Simon Dyson

Areas of expertise: Music industry, including the recorded music (physical and digital) and publishing sectors, as well as royalties and music-related intellectual property issues.

“The music industry is continuing to suffer from lower sales of music each year, yet new digital business models are offering plenty of optimism for the future.”

Simon Dyson is the editor of Music &Copyright, a newsletter covering global copyright and legal issues affecting the music industry. The newsletter attracts interest from a wide range of music industry sectors including government agencies, trade bodies, collection societies as well as recording and music publishing companies. Previously to this he authored several management and strategic reports on all aspects of the music industry and has also completed several music-related consultancy projects for music companies and music retailers. His opinion is widely sought by TV, radio and newspaper journalists on digital music issues as well as the traditional sector.

His knowledge of the music industry extends back more than 20 years and was gained through performance, management and record company ownership. Following a lengthy career in the music industry he returned to education then worked for a specialist music research agency for three years before joining Informa Telecoms & Media in 2000.

Simon holds a BSc in Media Studies and is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors at Herne Infant School

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