eddy cueApple iTunes Chief Eddy Cue will attend the Pollstar Live! 2018 Conference where he will sit down for a QA session with Variety Executive Music Editor Shirley Halperin, Variety reported today.

Cue's official title is vice president of Internet Software and Services, and he oversees both iTunes and Apple Music along with Apple Pay, Maps, iCloud services, Apple's video efforts, and more.

"Eddy Cue and his team at Apple have changed the way we listen to music, played a transformative role in artist discovery, and ignited the passion of music fans," said Ray Waddell, president, Media & Conferences, for Oak View Group, producers of Pollstar Live! "We are thrilled to have him address the attendees at Pollstar Live! and can't wait to hear what he has to say."

Other speakers at Pollstar Live! 2018 include William J. Bratton, Troy Carter, Coolio, Mark Cuban, Marc Geiger, Michael Rapino, Alan Krueger, James E. Meyer, Roger Lynch, and more.

The Q&A session, entitled Apple and the Music Business, will take place on the morning of February 7, 2018 at the InterContinental hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Pollstar Live! is a three day event that starts on February 6.

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jdawgnoonan Avatar
104 months ago
Congratulations for leading development on the worst piece of software with this level of market saturation! Most people only launch it by accident.
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Jesse Waugh Avatar
104 months ago
At first glance I thought he’d resigned.
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MH01 Avatar
104 months ago
Eddy is Steve's natural successor. A visionary and very charasmatic guy. Apple is lucky to have him so step aside, Tim!
Ha ha ha - the competition is very greatful of this visionary :)
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M.PaulCezanne Avatar
104 months ago
Question: how is it you earn 9 figures from Apple when you don’t seem to be able to distinguish your rear end from your elbow?
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At first glance I thought he’d resigned.
That would make too much sense. Spaceship Apple doesn’t seem to embrace reality these days does it.
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btrach144 Avatar
104 months ago
I saw Eddy's picture and thought that he left Apple. #Dang
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104 months ago
The exclamation point bothers me

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