Posts by Murray Stassen

Amber Davis promoted to SVP of Warner Chappell Music UK, in addition to role as Head of A&R

Exec will report into Shani Gonzales, WCM UK’s Managing Director

TikTok launches ‘Artist Impact Program’, inks several distribution deals to connect artists with brands

TikTok inks global distribution deals with Believe, DistroKid, Vydia and more to 'fuel the pipeline of talent and artist-driven music' on its Commercial Music Library

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Tencent Music Entertainment had 94.4m paying music users at the end of Q1, up 17.7% YoY

Tencent Music Entertainment Group has published its financial results for Q1 2023 (the three months to end of March)

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Utopia to build new music warehouse in the UK in $125m deal with logistics company DP World

DP World is fitting out a new warehouse in Bicester in the UK for Utopia's distribution unit, Utopia Distribution Services

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HYBE just released a K-pop track sung in six different languages using AI voice technology

HYBE releases 'first-ever multilingual track produced in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese'

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Joanna Noyes promoted to SVP, Global Marketing and Brand Strategy at the Orchard

Exec previously held the VP, Marketing role since 2019 and has been with The Orchard since 2014

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Payments automation platform Tipalti raises $150m from JPMorgan and Hercules Capital

Company has also appointed three new C-suite executives

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Jennifer Cabalquinto named Chief Financial Officer at EMPIRE

Exec previously held Chief Financial Officer positions at 2K Games, Universal Studios Hollywood and more

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DiMA recruiting for new President and CEO, as Garrett Levin confirms exit

The Digital Media Association represents streaming services including Apple Music, Amazon, Pandora, Spotify and YouTube

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Chris Brown, Katie Robinson and Johnny Minardi promoted to leadership roles at Elektra Entertainment

Execs will report to Elektra Entertainment’s President Gregg Nadel

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King & Prince sold 1.2m physical copies of their latest album ‘Mr.5’ in its first week in Japan, becoming the market’s fastest-selling album this year

Universal Music Japan and King & Prince have set the record for 2023’s fastest selling album in Japan

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Posts by Murray Stassen

Amber Davis promoted to SVP of Warner Chappell Music UK, in addition to role as Head of A&R

TikTok launches ‘Artist Impact Program’, inks several distribution deals to connect artists with brands

Tencent Music Entertainment had 94.4m paying music users at the end of Q1, up 17.7% YoY

Utopia to build new music warehouse in the UK in $125m deal with logistics company DP World

HYBE just released a K-pop track sung in six different languages using AI voice technology

Joanna Noyes promoted to SVP, Global Marketing and Brand Strategy at the Orchard

Payments automation platform Tipalti raises $150m from JPMorgan and Hercules Capital

Jennifer Cabalquinto named Chief Financial Officer at EMPIRE

DiMA recruiting for new President and CEO, as Garrett Levin confirms exit

Chris Brown, Katie Robinson and Johnny Minardi promoted to leadership roles at Elektra Entertainment

King & Prince sold 1.2m physical copies of their latest album ‘Mr.5’ in its first week in Japan, becoming the market’s fastest-selling album this year

Haim Saban appointed Non-Executive Director at Universal Music Group

Sir Lucian Grainge remuneration package approved by Universal Music Group shareholders

Olivier Chastan’s Iconoclast acquires music publishing catalog of Beyonce and M.I.A. collaborator, Switch

Google trained ‘experimental AI’ to generate high-fidelity songs from text prompts. Now it’s available to the public