News Lina Tebbs named Director, UK Production Music at Warner Chappell Music Tebbs will aim to reinvigorate the Production Music team by exploring new approaches to cater to Warner Chappell's extensive catalog
News Mike Caren’s APG makes string of promotions, including Eli Piccarreta to SVP, A&R APG says it has signed and broken more than 20 artists with gold or platinum selling status and achieved more than 300 RIAA certifications
News Megan Thee Stallion inks distribution deal with Warner Music that allows her to remain independent The deal has the potential to "shift the landscape in the music industry," Says Roc Nation's Desiree Perez
News Music Reports acquires music licensing and data platform Blokur Independent music rights administration platform Music Reports says its acquisition of Blokur is meant to complement its existing services and technology
News Natasha Billing named SVP, Commercial and Data Insight at Warner Music UK; Nick Allum upped to VP, Data and Insight Warner says the new appointments are meant to elevate the quality of service provided to labels and partners
News Sony Music Publishing UK appoints ZaZa Kazadi, Adrienne Bookbinder, Nasra Artan to senior A&R roles The new appointments come some two months after Sony Music Publishing UK reshuffled its A&R department
News TuneCore and Amazon Music UK partner to offer free studio time to independent artists Twelve self-releasing artists at TuneCore will be granted access to Metropolis Studios' Studio X
News Warner Chappell Music signs Grammy-nominated R&B artist Coco Jones to exclusive publishing deal Jones is up for five awards at the forthcoming 66th Annual Grammys
News Big Machine Label ups Mike Rittberg to COO, Clay Hunnicutt to EVP, Label Operations Rittberg, a veteran of Universal Music Group, joined Big Machine in 2017, while Hunnicutt, formerly of Big Loud, joined in 2019
News US Copyright Office launches review of The MLC and DLC’s designations The periodic review is mandated under the US's Music Modernization Act of 2018
News Coldplay and Warner Music team up with MIT and Live Nation to tackle environmental impact of concerts A study to be released this year will assess the carbon footprint of concerts and suggest practical solutions to reduce emissions
News SymphonyOS partners with CD Baby to equip 2M artists with AI-powered marketing tools The partnership aims to bridge the gap between aspiring musicians and the resources typically only available to artists with large marketing teams
News Cherie Hu, founder of Water & Music, to join Syracuse University’s prestigious Bandier Program “Cherie Hu is in an elite echelon of analysts creating the absolute best work and thinking about the future of the music industry."
News Tuned Global and LyricFind team up on tech integration The collaboration will extend LyricFind's products to a network of music and media services globally where Tuned Global has partnerships
News Lázaro Hernández promoted to SVP, A&R, US Latin and Latin America at Warner Chappell Music Hernández was involved in signing prominent Latin artists such as Chencho Corleone, Gabito Ballesteros, and María Becerra