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Recommended Reading: Tim Ferriss’s BitTorrent Experiment

12 April 2013

An interesting development in the BitTorrent/piracy debate.

Late last year 4 Hour Work Week author Tim Ferriss, with his latest book 4 Hour Chef, set out to see if he could circumvent the 6 big publishers and instead go it alone by partnering with Amazon and BitTorrent.

In this piece for ReadWrite.com journalist John Paul Titlow talks to Tim about the results of his experiment, which resulted in a BitTorrent to Amazon click-through rate of 880,000, and looks at the ‘Piracy Question’.

Read it here.

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Music managers contribute value worth £714m to the wider UK music business

17/09/2025

The Music Managers Forum (MMF) has unveiled new independent research that, for the first time, calculates the economic value music managers bring to the UK music industry.

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The Music Managers Forum is devastated to hear of the death of John Glover.

11/09/2025

John was a founding member of the MMF, served as a board member and our Chair over two periods (between 1995 to 2004) and remained active as one of our Custodians.

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MMF’s Manager Summit 2025 – One Week to Go!

08/09/2025

Following last year’s Data, Deals and Innovation theme, the ever-popular MMF Summit returns on Tuesday 16th September, with a focus on Alternative Finance and the Value of Music Management. Tickets are running low, so be sure to secure yours!

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MMF Board Election 2025: Meet The Candidates

20/08/2025

Nominations have now closed for the MMF board election 2025. This year we have four amazing managers nominated and as there are four seats available they are uncontested and will be appointed via an approval vote at the upcoming Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 16th September 2025.

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