About Us
The world's premier music publication, Billboard has served the entertainment business since 1894. Beginning as a weekly for the billposting and advertising business, Billboard and its popular music charts have evolved into the primary source of information on trends and innovation in music, serving music fans, artists, top executives, tour promoters, publishers, radio programmers, lawyers, retailers, digital entrepreneurs and many others.
As Billboard's consumer-faced online home, Billboard.com features an extensive array of searchable, playable charts, breaking music news, artist interviews and exclusives, news, video and more. Launched in 1995 as Billboard Online, Billboard.com now attracts more than 4 million unique visitors each month in more than 100 countries and has become the de facto digital destination for popular music.
Billboard is headquartered in New York with bureaus in London, Los Angeles, and Miami, and has editorial correspondents in major cities around the globe.
Billboard.com Staff
Jessica Letkemann
Editor, Billboard.com
jessica.letkemann@billboard.com
Letkemann became editor of Billboard.com in June 2007 after heading Premiere.com. She was previously on the editorial staff of Spin magazine for several years. The Chicago native with an NYU journalism B.A. started out by self-publishing music zines and interning at the Chicago Tribune. She has also been an editor at Circus magazine, helped research music books from Vibe and Michael Azerrad, and has written for a variety of pop culture publications. Letkemann also co-founded Pearl Jam fan site TwoFeetThick.
David J. Prince
News Editor, Billboard.com
david.prince@billboard.com
For the past two years, Prince has edited the popular music news aggregator and blog the Daily Swarm. He is a former staff reporter at Spin magazine and has written extensively about music and the music industry for a variety of other publications, including Rolling Stone, Vibe, Urb, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. Prince was the founder and creative director of the M3 Summit in Miami Beach and has also worked as a promoter, artist manager, DJ and record store manager. A native of Evanston, Ill., Prince has a B.A. from DePaul University in Chicago.
Mariel Concepcion
Associate Editor, Billboard.com
mariel.concepcion@billboard.com
Mariel Concepcion grew up in Harlem, N.Y., and joined Billboard.com in February 2007. The former Vibe online editor graduated from the New School University in 2002 with a B.A. in journalism. Her byline has appeared in such publications as Vibe, Vixen, Scratch, the New York Post, Upscale and Billboard magazine.
Monica Herrera
Associate Editor, Billboard.com
monica.herrera@billboard.com
Before joining the Billboard.com staff in 2009, Herrera was an Online Editor at Latina, where she launched a music blog and covered entertainment and culture for the magazine. A former semi-professional dancer, she graduated from Brown University and was a celebrity/lifestyle publicist at Susan Blond, Inc. until 2007. Herrera's first published story was a 4-star review of Green Day's "Dookie" album, which she wrote in high school in New Jersey.
Bill Werde
Editorial Director, Billboard
As Billboard's Editorial Director, Bill Werde leads the editorial strategy and vision for the brand, which includes the weekly publication, websites (Billboard.com and Billboard.biz) and other digital content offerings, as well as industry-leading conferences and events. Werde joined Billboard in July 2005 as Senior News Editor and has steadily climbed the ranks of the organization, having been promoted to Deputy Editor and later Executive Editor of the brand. Prior to Billboard, Werde was the Associate Editor for Rolling Stone. Before that he worked as a freelance journalist for a number of publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Village Voice and Wired Magazine on matters of culture, politics and technology.
Jeremy Levine
Associate Publisher and Vice President of Sales
jeremy.levine@billboard.com
As Associate Publisher / V.P. of Integrated Sales, Levine oversees all advertising sales for Billboard.com, Billboard.biz, Billboard Magazine and all related products. Levine joined Billboard in September 2008 from Men's Journal magazine where he held the position of Associate Publisher. Prior to Men's Journal, Levine spent several years in the integrated marketing space creating online and cross-platform advertising programs for various Fortune 500 companies during time at Turner Sports and Promotions.com. Levine holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Joshua A. Engroff
Vice President, Digital
Joshua.engroff@billboard.com
As the Vice President of Digital for the Media and Entertainment group, Josh Engroff leads strategy and product development for all of Billboard's digital properties, including Billboard.com, Billboard.biz, mobile applications, and the Billboard API.
Prior to Billboard, Josh was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the popular music service Jango.com. He began his career 12 years ago as co-founder of the consumer software company Dash (named Best Online Shopping Tool of 1999 by Time Magazine), spent several years as a Client Partner at Agency.com, leading key accounts with Discovery Networks, Sony, and Polo Ralph Lauren, and co-founded the successful web design firm, Marching Ant. Josh holds a Master's Degree from Princeton University and a B.A. from the University of Vermont.
Howard Appelbaum
Billboard Publisher; Nielsen Business Media Vice President of Licensing
As Billboard VP/Publisher, Appelbaum manages all aspects of the Billboard business including editorial, charts, digital and mobile initiatives, advertising sales, and face-to-face events. He also continues to oversee Nielsen Business Media's Licensing Group. Since 2005, Appelbaum has served as Vice President of Licensing and Events for Nielsen Business Media, where he launched 16 new events, expanded Billboard's presence internationally and developed innovative agreements with global powerhouse companies. Appelbaum came to Nielsen in 1998 as Associate Publisher of Marketing for Billboard. Prior to joining Nielsen, he was a music industry entrepreneur who spent most of his career as a principal of the Washington D.C. based record retailer Kemp Mill Music.