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University of Leeds

21 October

15:30
Music Creators’ Earnings in the Digital Era

Professor David Hesmondhalgh

University of Leeds

Professor of Media, Music and Culture

Speaker Biography

David Hesmondhalgh is Professor of Media, Music and Culture in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds. He is the author of The Cultural Industries (4th edition, 2019); _Culture, Economy and Politics: The Case of New Labour _(2015, co-written with Kate Oakley, David Lee and Melissa Nisbett); Why Music Matters (2013); _Creative Labour: Media Work in Three Cultural Industries _(2011, co-written with Sarah Baker) and a major book-length report for the UK government’s Intellectual Property Office on Music Creators’ Earnings in the Digital Era (2021, co-written with Richard Osborne, Hyojung Sun and Kenny Barr). In December 2021, he begins a five-year research project, funded by a European Research Council Advanced Research Grant, on Music Culture in the Digital Era. 

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