Music & Technology Conference & Showcase, October 13-16, 2026
October 13-16, 2026 | New York City | Tickets On Sale Nov 24
Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate Mondo's Tenth Anniversary!
Mondo.NYC Speaker
Richard Conlon
Co-Founder & Partner, Catch Point Rights Partners
Richard Conlon is a Co-Founder & Partner at Catch Point Rights Partners, an alternative investment management firm focused on the music rights and royalties sector. Prior to Catch Point, Richard served as Chief External Affairs Officer and Chief Corporate Development Officer at SoundExchange the digital sound recording rights agency, overseeing the artist relations, global public policy and communications teams and the company’s expansion into new lines of business. Previously, he was a senior executive at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) for more than 20 years, serving as Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy, Communications & New Media. Richard launched BMI’s global digital rights licensing division, managed corporate communications and oversaw the firm’s global corporate strategy and planning efforts. He served on the Board of Directors of The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd where he was Chair of the Management Committee and on the Board of Directors of SXWorks. Richard holds an M.A. in Communications Management from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California; B.A. in English from Boston College.
Catalog Shopping 2024
10/18/24, 6:00 PM
The market for music catalogs continues to thrive, with continuing sales directly from creators as well as a very active trade in secondary sales (portfolios of acquired catalogs). This panel will discuss trends and developments in the catalog market, including deal structures, pricing trends, secondary sales and financing.
CLE: The New Music Acquisitions Market
10/16/20, 4:00 PM
The M&A market for music catalogs and companies has evolved significantly over the past few years. New buyers are entering the marketplace on a regular basis, with funding from a range of domestic and foreign investors. Writers and rights owners who had not considered selling are now rethinking those decisions as sale multiples continue to increase. As the economic impact of streaming continues to develop, valuation models continue to evolve in ways that are more favorable to sellers, especially of more recent material. All of this is complicated by the COVID-19 crisis and its current and predicted effect on licensing income and the consumer market. This panel will cover how the M&A market continues to develop and how it is likely to be impacted by these changes to industry economics.
Boring Is Back: The Rise of Infrastructure, AI, and the Tech Behind the Music Business
In the music industry, it’s not the flashy front-end tools making the biggest impact — it’s the foundational tech behind the scenes. From rights infrastructure to royalty automation, from metadata cleanup to AI-powered catalog valuation, the "boring" parts of the business are where the real innovation (and revenue) is happening.
This panel will explore how AI, automation, and scalable data systems are transforming how music is monetized, tracked, and valued across borders. We’ll look at how these technologies are enabling global scale, improving transparency, and opening new doors for creators, publishers, and investors alike.
Key Panel Subject Matter:
AI and automation in royalty matching and rights management
Fixing metadata to unlock global monetization
Catalog valuation and investment strategies using tech
Building interoperable systems across global platforms and territories
Why infrastructure is now a strategic advantage in music