This Memphis Label Avoided Pandemic Layoffs — Here’s How

Original Stax Records songwriter David Porter and 20-year business and legal veteran Tony ­Alexander launched their entertainment company, Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME), in April 2015. Alexander quickly realized that in order for the independent label MIME Records to succeed, the co-founders would need to create some additional revenue streams.“If you’re trying to develop and break artists that are unknown, it requires patience and a lot of capital,” he says. In the