Music Entertainment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2014
News

Innovation: An Orchestra of One

Video Embed Ann Chao discusses the inspiration behind her new startup, Sonation. As a student, Ann Chao (MBA 2013) loved playing chamber music with HBS friends. But MBAs live busy lives, and their jam sessions were few and far between.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2016
News

LA Reid’s Song

pervasive element of the entertainment business, a thread running through all of society. People in music today can sell any brand. I don’t care what it is. If you want social media to be successful, if it... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Inside MTV’s Global Fame

Related Links Watch Bill Roedy describe his approach to taking MTV global In 1989, Bill Roedy (MBA ’79) was told to transform the American success story MTV into a global presence. Twenty years later, Roedy had built the largest View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

20 Dec 2019
News

The 19 Musts of 2019

deftly weaves in rich storylines from her experience as a psychotherapist—not just to entertain or teach us about others but to beautifully and subtly teach us even more about ourselves.” —Dr. Darria Long Gillespie (MBA 2005), ER doctor,... View Details

Keywords: podcast; Arts, Entertainment

Portrait Project

Gary Binford

my infectious laughter and emotive vocal music as an entertainer and a recorded music executive. Even when I become world-renowned and my voice resounds, not only on the world... View Details

01 Jun 2025
News

For the Records

Kelleher in Gold Rush Vinyl’s listening room In the first days of 2025, when Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) went from owning one small business to two, she entered an alternating reality. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, she’s still the founder and CEO of Gold Rush Vinyl;... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Jeff Wilson; Arts, Entertainment

01 Apr 1999
News

A Vibrant Brand

for instance. Yahoo!Internet Life recently called Vibe Online "the most comprehensive and attractive hip-hop site in cyberspace." Vibe/Spin Ventures has also teamed up with entertainment giant Walt Disney to host Vibe Live, an annual... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Russell Simmons

Simmons was principally responsible for bringing rap and hip hop music into the cultural mainstream of America. His formation of Def Jam Records in the early eighties marked the beginning of rap as a dominant View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

15 Dec 2024
News

Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)

First love: Performing. “I spent pretty much every weekend from the age of five singing, acting, and dancing at the local theater school.” Take a bow: “My dad is originally from Zambia. Back in the day he bought rudimentary music software and laid down guitar tracks... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2004
News

Download This

Downloading music from the Internet doesn’t kill CD sales after all, concludes a surprising new study by HBS associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Associate Professor Koleman Strumpf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel... View Details

Keywords: file sharing; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

parties, music events, knitting circles, culinary demonstrations, and other events. Several stores Raffaelli visited reported staging over 500 events a year. “Bookstores have always been a place where people could convene and have a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo

mostly teen-oriented, music stores. Accordingly, among the 200,000 units of merchandise available in every Borders store is a sizable selection of music, from Mozart to Madonna, as well as periodicals, videos, and other View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

Profile

Ann Chao

Ann entertained three entrepreneurial possibilities—testing them in an independent study with Entrepreneurial Management Professor Shikhar Ghosh—before committing to one full time. Bringing the social joy of View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Screen Grab

Illustrations by Josh Cochran When actor Jeffrey Tambor stepped to the podium at this year’s Golden Globe Awards to accept the honor of Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy, he did so for a show that didn’t premiere on HBO,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

04 Jun 2008
News

Whistle While You Work

also has a famous second career, that of motivational speaker. In that role, Zander has appeared several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as at old-age homes, middle schools, Fortune 500 corporations, and now HBS. Music... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

01 Feb 2001
News

A Bankable Trust

Florida high school and at Harvard College. And now her music is furthering her academic outreach efforts. Last fall, Harris released a holiday CD, "Carla's First Christmas." All proceeds from its sale are benefiting not only her... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

17 Jul 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence

users to time-shift their TV viewing. According to Yoffie, entertainment and communications are coming together to produce a mobile music revolution—the distribution of digital View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer; Education

David L. Geffen

label. In less than five years, Geffen Records became the third largest label in the recording industry, and Geffen sold it to MCA in 1990. Beyond his success in the music industry, Geffen has also produced and developed a number of... View Details