Lipmans tease

THEY’RE #1: The Lipman brothers, whose Republic Records sits proudly at the top of the 2013 frontline-marketshare heap, share their secrets and tell their rags-to-riches story in the fifth and final episode of our Top Five Q&A series. “A large part of our success,” says Monte, is that my brother and I really strive to create an incredibly healthy, supportive environment and culture that supports these great entrepreneurs—because to some degree, that’s how we started. We were a small imprint in a major label. We were incredibly sensitive to the dynamics, the working models, and what it’s like to thrive and survive in that setting.” There’s much more where that came from here. Don’t miss it. (12/13a)