Since her arrival at Billboard in 2021, Kristin Robinson has chronicled the fast-changing intersection of music business and technology. With a particular expertise in the nuances of music publishing, artificial intelligence and streaming, Kristin has become a trusted thought leader in the music industry though her coverage online, in the magazine, in her popular newsletter “Machine Learnings,” which has more than 50,000 subscribers, and in her frequent social media posts that reach more than 40,000 combined followers.

In September 2025, she launched Billboard’s first video podcast, On the Record w/ Kristin Robinson, which produces weekly interviews with top music business professionals and creatives, including Elliot Grainge (CEO, Atlantic), Charlie Puth (artist), Jon M. Chu (Director, Wicked), Amy Allen (songwriter), Imogen Heap (artist), Harvey Mason Jr. (CEO, Recording Academy), Matt Pincus (CEO, MUSIC) and more.

To date, she’s broken top news stories — like the three major music companies’ plan to sue AI firms Suno and Udio — and her reporting has earned her five journalistic honors, including a National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award nomination for her 6-month-long investigation of a $23 million YouTube royalty fraud impacting Daddy Yankee, Anuel AA and Julio Iglesias, among others. When she’s not reporting on the biz, Kristin also writes cover stories for the publication, including profiles on Charli xcx, Addison Rae, Laufey, DJ Mustard, $uicideboy$ and Ghostwriter.