Matt Mason (author)  Matt Mason (born 11 August 1978) is an English author and creative executive. He is the former Chief Content Officer for BitTorrent Inc., author of "The Pirate’s Dilemma", and the founding editor-in-chief of "RWD" magazine. Mason grew up in London, and began DJing as a teen on the pirate radio stations Ice FM and Mac FM. He attended the University of Bristol where he graduated with a degree in Economics. After graduating, he worked in music and advertising industries at companies including Warner Music, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Mediacom. In 2001, Mason became the founding editor-in-chief of "RWD" magazine. "RWD" was created to push new sounds emerging from the UK, most notably UK garage, grime and dubstep, and Mason became the first journalist to interview a number of prominent UK artists, including Dizzee Rascal, Skepta and Tinchy Stryder. "RWD" became the largest music magazine by circulation in the UK, growing from 5,000 copies a month to almost 100,000 copies a month. Based on his work at "RWD", Mason was selected as one of the faces of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's "Start Talking Ideas" campaign, and was presented the Prince's Trust London Business of the Year Award by Prince Charles in 2004. Between 2001 and 2004, Mason also ran the independent label Tuned Plastic, specializing in UK garage, grime and dubstep. "Submarine", a record produced by Mason and released on Tuned Plastic, was included on DJ EZ's seminal "Pure Garage: Bass Breaks and Beats" compilation in 2001. Between 2003 and 2005, Mason also anonymously wrote the "Grimewatch" column for "Vice" magazine, only outing himself as its author in his last column before leaving "RWD" and moving to New York. Between 2002-2004, Mason teamed up "RWD" magazine's Online Director Alex Donne Johnson and illustrator Art Jaz to create the animated adult sitcom series "The Booo Krooo". After the first 3-episode web series, the concept was co-signed by Missy Elliott who asked to be featured to promote her single "Work It". From here, Channel U commissioned a 6-episode series to launch their European music TV channel. This was later cited by Ransom Note as the first in the "grime comedy" genre. In 2005, Mason moved to New York and began working on his first book, "The Pirate’s Dilemma", released by Simon & Schuster in the US and Penguin in the UK in early 2008.