Matt Mason (author)
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| Born | August 11, 1978 (age 38) London, United Kingdom |
| Residence | Los Angeles |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author and Creative Executive |
| Notable work | 1-800-N0TH1NG, The Pirate's Dilemma, RWD Magazine, BitTorrent Bundle |
| Spouse(s) | Kelli Newman Mason |
| Website | mattjmason.com |
Matt Mason (born August 11, 1978) is an author and creative executive. He is the former Chief Content Officer for BitTorrent Inc., author of The Pirate’s Dilemma, and the founding editor-in-chief of RWD magazine.
Early Career
Mason grew up in London, and began DJing as a teen on the pirate radio stations Ice FM and Mac FM. He attended the University of Bristol where he graduated with a degree in Economics. After graduating, he worked in the music and advertising industries at companies including Warner Music, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Mediacom.
In 2001, Mason became the founding editor-in-chief of RWD magazine. RWD was created to push new sounds emerging from the UK, most notably UK garage, grime and dubstep, and Mason became the first journalist to interview a number of prominent UK artists, including Dizzee Rascal, Skepta and Tinchy Stryder.
RWD became the largest music magazine by circulation in the UK, growing from 5,000 copies a month to almost 100,000 copies a month. Based on his work at RWD, Mason was selected as one of the faces of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Start Talking Ideas campaign, and was presented The Prince’s Trust London Business of the Year Award by Prince Charles in 2004.
Between 2001 and 2004, Mason also ran the independent label Tuned Plastic, specializing in UK garage, grime and dubstep. ‘Submarine’, a record produced by Mason and released on Tuned Plastic, was included on DJ EZ’s seminal Pure Garage: Bass Breaks and Beats compilation in 2001.
Between 2003 and 2005, Mason also anonymously wrote the Grimewatch column for Vice magazine, only outing himself as its author in his last column before leaving RWD and moving to New York.
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