As Billboard's senior finance correspondent, Liz covers money in music, from big deals going down for catalog acquisitions and music companies to start-ups providing financial alternatives to the majors to innovative fintech platforms that are attempting to fix longstanding industry problems. Prior to joining Billboard, Liz spent a decade at the global news wire Reuters, covering Wall Street banks, investing and wealth, cryptocurrency, money laundering and China's financial influence in North America. She studied journalism with a focus in international relations at Indiana University and Columbia University and has worked as a journalist in China, Kenya, Canada and the U.S.