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Billboard’s 2024 Top Business Managers Revealed

Billboard's 2024 Top Business Managers list is revealed, highlighting some of the savviest advisors that artists and execs rely upon in their careers.

As for addressing industry developments — such as AI, new streaming payment models and music catalog sales — that are most affecting clients, Sroka says, “We’ve been able to implement some tech-based royalty solutions that have been helpful to track, analyze and identify missing royalties.” And he’s emphatic about the most challenging issue that business managers face: “Cybersecurity!” A division of the NKSFB global network, David Weise & Associates maintains a client base that reaches across the music industry — the firm recently guided international tours for several big-name artists and remains active in negotiating catalog deals among other ventures including TV, film and sports. “More capability needs to be applied in identifying shortage of digital units and the application of the wrong rate.” In April, after 2020 testimony from Young on how more equitable payments could be achieved, a U.K. Parliament committee report called for a “fundamental reform” of music streaming to address what it describes as “pitiful returns” for songwriters and publishing rights holders.

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