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Matthew Storrs Pincus [1] is an American music publisher and investor who founded Songs Music Publishing .[2] He is also the current bassist of the band New York City Hardcore Band Judge .[3]
Early life and education
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Pincus is the son of Lionel Pincus , co-founder and chairman of private equity firm Warburg Pincus . His mother, Suzanne Storrs , was Miss Utah in 1955 and a television actress, who was married to Lionel Pincus until her death in 1995. He is a graduate of Columbia University , where he received his B.A. in 1995 and M.B.A. in 2002.[1] [2] [4] [5] He has a brother, Henry Pincus, who is an actor and also attended Columbia.[6] [7] [8]
Career
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At age 17, he joined the New York hardcore band Judge , where he played bass.[3] [9]
In college, Pincus interned at various record labels , including EMI and Jive Records . He was also a campus representative for Atlantic Records and worked as an assistant editor at the New York magazine after college.[10]
Having graduated from Columbia Business School , Pincus worked at EMI as a strategy associate. In 2004, he invested $5 million of his own money into Songs Music Publishing with Ron Perry , a fellow EMI alum. The two initially targeted Christian rock and hard rock musicians before looking into more commercial acts including Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Conor Oberst .[11] Under Pincus' leadership, the label represented a clientele of 300 artists, including chart-topping musicians such as Lorde , Diplo , and The Weeknd .[12] [13]
In 2015, he testified before the United States Senate to demand a revamp of the country's system for calculating songwriter royalties and warned against the encroachment of Big Tech on the music publishing industry.[14] [15] [16] In a partnership with Barry Weiss , Pincus co-founded a new independent label, RECORDS.[17]
In 2017, Pincus and Perry were named to the Billboard magazine's Power 100 list, which ranks the most influential businesspeople in the music industry.[18] He sold the company in December 2017 for $160 million to Kobalt Music Group .[19]
In 2018, Pincus joined LionTree as executive-in-residence and took up an advisory role at Snap Inc. [20]
He has been a member of the board of directors of the National Music Publishers' Association , the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers , Songwriters Hall of Fame , the financial services startup HIFI,[21] [22] and the music creation platform Splice , of which he is also an investor.[2] [23] [24] [25]
Personal life
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Pincus is married to Sarah Min, former managing editor of Domino , a shopping publication of Condé Nast .[1]
After his father died, he and his brother sued Princess Firyal , accusing her of taking advantage of their father's deteriorating mental and physical state by spending extravagant sums to decorate a Multi-Million dollar,14-room duplex in the Pierre Hotel .[6] [26] [27]
References
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^ a b c "Matt Pincus" . National Music Publishers’ Association . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ a b "JUDGE's Matt Pincus Is Getting Old Punk and Hardcore Bands Paid for Their Song Streams, Finally" . www.vice.com . 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (2009-10-12). "Lionel Pincus, Who Helped Bring Investors to Private Equity, Dies at 78" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ School, Columbia Business (2017-10-25). "Second Century Circle" . Alumni . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ a b Durkin, Erin. "Wall St. titan Lionel Pincus dies; estate feud rages between two sons and Jordanian princess" . nydailynews.com . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "Henry Pincus | Lionel Pincus | 311 West 4th Street" . The Real Deal New York . 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "Columbia Spectator 8 March 1991 — Columbia Spectator" . spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ Kamiński, Karol (2012-07-13). "JUDGE interviewed by Double Cross Zine" . IDIOTEQ.com . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "Matt Pincus" . National Museum of American History . 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "Meet the Banking Scion Who Helped Lorde Top the Music Charts" . BloombergQuint . 30 June 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ Aswad, Shirley Halperin, Jem; Halperin, Shirley; Aswad, Jem (2017-12-08). "Songs Music Publishing Sold to Kobalt for $150 Million" . Variety . Retrieved 2021-08-28 . {{cite web }}
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^ "SONGS Music Publishing Signs Worldwide Co-Publishing Deal with The Weeknd" . Billboard . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ Pincus, Matt (March 10, 2015). " "How Much for a Song?: The Antitrust Decrees that Govern the Market for Music" " (PDF) . Senate Judiciary Committee . Retrieved August 27, 2021 .
^ Pincus, Matt (2015-03-13). "It's Time for Real Transparency in Digital Music (Guest Blog)" . TheWrap . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "SONGS Music CEO Matt Pincus: Why Music Publishing's Two-Class System Could Spell the End for New Indie Firms" . Billboard . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ Christman, Ed (February 17, 2015). "Barry Weiss To Join Forces With SONGS Publishing On New Label" . Billboard . Retrieved June 29, 2018 .
^ "No. 92: Matt Pincus & Ron Perry | Power 100" . Billboard . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ Sisario, Ben (2017-12-08). "Songs, Music Publisher of Lorde and Diplo, Bought by Kobalt" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "SONGS Founder Matt Pincus Joins Snapchat & LionTree" . Billboard . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "How Music's Business Managers Are Tracking Revenue -- And Getting Their Artists Bi-Weekly Paychecks" . Billboard . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "Matt Pincus-backed HIFI launches to help artists 'actually see what they're earning – and what they're worth' " . Music Business Worldwide . 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "The Songwriters Hall of Fame Announces Newly Elected Board of Directors | Songwriters Hall of Fame" . www.songhall.org . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "Music-making platform Splice raises $57.5m, with ex-SONGS boss Matt Pincus backing company" . Music Business Worldwide . 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ Shaw, Lucas (21 February 2021). "Want to Make a Hit Record From Your Bedroom? Ask Splice" . Bloomberg . Retrieved 2021-08-28 .
^ "Lionel Pincus Passes Away But His Sons and Princess Continue to Duke It Out in Court" . Vanity Fair . 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2021-08-29 .
^ "PRINCESS & PLEA: STOP TAKING OUR DAD'S MILLIONS!" . New York Post . 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-29 .
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