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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Legend
Ryan McMahan Is Playing the Long Game
Founder · Operator · Executive

Ryan McMahan Is Playing the Long Game

The Nashville artist manager built Oath around a patient idea: a career should outlast its loudest moment. His work with Reyna Roberts, Blanco Brown and others shows what happens when management begins with identity rather than the next release.

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Legend
Scott Robinson Bet on Careers, Not Hits - and Built Dualtone to Last
Founder · Executive · Operator

Scott Robinson Bet on Careers, Not Hits - and Built Dualtone to Last

For 25 years, the Dualtone co-founder has practiced a stubborn kind of patience: sign fewer artists, share the economics clearly, and give good records enough time to find their people.

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Company
Dualtone Built a Record Label for the Artists the Majors Left Behind - Then the Long Game Paid Off
Media · Consumer · Ecommerce

Dualtone Built a Record Label for the Artists the Majors Left Behind - Then the Long Game Paid Off

The Nashville label survived the CD collapse, a tornado and streaming's brutal arithmetic by making a peculiar promise: fewer artists, clearer deals and careers measured in albums, not weekends.

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