BILL WERDE

Bill Werde is director of the top-ranked Bandier music business program in the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, and a columnist for Music Business Worldwide. Before joining the Bandier Program, Werde served as editorial director for Billboard, during which time he directed content strategy, planning and execution across all Billboard properties, including Billboard magazine and billboard.com, helping transition the company from a print business-to-business trade magazine to a rapidly growing digital consumer brand. He led the 2010 relaunch of billboard.com, created a video department and expanded across social platforms and into branded content. The relaunch earned a 2010 Ellie Award for Digital Media from the American Society of Magazine Editors. Under Werde’s direction, Billboard also earned Eddie Awards for Best Media and Entertainment Publication from Folio magazine. 

Werde's recent strategic consulting clients include PEN America, Oak View Group, PBS’ “Landmarks Live” music performance series and others. He was previously an associate editor at Rolling Stone magazine, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, the Washington Post and elsewhere.