Kristin Robinson was hired as Billboard’s music publishing reporter in 2021 and has already been promoted twice since then, most recently to senior correspondent in February 2025, covering the intersection of music business and technology.

She hosts Billboard’s first video podcast, “On The Record with Kristin Robinson.” on which she’s interviewed such important voices as Mark Cuban, Atlantic CEO Elliot Grainge, artists Charlie Puth and Ryan Tedder and “Wicked” film director Jon M. Chu, while her newsletter, “Machine Learnings” garnered more than 50,000 subscribers in its first year of publication. Don’t miss the chance to meet this award-winning journalist in person.