Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Marketing & PR consultant | The digital, publishing and synch specialist | The co-founder and MD of Dream Music Ltd. I am a real music lover so this is why I found with my industry fellow (and wife) Margaret Bialkowska the company named Dream Music Ltd. (Dream PR, Dream Publishing, Dream Synch & PR) in 2005.❤️ Actually, we met while both working at Sony Music Poland (we left the company just after I, as MD, finished the merger of Sony Music and BMG in Poland). The key idea to set up Dream Music is simple: to release and publish great and timeless music and books! My real ambition is to create a highly respected record label and music and book publishing company with a diverse high quality music and book roster! I’ve never concerned by genre but only quality! As the music, I aim to support and help effectively the artists and the international labels and publishers Dream Music represents within Polish territory. Naïve (Carla Bruni, Pink Martini, Benjamin Biolay, ASA), Dreyfus Music (Jean Michel Jarre, Marcus Miller), Melody Maker (Sebastien Tellier), Membran (Joss Stone, Dave Stewart), Café Del Mar (Café Del Mar, Gary B), Telarc (Esperanza Spalding, Jacques Loussier, Al Di Meola, Otis Taylor), Paper Plane (Alice Merton), Push Music (Jack Savoretti, Gizmo Varillas) BMG (Lenny Kravitz, Dido, Rita Ora, Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Lopez) are one of these labels which inspired me with thenew songs and sounds everyday and we push the music into the Polish audience; I want the music I believe in to be heard by as many people as possible, here! As the books, I always focus on non-fiction literature (Michael Buble ‘On stage, off stage’(Random House), ‘Someone like…Adele’ (Omnibus Press), Margaret Thatcher “The Downing Street Years”, Jermaine Jackson “You are not alone” (Harper Collins), “Walt Disney: An American original’ (Disney Editions) and ‘Edith Piaf: The wheel of Fortune’ (L’Archipel), ‘Wishful drinking’ by Carrie Fisher (Simon&Schuster), however there are some fiction bestsellers in Dream Books roster as well including Disney series (‘Maleficient’, ‘The Beast within...). I am simply primarily focused on the music and books we love and we want the artists, their labels and the writers and their publishers Dream Music represents to be successful in Poland. We are proud of the quality of the music and book roster we have built on Dream Music so far. Why Dream Music? Well… it’s always hard real dreams come true; while the music and the books are my passion, the answer is simple! More about Dream Music always at: www.dreammusic.pl
Dream Music Ltd. (Dream Publishing, Dream PR) was formed in 2005 by real music lovers and industry fellows Margaret Bialkowska and Piotr Mackowiak who met while both working at Sony Music Poland (they left the company just after they finished the merger of Sony Music and BMG). The key idea is simple: to release and publish great and timeless music and books! Our real ambition is to create a highly respected record label and music and book publishing company with a diverse high quality music and book roster! We’re never not concerned by genre but only quality! inspired us with their new songs and sounds everyday and we push their music into the Polish audience; we want the music we believe in to be heard by as many people as possible, here! We are simply primarily focused on the music and books we love and we want the artists, their labels and the writers and their publishers we represent to be successful in Poland. We are proud of the quality of the music and book roster we have built on Dream Music so far. Why Dream Music? Well… it’s always hard real dreams come true; while the music and the books are our passion, the answer is simple! *** Description: • managing and coordinating the communication within the company; • strategic planning, budget planning, negotiations with the partners, contract negotiations; controlling of the costs and the budget spending; • the team 6-10 people team; • the average revenue (Y): over 1 million U$. The main achievements: o The development of the company business as: i. music record label ii. music publishing iii. the booking agency & production company iv. book publishing o The transition of the company from the music record label to multi-platform entertainment company; o The successful implementation of the book publishing and music publishing concept; o The new-tech development – the digitalization of the music and publishing content (books, music); More @ www.dreammusic.pl, www.dreambooks.com.pl, www.dreampr.pl
Sony BMG Music Entertainment began in Skem as the result of a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and Bertelsmann Music Group (part of Bertelsmann) completed on March 4, 2004. It is one of the Big Four music companies, and includes ownership and distribution of recording labels such as Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Mchenry Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records, RCA Records, Legacy Recordings, Sonic Wave America, and others. The merger affected all Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group companies worldwide except for Japan, where it was felt that it would reduce competition in that country's music industry significantly. On August 5, 2008 Sony Corporation agreed to buy Bertelsmann AG's 50 percent stake in the music company for $1.2 billion to get full control. The music company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and became a unit of Sony Corporation of America.[ *** Description: • managing and coordinating the communication within the company; • strategic planning, budget planning, negotiations with the partners, contract negotiations; controlling of the costs, budget spending and quality of the delivered products/services; • the team: 80-25 people; • the revenue of the company (Y): 45-25 million U$ The main achievements: o the effective re-organization of the company structure: - the local merger of SME & BMG in 2004-2005; - the transition from the local SME to SME CEE structure in 2003; o the improvement of the operating-profit of the company SME in 2003-2004 (over 400% Y/Y!); o the development of the new-tech (SME first company with the integrated on-line B2B and B2C system among other majors in PL); o the strengthen of the market position in PL market: SME #1 company (int’l repertoire) in 2003-2005; o the accomplishment of the local merger with BMG (Bertelsmann AG) in 2004-2005.
