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Kristin Robinson

Kristin Robinson

Senior Writer, Billboard

Kristin Robinson is a senior writer at Billboard. Her work explores the intersection of music publishing and technology. She was the recent finalist for a 2023 National Arts and Entertainment Journalism award for her investigative piece “How Did Two Unknown Latin Music Operators Make $23 Million From YouTube? The IRS Says They Stole It,” and a Los Angeles Press Club award for her profile of hip-hop producer Mike Dean.

Before joining the Billboard staff in July 2021, Robinson worked at indie label 10K Projects, and wrote about music business as a freelance journalist for Variety, Billboard, Consequence of Sound, Water + Music and more. She graduated from University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music in May 2020.

Mondo 2024 Panels

Aspiring Artist Tech Stack: How a New Wave of Tools is Onboarding the Next 100M Music Creators

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 4:00 PM

We look at the rise of casual, mobile-first tools aimed at democratizing the experience of creating music, challenging what it means to be a “music producer” in 2024, from AI music generators to mobile DAWs and everything in between.

The State of Indie Music Publishing

Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 5:00 PM

Music industry pundits often talk about the rise of independent artists when it comes to recorded music. Luminate’s most recent report confirms that by almost any metric indie artists are growing faster than their major label counterparts. Is the independent music publishing sector seeing the same trends? How are indie publishers grappling with DSP trends that devalue songs? In this wide-ranging discussion, we’ll hear from three of the biggest players in the music publishing sector on the state of the business from an independent point of view.

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