Music Business Consultant
This high-level entertainment industry executive has over 25 years of experience,
ranging from film to music to TV to home entertainment. He has identified and
developed strategic initiatives worth tens of millions of dollars, and has a proven
track record of achieving sustained double-digit income growth for his companies
and their clients.
Eric Polin is currently a music business consultant and is in the midst of setting
up a new boutique, independent music publishing company.
He served as Sr. Vice President of Music Publishing at Universal Pictures for 17
years where he oversaw the administration of their film and TV music catalog
dating back to 1928. Previously, he was a partner at Wixen Music Publishing
where he oversaw the publishing administration of some of the top
songwriter/artists in the industry.
Mr. Polin serves on the national board of directors of the Association of
Independent Music Publishers. He is also a past president of the California
Copyright Conference and is the founder and chairman of their scholarship
committee. He has moderated panels on social equity in copyright, artist
managers, independent music publishing, film music, digital distribution, and
helped assemble panels on SIRA and indie record labels.
Mr. Polin has been quoted in The New York Times, and his opinions have been
published by Billboard magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and the U.S.
Copyright Office. He is a frequent guest speaker at the music industry programs
of Northeastern University, Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Northridge, having
also participated in industry events at those schools as well as at USC and
UCLA.
He holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BA in
Economics from UCLA.