‘As soon as you enter the stupid deal business, you risk all of your deals becoming stupid.’

Believe’s Denis Ladegaillerie envisions a bright, bold future for the UK market. Trigger warning: major record labels might not completely love it…
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‘Ultimately our people, our human capital, is the most important asset of our business, and we need to take care of it.’

Denis Ladegaillerie, Believe CEO, on what his company has done during COVID lockdown – and why
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‘The current situation is going to dramatically change the music business, as a huge accelerator of user behavior on the digital side.’

Believe CEO Denis Ladegaillerie discusses the prospects for physical music amid COVID-19 lockdown
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‘Our advice to independent artists right now is simple: keep releasing’

The CEO of Believe, Denis Ladegaillerie, offers his advice to artists, labels and managers during an uncertain time
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Why Believe just bought 49% of one of France’s leading indie labels (and why it’s not worried about Spotify’s user uploads).

Denis Ladegaillerie discusses his latest acquisition and Spotify’s big move
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Believe considers European IPO – with a $500m annual turnover

Digital distribution and services company awarded a Challenges’ ‘Future Unicorn’ Trophy
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‘I don’t see a YouTube value gap. Over 45% of our revenue from the platform is from UGC.’

YouTube is the devil, right? Not if you speak to Believe boss Denis Ladegaillerie

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