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Mondo.NYC Speaker

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Larry Miller

Larry Miller

Clinical Professor, Music Business Program, NYU Steinhardt & Executive Director, Sony Audio Institute

Larry S. Miller is a professor of Music Business at NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions where he is the inaugural executive director of the Sony Audio Institute for Music Business and Technology. Larry is a music and technology entrepreneur, advisor, producer and host of the Musonomics podcast. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on music entrepreneurship, music analytics, strategic marketing, global music management and the business structure of the music industry. He advises music creators and rights holders on public policy and litigation and has provided expert testimony before the United States Copyright Review Board and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Larry supports music and technology companies and their financial sponsors on valuation, capital formation and growth strategy, digital product and service development, acquisitions and restructuring. Previously, Larry was a Partner at L.E.K. Consulting and a senior member of the firm’s media and entertainment practice. He later served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of MediaNet.

Larry founded and operated Or Music, a Grammy Award winning independent record label and music publisher where he signed, recorded and published multi-platinum artists Los Lonely Boys and Matisyahu; he was Vice President of Market Development at AT&T Labs Research, and began his career as a broadcaster at Tribune, NBC Radio Entertainment and WHTZ/Z100 New York, regarded as the most successful startup in U.S. radio history as the station went from “worst to first” within 72 days of signing-on in the country’s most competitive radio market.

Larry has commented on CBS, ABC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News and NPR; in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Time, Business Week, Financial Times, The Economist, Los Angeles Times, Billboard and Rolling Stone. He is the author of "How Streaming Has Impacted the Value of Music," and "Same Heart/New Beat: How Record Labels Amplify Talent in the Modern Music Marketplace." His article "Metadata: How to Develop the Foundation for the Music Business of Tomorrow" was published in The Licensing Journal, and "Paradigm Shift: Why Radio Must Adapt to the Rise of Digital" was published in Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, the ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries.

He earned an MBA at Columbia Business School, and BA at Brandeis University.

Larry is a proud board member of the Newport Festivals Foundation and the Louis Armstrong House Museum. He is also a Clio Award-winning voice actor.

Mondo 2025 Panels

Fireside Chat: Concord COO Victor Zaraya & NYU's Larry Miller
Globally Independent – How Indies are Confronting the Challenges and Opportunities of an Interconnected World

Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 12:00 PM

The music ecosystem has never been more complicated or more democratic. Music revenues in the US and Europe have become more stable, trust in the music market is strengthening among investors, and new technology is empowering artists to find and connect with global audiences. Join Concord COO Victor Zaraya and NYU’s Larry Miller as they discuss the implications for independent music in an increasingly international environment.

Downtown Music CEO Pieter van Rijn in conversation with NYU Steinhardt's Larry Miller

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 12:00 PM

When Pieter van Rijn spoke at Mondo in 2024, he reflected on the company’s journey over the two decades since its founding. Through a series of strategic moves amid an ever-evolving industry, Downtown evolved from a traditional music publisher into a comprehensive music services business serving independent artists, songwriters and businesses worldwide

But in the year since van Rijn's last Mondo visit, the next step in Downtown's journey has been one of its most interesting, with the company's December 2024 announcement of its proposed acquisition by Virgin Music Group. Now, with a focus firmly on the future, van Rijn and Larry Miller will discuss the growing needs of independent artists, songwriters, and the businesses that support them, how technology is influencing a changing industry, and how a collaboration between Downtown and Virgin could provide this generation and the next with the tools they need to unlock their full potential.

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