JANKO ROETTGERS

Janko Roettgers is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist. Roettgers covers technology, economic and cultural subjects for European and US media outlets.

Janko Roettgers is the author of the German-language book "Mix, Burn & R.I.P. - Das Ende der Musikindustrie" (the end of the music industry), which was published in 2003. In 2001 he co-edited the book "Netzpiraten - Die Kultur des elektronischen Verbrechens" (net pirates - the culture of electronic crime) together with Armin Medosch.

Some of his customers are c't, De:Bug, Focus Online, Futurezone, GigaOm, heise.de, Newteevee.com, ORF OE1, das medium magazin, Tomorrow and Zeit.de.

WILL PAGE & OLIVER TUERCKE

Will Page - Chief Economist, PRS for Music, London

Will Page is the Chief Economist at PRS for Music which represents songwriters and publishers in the UK. His role at PRS for Music is to provide analytical support to colleagues within the organisation and to provide economic insight to the media industry as a whole. His most notable work to date has included ‘In Rainbows, On Torrents', which asked whether Radiohead's legal free offering could compete with illegal free, a highly publicised refutation of Chris Anderson's ‘long tail' theory and an exclusive collaboration on the data behind the Swedish start-up Spotify. Will graduated from the University of Edinburgh where, interestingly, his thesis on the East German Economy post unification was published by Deutsche Bank, and covered in the Financial Times. Will's work can be accessed at www.prsformusic.com/economics

Oliver Tuercke - International Manager, PRS for Music, London

In his current role as International Manager, Oliver Tuercke manages PRS for Music's relations with collecting societies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as Eastern Europe representing PRS for Music members' interests. Oliver started at PRS for Music in 2007 as International Business Analyst and has contributed since to various key pieces of work by Will Page, for example "Understanding and Interpreting the Digital Market". Before his time at PRS for Music, Oliver had obtained experience in the digital music industry, for example, as a project-based Music Industry Analyst for Digital Music News (Los Angeles, USA) or during a work placement at digital music service provider The Orchard (New York City, USA). Oliver graduated with a BA (hons/1st) in Music and Entertainment Management from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. Oliver's roots are in Germany where he grew up.