News Gülce Özyeşilpinar promoted into expanded role as GM, Warner Music Turkey and VP, Marketing, Eastern Mediterranean Özyeşilpınar will take on responsibility for marketing across Cyprus, Greece and Israel
News Jhared ‘Jae’ Brown joins Island Records as Vice President, A&R Brown comes to Island after two years at indie label Rostrum Records
News Sweden’s Pophouse is investing in music rights, as it adds Airbnb and EQT execs to its board Powell is currently the Global Head of Hosting at Airbnb, while Alexandra Lutz is partner at investment firm EQT
News Jeremy Vuernick promoted to President of A&R at Capitol Music Group Vuernick will lead the company’s A&R team and sign and develop artists for the company
News Kid Cudi co-founded AR music app Encore launches with $9m in funding Funding round was led by Battery Ventures
News Thando Makhunga appointed Managing Director of Downtown subsidiary Sheer Publishing Africa Sheer was acquired by Downtown Music Holdings in 2020
News Samantha Tzovolos appointed Managing Director at Eventim Live Asia Mike Galt also appointed Senior Vice President of Touring for Asia
News Sharon Timure promoted to SVP, Head of Marketing, at Island Records Timure joined Island as a college intern, and has been with UMG for over 15 years
News Jon Glass and Alasdair McMullan join SoundExchange Board of Directors Glass and McMullan will lend business development expertise and legal acumen to the organization
News Oz McGuire named VP of A&R and Business Development at Symphonic Distribution McGuire was most recently Director, Label and Artist Partnerships at Ingrooves
News Kristina ‘Red’ Tanner promoted to Partner at Activist Artists Management Chris Ruff has also joined the company as Head of Global Marketing
News Tracklib strikes licensing deal with BANDAI NAMCO to bring anime music samples to producers BANDAI NAMCO is also an operator of the music label Lantis
News Steven Moran named Chief Financial Officer at Songtradr Clare Nicholls named Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer
News Brandra Ringo named EVP of A&R at Quality Control Music, Wayno Clark joins as VP of A&R Detroit rapper Baby Money also signs with Quality Control
News Elliot Grainge acquires Homemade Projects label, founders Zach Friedman and Tony Talamo named Co-Presidents of 10K Projects The Elliot Grainge-founded company has also acquired the Homemade Projects label