News Kobalt promotes Chris Lakey to Senior Vice President, Creative Synch Veteran exec worked at Universal Music Publishing Group for eight years prior to joining Kobalt in 2008
News Madison Square Garden Entertainment becomes public company, names Mark FitzPatrick as EVP and CFO MSG Entertainment has completed its spin-off from MSG Sports Corp
News Warner launches virtual PlayOn Fest in support of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund WMG labels to play concert footage from the likes of Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Green Day, Cardi B, Ed Sheeran, Janelle Monáe and others
News Sonos launches ad-supported radio streaming service, including artist ‘Stations’ from Thom Yorke and David Byrne The new service brings together more than 60,000 stations from multiple streaming partners
News Victory Records founder Tony Brummel launches new company, Mission Two Entertainment Rock label Victory Records was acquired by Concord in 2019
News 2019 was a record year for Rap & Hip-Hop in the UK Rap and Hip-Hop releases comprised 21.5% of all consumption, up from 20.9% in 2018
News Apple Music boss Oliver Schusser to run Beats brand as Luke Wood steps down Luke Wood to depart at the end of April
News Songtradr offers artists free music distribution until September 30: ‘We’ve been doing what we can, but we need to do more.’ Songtradr previously sacrificed commission fees for sync to help artists hit by COVID-19
News How Warner Music Italy artist Ghali scored a No.1 album amidst the country’s Coronavirus lockdown 'Ghali is the voice of a generation and his fans have never needed him more.'
News Santigold signs exclusive worldwide co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Santigold has collaborated with the likes of Diplo, Mark Ronson, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West and others
News Blue Raincoat Artists partners with Management firm Major Influence Major Influence was founded in 2015
News Defected Records acquires catalog of producer Todd Edwards Catalog features over 140 productions
News UMPG signs Meduza to global publishing deal Debut single Piece Of Your Heart has seen 600m streams globally
News Andy Ma promoted to CEO of Warner Music Greater China Exec has worked for Warner Music since 2011
News Primary Wave Music Publishing acquires stake in catalog of The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward The Moody Blues have sold in excess of 70 million albums