John Branca ranks at number 47 at the 2014 Billboard Power 100 list

[ivy]

NO. 47
John Branca
Partner, Ziffren Brittenham

Staged Michael Jackson’s second posthumous comeback with the debut of “Michael Jackson One,” a permanent Cirque du Soleil residency in Las Vegas

It’s been a busy year for John Branca. The music super-lawyer, best-known as the co-executor of the Michael Jackson estate, negotiated the sale of Elvis Presley’s intellectual property to Authentic Brands in November and helped Carlos Santana extend his residency at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas through the end of 2014.

As head of the music practice at Ziffren Brittenham, Branca also oversees a cadre of lawyers who represent such acts as Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Linkin Park, Selena Gomez, Rick Rubin, Trent Reznor, David Guetta and numerous other A-listers.

Branca also wears a second hat: executive producer. Last year, he produced “Michael Jackson One,” a Cirque du Soleil residency at Mandalay Bay that opened in May. The show, staged in a custom-built theater, complements Branca’s other Cirque du Soleil production, “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour,” which just ended its third year of touring to become the ninth-top-grossing tour in history, earning $325.1 million from 407 performances worldwide since its debut in October 2011, according to Billboard Boxscore.

“With music’s ongoing shift to digital, economic power continues to reside in live touring, artist brands and delivery systems.” For Branca, that means a transition from straight contract deals to becoming a producer who consistently orchestrates new entertainment experiences.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/5876659/john-branca-the-2014-billboard-power-100

Full 2014 Billboard Power 100 list here

http://www.billboard.com/biz/5869768/the-2014-billboard-power-100?utm_source=twitter

 

[Petrarose]

He is low down on the list. Is the list based on how much money the person generates in the various business deals?

 

[ivy]

^^

no. it's based on " exerting a powerful influence on the music business"

 

[Petrarose]

^^Oh I see.

 

[Snow White luvs Peter Pan]

I really thought John only run the MJ Estate, it probably explains why they take so long to put projects together.

 

[knowle]

I would have thought JB would have been higher than that, I don't understand how the system works anyway.Simon Cowell is 50 something what the heck does he do? Apart from appearing on XFactor which I have never watched.:scratch:

 

[Petrarose]

^^Ivy wrote what they mean above. Maybe you have to be active in bringing singers and music to the public, discovering new singers & music and having a big impact in all that, and bla, bla. Who is the number 1 guy? Maybe that will give us a good clue to explain what this all means.

 

[jrsfan]

^^Ivy wrote what they mean above. Maybe you have to be active in bringing singers and music to the public, discovering new singers & music and having a big impact in all that, and bla, bla. Who is the number 1 guy? Maybe that will give us a good clue to explain what this all means.

Jay z & Beyonce:

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[bluesky]

mostly unfamiliar name

Justin Bieber's manager

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There&#8217;s more to Scooter Braun than Justin Bieber, whom Braun signed in 2009 when the YouTube child star was barely 15 years old and helped turn him into a global superstar. Then, in 2012, he snagged the Wanted, Carly Rae Jepsen and K-pop phenom PSY. And last year Braun showed that he could work his mojo on other stars, breaking Ariana Grande, Martin Garrix and Tori Kelly.
Grande&#8217;s debut album, "Yours Truly," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in September, selling 138,000 copies (according to Nielsen SoundScan), while Kelly&#8217;s second EP, Foreward, bowed at No. 16 in November with sales of 16,000. That same month, Garrix&#8217;s EDM track &#8220;Animals&#8221; hit No. 1 on the U.K. chart during its first week of release.
But Braun&#8217;s biggest move last year may have been his dealmaking rather than his talent-spotting. He teamed with Overland Park, Kan.-based money manager Waddell & Reed, which took a stake in his business for around $90 million, according to people familiar with the deal. They then raised a cash fund valued at $120 million-$150 million that Braun will use to acquire stakes in other artist management firms including Troy Carter&#8217;s Atom Factory (which recently lost Lady Gaga but now has John Mayer, Miguel and John Legend) and Nashville manager Jason Owen&#8217;s Sandbox Management (Shania Twain, Little Big Town).
The deal has earned him the moniker &#8220;Young Irving Azoff&#8221; in music circles in reference to one of the business&#8217; most powerful and charismatic artist managers, who built his power base by rolling up a big group of fellow managers.
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[Petrarose]

Jrsfan thanks, now that I see #1 I understand the list. Now if they separate JayZ from Beyonce, I wonder where each would be placed.

 

[ILoveHIStory]

BUT, higher than John Branca is

NO. 5
Martin Bandier

Chairman/CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing


He is, imo, more important, because he is dealing with MJs business matters directly through Sony/ATV=50% of MJ Estate.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/5869773/martin-bandier-the-2014-billboard-power-100

Martin Bandier has been in music publishing for more than 30 years and leads the world&#8217;s largest catalog holder, so when he describes the last year as &#8220;probably the most interesting year in my business life in publishing,&#8221; it&#8217;s a good idea to pay attention.

