News Pauline Duarte appointed Vice President of Columbia France, as Laurent Chapeau steps down As part of the transition, labels Hall Access, A+LSO, and Masterworks will move from Columbia Labels Group to RCA Labels Group France
News Warner Chappell Music strikes exclusive publishing deal with Electronic Arts The deal includes soundtracks from EA's games, as well as access for EA to Warner Chappell's music-creation talent pool
News Apple’s Elena Segal to receive Ivors Academy Honor for UK music industry contributions Segal is being honored for "consistently champion[ing] the value of songwriters and music publishing"
News SAG-AFTRA strikes new deal with major labels on sound recordings, including protections for AI use Among other things, the deal requires an artist's consent for their voice to be used in AI-generated content
News StubHub eyes late summer IPO, targeting $16.5B valuation (report) The viagogo-owned ticket resales company has accumulated more than $2 billion in debt
News SESAC Music Group promotes Rose Cook to COO, Music Services; Monica Hertz to Senior Director, Operations The new appointments are part of SESAC's expansion of its Music Services division
News Gee Davy appointed interim CEO at AIM as Silvia Montello steps down Montello cited personal reasons for her departure from AIM, little more than a year after taking on the CEO role
News Jenni Pfaff elevated to EVP, Strategy, Integration, and Operations, at Warner Chappell Music Pfaff's background in business psychology made her a key part of the effort to reshape the company's culture and execute global priorities
News Universal Music Greater China partners with TF Entertainment to push C-Pop stars to global stage TF Entertainment is noted in China for having adapted the trainee system (originally used in K-pop) for the Chinese music business
News SESAC Music Group expands music services division, hires Andy Bodkin as President, International Bodkin joins SESAC Music Group from Out of the Ark, where he served as Group CEO
News Sony Music strengthens podcast game with acquisition of Neon Hum Media The move comes some five years after Sony Music's initial investment in the podcast production company
News Bella Figura Music secures fresh funding to bolster catalog acquisitions The music company has acquired rights to hits by Robbie Williams and Human League, among others
News Vocalist AI unveils vocal cloning platform that pays royalties to voice models The platform enables creators to convert their vocals to those of professional singers and rappers
News Major music companies fight back against unlicensed AI in new ICMP-led initiative A new portal allows rightsholders to reserve their rights against scraping by tech companies training AI
News Marni Greenberg, ex-Sofar Sounds VP, joins SoundCloud as SVP and Head of Communications Greenberg brings with her a wealth of experience from Sofar Sounds, YouTube and Spotify