Northeastern’s College of Arts, Media + Design (2020). We recently caught up with Professor Mall to talk about how the creative industries have shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic, how Northeastern teaches students to embrace the flexibility that is necessary to thrive in these changing conditions, and what he is currently working on. Read more below.

News@Northeastern (2019). Apple’s music platform, iTunes, changed the digital music landscape when it debuted in 2001. It “proved that digital music could be profitable,” says Andrew Mall, an assistant professor of music industry at Northeastern University. Now, 18 years later, Apple is retiring the music service in favor of three separate apps for music, video, and podcasts.

News@Northeastern (2017). This month, “Despacito” came precipitously close to being the longest-running No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Andrew Mall, assistant professor of music industry and ethnomusicology, said that the increasingly heterogeneous listening patterns of an increasingly diverse U.S. population means it’s not surprising Carey held on to the title for so many years. He added that this new, splintered listener base means that more variety is showing up on big charts like the Billboard Hot 100.