Bandier, a lawyer by training and a music man by choice, is referring to the unfolding legal ramifications around the move by publishers&#8212;which he led&#8212;to pull digital rights for songs from collection societies ASCAP and BMI in order to negotiate directly with digital services like Pandora and iTunes Radio for higher rates.

Bandier&#8217;s plan, embraced by some of his fellow publishers, appeared to work quite well until rate court judges for ASCAP and BMI handed down separate rulings saying the publishers can&#8217;t pull just their digital rights&#8212;they have to be all in or all out. While the ASCAP judge disallowed the withdrawals, saying the publishers were all in, the BMI judge said the digital withdrawals meant they were all out.

The BMI ruling came in mid-December. &#8220;It was the first holiday period I had been so busy,&#8221; Bandier says. &#8220;My biggest concern since day one of withdrawing our digital rights is we wanted a fair price, that the words and music were equally as important as the recording. The only way to achieve parity was to withdraw our rights and to seek arms-length deals with the digital partners. Performance revenue has become a more important revenue source for publishers as sales decline.&#8221;

Bandier has market dominance&#8212;his company&#8217;s share soared to 33% after he engineered Sony/ATV becoming the administrator for EMI&#8217;s publishing catalog in 2012. It would have been easy to sit back and enjoy it. Instead, he wants to use the company&#8217;s market power to benefit songwriters and one day soon to get paid at a rate similar to performers.

&#8220;My job is to maximize value for our owners and our songwriters. It&#8217;s not the superstar writers I worry about the most, it&#8217;s really the writer with one or two hits that needs to meet his monthly mortgage.&#8221;


Articles/news about Sony/ATV - http://www.billboard.com/biz/tag/Sony/ATV Music Publishing?f[0]=im_opencalais_company_tags%3A15511

 

[kingkey100]

Branca is cold man...

 

[marebear]

I know only a handful of the people on this list lol. Jay Z and Beyonce are #1. But then I am not really surprised if that makes sense because they can do whatever they want it seems and they seem like BFFs with the Obamas. I am not being negative or anything like that. You can see the power and influence they have these last few years.

 

[Petrarose]

Yeah JayZ is a good businessman. He knows how to make money.

 

[Zakk]

in associates with those other artists.. no wonder we've had very mediocre releases so far.. I won't completely lose faith yet I guess but Branca should focus on Michael. Thing's could be done so much better.

 

[qbee]

Really Zakk I thought you said BAD 25 was good release and what does the above have anything to do with releases being mediocre. (It doesn't) The Law firm Ziffren Brittenham , which consists of Many attorneys takes care of various artists not Branca personally and not through MJ's Estate. His main focus is on Michael Jackson. Immortal and MJ ONE are Huge successes in the Industry and the Last Album BAD 25 was great effort as well. (bar the fact you personally didn't like the Wembley DVD and threw it in the trash) Many fans appreciated that performance of Michael as well and it did very good on the market. I think your assumption/speculation that Branca doesn't focus on Michael is unfair.

 

[Petrarose]

^^Very true. Branca had business dealings with other artists before Michael died and obviously he would continue working with others while he works as exec of the estate. Also the other attorneys work with other clients as well.

 

[ivy]

in associates with those other artists.. no wonder we've had very mediocre releases so far.. I won't completely lose faith yet I guess but Branca should focus on Michael. Thing's could be done so much better.

I hope you realize that Branca isn't the only Executor and it's not like he is supposed to do everything himself. What he does is that come with the idea and hire other people - who are more suitable in the area- to bring it to life. Branca is an entertainment lawyer he's not a music producer and the thing he's known for is making good deals. For example think about Cirque shows, it's not like Branca sat down and wrote the story line, hire the dancers, train them and so on. He just comes with the idea, makes the deal with Cirque and then hires Jamie King to do the all the creative part. The same applies to the music releases as well, they decide to release an album and then hire music producers and so on to work on it.

 

[Bubs]

I hope you realize that Branca isn't the only Executor and it's not like he is supposed to do everything himself. What he does is that come with the idea and hire other people - who are more suitable in the area- to bring it to life. Branca is an entertainment lawyer he's not a music producer and the thing he's known for is making good deals. For example think about Cirque shows, it's not like Branca sat down and wrote the story line, hire the dancers, train them and so on. He just comes with the idea, makes the deal with Cirque and then hires Jamie King to do the all the creative part. The same applies to the music releases as well, they decide to release an album and then hire music producers and so on to work on it.

Well said. I would think that perhaps John McClain is the person who is more responsible for new music and who to get involved for new releases. After all he is music producer, he was responsible of producing TII song and if I remember right his recording studio Marvin's room was used for some of the posthumous songs.
It would make more sense if he is on charge music side.