space. The conversation includes streaming services, the difficulties various international music markets present, what entrepreneurs should know when approaching and doing business with UMG or their like, and finally, what new services and music Rob loves right now! Lots of great discussion in this episode. Thanks as always to billboard.biz for being our media partner! 0:53 – Introducing Rob Wells 3:00 – How Rob ended up at UMG 10:45 – What Rob learned by having to have a digital music business in another part of the world 17:00 – How Rob found subscription service models to be worthwhile for UMG 31:15 – “50% of the market isn’t interested in music at all!” 34:25 – How does Rob go about deciding what digital tracks UMG makes available online in various forms 40:55 – What does the landscape look like for entrepreneurs approaching labels and what do the labels want to hear when an entrepreneur approaches them with a new idea? 47:06 – What are some of the more interesting and exciting services going on worldwide that Rob is excited about? 50:57 – What is the key value a company like UMG brings as opposed to an indie label or DIY? 53:20 – When shouldn’t I sign with UMG? 54:00 – What music Rob loves at the moment
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Comments for Rob Wells, President, Global Digital Business, Universal Music Group
  1. 123kidanator 27th January 2012 at 6:25 am

    @FPSGameplayPC I also typed music!!!!

  2. HamTrackz 27th January 2012 at 6:57 am

    LOVE THE VIDEO

  3. Blacksun2221 27th January 2012 at 7:22 am

    @Blacksun2221 Blacksun221@gmail.com

  4. Blacksun2221 27th January 2012 at 8:01 am

    @FPSGameplayPC same…

  5. Blacksun2221 27th January 2012 at 8:03 am

    i have old records of def jam records do you think they would buy it back ?

  6. Ragman3064 27th January 2012 at 8:32 am

    Im just a kid, But like every kid i got a dream, I am following that dream, so help me by Checking out my songs, I got freestyles, and a few original songs thanks, Comment, Like, and Subscribe

  7. FPSGameplayPC 27th January 2012 at 8:45 am

    Cool , I typed “music”

  8. cankeredbrains 27th January 2012 at 9:42 am

    @afrabro I did. I needed some music fast. I guess I clicked on the wrong video -_-

  9. blahboy700 27th January 2012 at 10:35 am

    I have songs like this on my channel also, everyone watch my channel

  10. afrabro 27th January 2012 at 11:34 am

    WHO TYPED UP MUSIC??

  11. thewestbrookone 27th January 2012 at 11:56 am

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  12. kossistheboss 27th January 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Nice interview Ian. The only thing that Rob mentions that I am curious about questioning I heard on a NARM webinar yesterday was that people who discover music through a music identification app are most likely to end up purchasing music, where as people who discover music on online radio are most likely to go back to streaming, rather than purchase. Same with video site discovery. He mentions Coldplay specifically, looks like he’ll get a chance to sway their opinion now that UNI has EMI.

  13. JenTHEngChannel 27th January 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Extremely interesting interview. Thank you!

  14. tonefive 27th January 2012 at 12:34 pm

    Awesome episode! Greetings from Mexico!

  15. honeycooler 27th January 2012 at 1:07 pm

    that one by far was my favorite episode.

  16. hueandcrymusic 27th January 2012 at 1:40 pm

    Another great show Ian … invaluable info. Thanks dude!

  17. history797 27th January 2012 at 2:27 pm

    NICE INFO FOR THIS VIDEO

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