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
News 21 Savage was the biggest songwriter in the US in Q4 2020, with 21 certifications He was followed by Trippie Reed with 19 certifications
News Heidi Jacob appointed Promotions Director at Universal’s 0207 Def Jam Jacob most recently spent four years at Island Records
News Ditto launches Opulous platform to help artists access funding without the need for traditional banks Opulous uses blockchain technology and loans are guaranteed against artists' past streaming revenues
News Exactuals’ PaymentHub passes $1bn in all-time dollars processed PaymentHub has seen 250% year-over-year growth, reports Exactuals
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Universal, Sun Records, DistroKid, Spotify, Big Hit The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Matt Phipps-Taylor joins peermusic as Chief Information Officer Hiring comes as peermusic’s current Chief Information Officer Jeff Witcher retires after 18 years with the company
News Annabelle Herd named Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s ARIA Herd joins ARIA and PPCA following a 16-year career at Network 10
News Alen Torosyan promoted to VP, Operations Emerging Markets, at Warner Music His remit involves coordinating Legal and Business Affairs, and Finance activities