Music Business Worldwide

Sony Music France boss Stéphane le Tavernier exits role after 10 years

Exec has left the company, effective immediately

Spotify in talks to acquire sports media outlet the Ringer (report)

WSJ reports that 'discussions are early'

Grateful Dead’s company Ice Nine signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell

Administration deal covers iconic band’s entire body of work

Hipgnosis snaps up catalog from Maroon 5, Clean Bandit collaborator Ammar Malik

Malik's songs have sold over 100 million copies worldwide

Warner Chappell Music signs Mandarin pop star A-Lin

Artist rose to fame in 2006 following release of debut album Lovelorn, Not Guilty

Primary Wave to buy majority stake in music publishing catalog & artist royalties of Donny Hathaway

Acquisition includes hits such as Where Is the Love, The Ghetto and Someday We'll All Be Free

fun. manager Dalton Sim exits Nettwerk after 15 years to launch management company, Good Harbor

Sim and Ben Levin launch independent firm and retain existing artists

APG bolsters leadership team with slew of promotions, including Miles Beard to SVP, A&R

Label also promotes Eli Piccarreta and Jessica Kelm; hires Nikisha Bailey

Ethan Baer named SVP of Business Development, Head of Electronic at Create Music Group

Baer is founder and former CEO of EDM.com

Creative & Digital Marketing agency Blackstar London expands into Los Angeles, announces new hires

Agency was founded by marketing executive Olivia Hobbs

iHeart jobs cull: Over 50 DJs and employees out as firm cites ‘significant investment’ in Artificial Intelligence

Company announces new organizational structure while laying off DJs with decades of experience

Mechanical Licensing Collective appoints Kris Ahrend as CEO

Respected industry executive approved by Board to run MLC in Nashville

After raising $1.7m last year, sampling startup Tracklib inks deal with BMG

Startup allows users to find, sample, and license recordings

Ingrooves expands into Brazil; inks global distribution deal with Sao Paolo label GR6 and names Cris Garcia Falcão as MD for the territory

GR6 is one of Brazil's biggest labels

New dual leadership revealed for Warner’s Artist Services team in London under ex-Bravado exec Russell Fogden and Morgan Hughes

Hughes upped to Head of Creative and Fogden joins from Bravado as Head of Commercial