Industry focus

Fractional CFO for media, entertainment & streaming

Media and entertainment finance is its own discipline. Revenue arrives as advances, royalties, minimum guarantees, licensing windows, subscription cohorts, ad sell-through, and back-end participations — and content spend behaves like capital, not like opex.

I've run finance inside these businesses at scale. As a fractional CFO I bring the models, controls, and reporting that make a media, entertainment, streaming, gaming, or creator-led business fundable, transactable, and legible to a board.

Sectors I know deeply

Music & audio: Labels, distribution, catalogs, streaming, live events, and merchandise.
Streaming & subscriptions: Recurring-revenue models where churn, cohort behavior, and content ROI drive the P&L.
Content & IP: Licensing, libraries, rights management, and emerging AI monetization.
Gaming & interactive: Studios, platforms, and live-service economies.
Digital media & advertising: Content businesses, ad-tech, and digital publishing.
Creators & talent: Management companies, agencies, creator brands, and talent-led businesses.

The operating record behind it

Empire Records and Distribution: Built 0→1 finance functions and controls; led the first outside capital raise for the company; 300 employees across 30 countries.
Amazon Music: Owned business planning for a subscription service with 85M+ subscribers; launched multiple 0→1 businesses driving $1B in value, including Amazon Music Live and the Music Merch shop.
Amazon Corporate Development: Led $1B+ in acquisitions across digital content, consumer internet, and devices.
Night Media: Senior finance leadership inside a creator- and talent-led business.

What I build for media businesses

Content & catalog economics: Title-, catalog-, and slate-level return models, recoupment tracking, and content investment frameworks.
Royalty & revenue integrity: Royalty accounting, revenue splits, participations, and a close process that survives audit and diligence.
Subscription & ad forecasting: Cohort-based subscriber models, churn and ARPU drivers, and ad sell-through forecasting.
Capital & M&A: Debt and equity raises, catalog and platform acquisitions, sell-side preparation, and integration.

Where I work

Engagements run remotely, with focus markets in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York.

Let's build the finance function your business needs to scale.

Whether you're preparing to raise capital, evaluating a transaction, or scaling the business — let's talk.

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New to the model? Read the fractional CFO guide.