Ben Gilbert

Higher interest rates, inflation and the war in Ukraine have prompted questions about what happens next in the music catalog market.

Ben Gilbert explores the emergent tools and profiles two AI music metadata companies to assess how this technology can take the industry forward.

Catalog now represents 70% of the US music market. Ben Gilbert explores how this could impact the success of new talent across an evolving industry.

Record labels, music publishers, distributors and artist service companies continued to explore new territories in 2021.

The music industry is experimenting more and more with the metaverse. Is this the future or a marketing-led tech fantasy?

Ben Gilbert assesses the present and future of China’s music industry, from royalty collection challenges to innovation in the digital music landscape.

How can the music industry’s global royalties ecosystem realise a full-scale revolution in payments? Experts at the Synchtank Summit discuss.

The opportunities to tweak the DNA that runs through existing recordings across an interconnected media landscape are distinct and interrelated, explains Ben Gilbert.

UGC & social media are being pegged as the industry’s next big opportunity. But are rightsholders, technology systems & licensing infrastructures prepared?

Streaming, fintech and publishing remain the three key obstacles to the domestic business fulfilling its vast potential in the coming years.

In the first of a two-part investigation, Ben Gilbert examines the continent’s readiness to go overground.

As film and TV productions start to open up again, Ben Gilbert examines the potential implications for the sync sector and speaks to experts in this field.