Cherie Hu is a journalist focusing on the intersection of music and technology. She writes regular columns for Billboard, Forbes and Music Business Worldwide, with additional bylines in Variety, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the Columbia Journalism Review. In 2017 she received the Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business Journalist of the Year.

• Part 1: A historical overview of music and startup culture 1. Napster and Piracy: Startup culture as a threat to music culture2. “Rockstar Entrepreneurs”: Startup culture as synonymous with music culturePart 2: Case studies3. Hits to Bits: The Artist as Data4. Remixes, Mashups and Memes: The Artist as Code5. Gaming the System: The Artist as Algorithm6. Fandom Kingdom: The Artist as Platform7. Agile Albums: The Artist as Prototype8. Buy the Same Tokens: The Artist as Currency9. Epilogue: The Artist as Machine

Cherie Hu is a journalist focusing on the intersection of music and technology. She writes regular columns for Billboard, Forbes and Music Business Worldwide, with additional bylines in Variety, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the Columbia Journalism Review. In 2017 she received the Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business Journalist of the Year.

• Part 1: A historical overview of music and startup culture 1. Napster and Piracy: Startup culture as a threat to music culture2. “Rockstar Entrepreneurs”: Startup culture as synonymous with music culturePart 2: Case studies3. Hits to Bits: The Artist as Data4. Remixes, Mashups and Memes: The Artist as Code5. Gaming the System: The Artist as Algorithm6. Fandom Kingdom: The Artist as Platform7. Agile Albums: The Artist as Prototype8. Buy the Same Tokens: The Artist as Currency9. Epilogue: The Artist as Machine

Cherie Hu is a journalist focusing on the intersection of music and technology. She writes regular columns for Billboard, Forbes and Music Business Worldwide, with additional bylines in Variety, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the Columbia Journalism Review. In 2017 she received the Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business Journalist of the Year.

• Part 1: A historical overview of music and startup culture 1. Napster and Piracy: Startup culture as a threat to music culture2. “Rockstar Entrepreneurs”: Startup culture as synonymous with music culturePart 2: Case studies3. Hits to Bits: The Artist as Data4. Remixes, Mashups and Memes: The Artist as Code5. Gaming the System: The Artist as Algorithm6. Fandom Kingdom: The Artist as Platform7. Agile Albums: The Artist as Prototype8. Buy the Same Tokens: The Artist as Currency9. Epilogue: The Artist as Machine