PRESENTATION - CD Baby

Molly Neuman, President, CD Baby

Molly Neuman is President of CD Baby, a Virgin Music Company and the leading music distributor dedicated to empowering independent and self-releasing artists. 

As President, Neuman leads CD Baby’s strategy and management, supporting millions of artists worldwide. She continues to shape CD Baby into the go-to platform for modern music creators, driving the launch of innovative technology, expanded artist services, and tailored marketing support to meet musicians' and songwriters' evolving needs.

Molly previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at Downtown, where she led marketing efforts for the company and its subsidiaries, including CD Baby, Curve, FUGA, Songtrust, and Downtown’s Artist & Label Services, Publishing, and Neighboring Rights divisions. She also served as President of Downtown-company Songtrust, which, under her leadership, grew to manage more than 3 million copyrights for more than 350,000 writers in 145 countries. With a prolific career that has been focused on empowering musicians at all career stages, Neuman has been Head of Music at Kickstarter, Interim President and Vice President of the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), and has held senior roles in licensing in digital music, as well as label and artist management. Molly currently serves on the Advisory Board of Women in Music, We are Moving the Needle, and the board of Amplify Arts Project. She has previously sat on the boards of the Music Business Association, SoundExchange, and A2IM.

In 2025, Neuman was named Music Week’s International Woman of the Year and was recognized by Billboard on its 2018 Digital Power Players List, as well as its Women in Music Lists for every consecutive year from 2019 to 2025. Her musical career began as a drummer in Bratmobile, a punk band that was in the first wave of the riot grrrl movement.