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BTB Ep 450: Making one change to the music business; we interview musician and tech CEO Eric Hirshberg

TOPICS: SoundExchange asks “If you could change one thing about the music industry tomorrow what would it be?”; Ed Sheeran gives a speech about how the role of record executives is changing; UMG suesTuneCore for $500 million for copyright infringement. Our guest this week is musician and former Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg. Eric’s latest album “Second Hand Smoke” is available now and you can find out more by visiting erichirshbergmusic.com.


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