CEO Marc Caruso: Behind Every Copyright Is a Human Being
Behind Every Copyright Is a Human Being. It's Time the Industry Acted Like It. The music publishing industry will tell you it's in the business of managing copyrights. It isn't. It's in the business of managing trust. Songwriters hand over pieces of themselves to publishers. Some of those hand-offs are apparent from the start, while others reveal themselves through their songs over time, often from emotional places that remain sensitive or unresolved. When a songwriter places those songs with a publisher, their trust carries the emotional weight of their work. It's a passenger on their l...
Billboard: How to Make 2026 Your Breakout Year by Ralph Torrefranca
How to Make 2026 Your Breakout Year: Building Your Creative Conduit By exploring uncharted arenas — and allowing yourself to rediscover your first (creative) love — you can open a world of possibility. — Ralph Torrefranca Read More at Billboard...
Muse by Clio: Jessie LaBelle Tells Brands "Do Your Homework"
Jessie is director of creative sync at AM2/Angry Mob Music. She manages the sync team, leads business development initiatives and serves as a key public representative for both AM2 and Angry Mob Music at industry events. With 15+ years in music supervision, Jessie’s brand experience includes Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Levi’s, Kohler, Visa, Capital One, HBO and Paramount. Her agency experience includes working on the Lollapalooza rebrand and the Adobe x Janelle Monáe collaboration. She founded the Women in Music Chicago chapter in 2016 and currently serves as co-chair, creating vital platforms fo...
Billboard: Ralph Torrefranca
This week’s Billboard Executive Turntable Column featured the news that Ralph Torrefranca from Angry Mob was promoted to Executive Director, Writer Creative. Ralph Torrefranca has been promoted to executive director of writer creative at Angry Mob Music Group, where he has been a key player since 2015. Torrefranca has significantly contributed to the success of hits like “My Fault” by Shaboozey and “She Likes It” by Russell Dickerson. He has also fostered the growth of writers and producers such as Bus and Bailey Bryan. In his new role, Torrefranca will continue to oversee the creative develo...
Creative Industries News: Ralph Torrefranca
Creative Industries news covered Angry Mob Music’s recent promotion of Ralph Torrefranca to Executive Director, Writer Creative. Independent music publisher Angry Mob Music Group has promoted Ralph Torrefranca to the position of Executive Director of Writer Creative. Based in Los Angeles, Torrefranca will continue to report to Angry Mob’s CEO Marc Caruso. In this new role, he will “continue to oversee the development of the diverse songwriters, artists, and producers that make up Angry Mob… – Emmanuel Legrand, Creative Industries News Read More at Creative Industries News...
Angry Mob Music Elevates Ralph Torrefranca
Los Angeles, CA (May 6, 2025) – Angry Mob Music Group, an independent music publisher boldly serving songwriters, composers, artists, and creatives, has promoted team member Ralph Torrefranca to Executive Director of Writer Creative. In this new role, he will continue to oversee the development of the diverse songwriters, artists, and producers that make up Angry Mob in addition to expanding his creative influence company-wide through cross-collaboration and providing key creative input on various projects and initiatives. Ralph is based in Los Angeles, CA and will continue to report to Angry ...
The Future of What Podcast – Episode #250
Angry Mob’s Marc Caruso was recently interviewed by Portia Sabin, President of The Music Business Association, for their podcast The Future of What. Take a listen below! Independents make up 40% of the publishing industry, and yet, they struggle to leverage deals. Why? It all comes down to industry fracturing that is preventing the emergence of their collective voice. Angry Mob Music CEO, Marc Caruso touched upon this in his Billboard op-ed, “Why It’s Time for Indie Publishers to Get Angry,” where he highlights how the collaborative environment of the indie publishing space makes rallying tog...
The New Music Business With Ari Herstand
Angry Mob Music’s CEO, Marc Caruso joins Ari Herstand on this week’s The New Music Business Podcast to talk all things music publishing, his recent Billboard op-ed, sync, music licensing, social media music rights, inequities in the industry, and more! This week Ari sits down with Marc Caruso, the CEO and co-founder of Angry Mob Music, an independent music publisher based in LA. Aside from being an advocate for independent artists in the publishing world, Marc is a composer, producer, and Emmy-nominated music editor himself. He is a board member and former President of the LA chapter of the...
