Paul Scaife
Managing Director and Publisher
Despite starting working life as a graphic designer, a stint as general manager of the now-defunct Tip Sheet (a UK based music industry publication) led Paul to realise that publishing and music is where his heart is.

A few years spent at Clickmusic running the contract publishing division and launching the Clickmusicbiz daily news email sparked the arrival of Record of the Day. A few years down the line and he is now the owner of the best-loved music industry news and music service. He still plans to win the Tour de France before he’s 50.

Nicola Slade
Editor
After spending almost ten years working on music consumer publications and as a business journalist on trade titles, Nicola decided she’d like nothing better than getting up at 5.45am to edit the music industry’s best news service. She is by far the least funny of the gang, but is more caffeine-fuelled and energetic than an hyena injected with pure Nescafe. She spends her spare time dreaming about line dancing with cowboys at rodeos.

James Foley
Music Editor
James 'Rock' Foley joined Record of the Day in 2005. As Music Editor he is now the most powerful man in the music industry, creating megastars and crushing dreams with his daily decisions. His first RotD pick was Langhorne Slim, his second was Antony & The Johnsons - but since then he has become comfortable with choosing just about any genre. Check out his electro-swing-jazz choice in April 2008 to see how far he has come.

David Balfour
Contributing Editor
Having cut his teeth in the world of major label marketing when multi-million-selling album releases were still quite common, David made the unusual career move of deciding to become a journalist instead. He wrote for various music trade (and a few consumer) titles before becoming the original editor of RotD. He now works primarily in digital label management but still gets to air his opinions on the wider business as RotD’s contributing editor.

Joe Taylor
Music Consultant
Joe Taylor thought up the name "Record of the Day" and was its founding music editor, providing early support to the likes of Damien Rice, Keane and Crazy Frog. Nowadays he is focused on Field Recordings, a record label, and Nuxx, a management and publishing company, while continuing to seek out great music for Record of the Day as music consultant.

James Barton
Strategist
James joined soon after Record of the Day launched. He is still intimately involved in the company though his day job now is managing artists as part of the brilliant team at Crown Music. It has often been asked what does he do exactly? The answer is he makes things happen.