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Speakers lining up for In The City
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 23 August 2010
Organisers of In The City have announced details of some more speakers who will appear at this year’s event. First up, REM’s attorney and manager Bertis Downs will be chatting to former Warner Music boss Rob Dickins.
REM, of course, have had a long relationship with Warner Music, and Dickins headed up the major’s UK division during the band’s hey day in the 1990s. Downs will be talking about what it’s like to manage a major band on the worldwide stage, and about how the role of artist manager has changed and is still changing.
Elsewhere O2’s music sponsorship boss Jasmine Skee, artist manager John Arnison, TAG Strategic’s Ted Cohen and Stormcrowd’s Steve Machin will all speak too.
In The City runs from 13-15 Oct in Manchester. More at www.inthecity.co.uk.
