As lead analyst, Glenn has covered the business side of music for Billboard for 12 years. He focuses on financial topics, closely covers public companies’ earnings reports and pores over annual reports and other financial disclosures. He also covers startups and new technologies, catalog acquisitions, global trends, the streaming business and market research in the music business.
As the number of publicly traded music companies exploded, Glenn created the Billboard Global Music Index that measures the value of 20 publicly listed music companies. He founded The Ledger, a weekly newsletter that focuses on financial and economic topics in the music business. He also co-hosts Behind the Setlist, a podcast that interviews musicians (among them Paul Stanley from KISS, Shania Twain, Daryl Hall and Perry Farrell from Jane’s Addiction) about their concerts, songs and their thoughts on aspects of the business. As an accessible industry expert, Glenn has been widely quoted in the press and has appeared at conferences ranging from South by Southwest to Music Biz.
