About Our Guest:
Hu writes regular columns for Billboard, Forbes and Music Business Worldwide, with additional bylines in Variety, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the Columbia Journalism Review. She has spoken at over 25 conferences to date, including but not limited to SXSW, Midem, Music Biz and the Web Summit, and appears regularly as an expert commentator for the likes of CNBC and CGTN America.

In addition to her conference speaking engagements and regular appearances as an expert commentator on CNBC and CGTN America, Hu's bylines can be seen in publications such as Billboard, Forbes, Variety, the Columbia Journalism Review--and many more.

In 2017, at age 21, she received the Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business Journalist of the Year. Previously, she spearheaded a research project on digital music innovation at Harvard Business School, and interned across product marketing, data analysis and artist development functions at music companies including Ticketmaster and Interscope Records.

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Show notes:
02:45 - How did you "fall into" journalism?
06:08 - Parallels between the state of journalism today and the music industry over the past decade
11:08 - What can the journalism industry learn from the music sector?
15:00 - Music artists as industry commentators / sources
20:15 - Similarities between independent artists and freelance journalists
23:33 - Innovations which may change the music industry in the next few years
27:33 - What's next for you?

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