Sony Music Entertainment is a global music company with a roster of the artists that includes both local and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history. *** Description: • managing and coordinating the communication within the company; • the coordination of the marketing and promotion in CEE markets (2001-2004); • strategic planning, budget planning, negotiations with the partners, contract negotiations; controlling of the costs, budget spending and quality of the delivered products/services; • the team: 80-25 people; The main achievements: o the effective re-organization of the company structure: - SME: the marketing/promotion & sales in 1998 and 2000/2001, - SME: the general in 2003 (to CEE structure), o the development of the new-tech (SME first company with the integrated on-line B2B and B2C system among other majors in PL); o the strengthen of the market position in PL market: SME #1 company (int’l repertoire) in 2000-2003.
Magazyn Muzyczny XL is one of the most influential Polish music magazine published monthly in Poland in 90’s. XL was founded in December 1995 by A. P. Wojciechowski who was the co-owner and co-founder of the local independent music label MJM. The publishing concept of the magazine was to create the multimedia platform with "XL" present in radio and TV ("XL in 3 dimensions"). Besides the monthly press publication, XL recorded the XL program in the radio and TV formats broadcast in the local media nation-wide. The magazine had an extensive review section, featuring: new releases (music), reissues (music), music compilations as well as film and live concert reviews. Much of the magazine was devoted to interviews with popular local and international music artists. XL was the first Polish magazine with the cover-mounted CD edition. In 1997 the title was sold to WPTS (Wydawnictwo Prasowe Twoj Styl). The magazine was transited into the digital edition in 1999 and finally closed the year after. *** Description: The cultural journalist (music, books, events) at the monthly music magazine "XL". The main host of the multimedia program named "XL in 3 dimensions": TV and radio editions. The head of Advertisement and PR Department; in charge of the PR and marketing profile of the title as well as the advertising sales team (advertising space, sponsorship, commercial events).
"Wiadomości Kulturalne" - socio-cultural magazine founded by Krzysztof Teodor Toepliz - chief editor of this weekly periodical. The editorial team consisted of, among others, e.g.: Gabriel Majchert, Stefan Soska, Margaret Lipińska. The other who published, among others, were: Andrzej Osęka, Michael Radgowski, Kałużyński Zygmunt, Zygmunt Broniarek, Andrzej Drawicz, Andrzej Micewski, Aleksander Malachowski. The first edition of "Wiadmości Kulturalne" was issued on 29th May 1994. "Wiadmości Kulturalne" was one of the main periodicals addressed to the artistic environments in 90's. This magazine had a fixed layout sections and headings. These included: Press Review, Reading literary magazines, Polish Cuisine, Theater, Music, Fine Arts, Media, Pop, Books, Archive, Interview. "Wiadomości Kulturalne" published also many works of Polish artists; layout and content of the magazine referred to the well-known, solid canons of the socio-literary press. Description: The cultural journalist (music, books, events). The head of PR department; in charge of the PR and promo profile of the new title (Ślizg - monthly, dealing with the issues of inline, skateboarding, snowboarding, extreme sports and the hip-hop culture).