News Nuclear Blast Records appoints Jerome Riera, Gerardo Martinez and Marcus Hammer for new global management structure Believe acquired a majority stake in the label in October 2018
News Dr. Menna Demessie appointed SVP and Executive Director of Universal’s global Task Force for Meaningful Change TFMC was established in 2020 by UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge as a force for social justice in the music industry and beyond
News Spotify subscriptions grew to 155m in 2020, Monthly Active Users topped 345m Spotify published its financial results today
News After leaving Spotify last year, Joe Budden takes podcast to Patreon, joins firm as Head of Creator Equity First exclusive episode of The Joe Budden Podcast to launch on February 8
News Post Malone manager Dre London named as official patron for UK youth initiative Shadow To Shine Shadow to Shine was launched by Becky Fatemi in 2017
News Bill Evans upped to Executive Vice President, Urban Promotion at Capitol Music Group He will continue to lead the strategy and execution of the company’s Urban and R&B radio campaigns
News Will Tanous promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer at Universal Music Group Tanous will continue to serve as a member of the company’s Executive Management Board
News Sarah McCann appointed SVP, International Creative at Downtown Exec was most recently an A&R at Wide Eyed Entertainment
News Karen Schoenrock promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Global Catalog, Recorded Music & Rhino Entertainment Schoenrock enters this role after nearly 20 years with Warner Music Group
News Tim Zawada joins The Numero Group as Managing Director Zawada previously ran his own record label, Star Creature Universal Vibrations
News Viagogo forced to sell StubHub business outside of North America Proposed merger 'will lead to a substantial reduction in competition in the secondary ticketing market in the UK', according to UK competition authority
News Spotify finally launches in South Korea, but with no Free tier Streaming service is now active in 93 markets
News PRS for Music U-turns over license fee for small-scale live stream concerts Writer-performers playing their own works to be exempt from paying small-scale livestream licence fee
News Three Six Zero appointed to handle global management for artist and producer Fraser T Smith He has co-written, mixed, and produced seven No.1 singles in the UK and two No.1 singles in the US
News The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Concord form joint venture Partnership will operate under the Easy Eye Sound label name and logo