News YouTube Music-supported Accelerator Programme for Music Managers reveals 24 execs to receive funding The initiative offers 12-month grants of up to £15,000
News BMG ups Patrick Joest to Executive Vice President, Global Partnerships & Synch Joest was previously Global EVP, International Licensing & Marketing
News Hip-hop DJ Charlie Sloth announces new show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 The Charlie Sloth Rap Show will air on Saturday, January 19 at 8pm
News Entertainment One hires UK music attorney Gary Mandel as Vice President Creative Mandel previously served as a partner at SSB Solicitors for the last 25 years
News Shawn Holiday promoted to Head of Urban Music at Sony/ATV The new role will run alongside his position as Co-Head of Urban Music at Sony Music’s Columbia Records
News Julian Petty joins Warner Bros. Records as Executive Vice President and Head of Business & Legal Affairs Petty Partner was previously Head of the Entertainment Practice Group at law firm Nixon Peabody LLP
News Spotify inks global content deal with Indian Bollywood specialist T-Series T-Series' 160,000 song-catalog is now available on Spotify
News Warner/Chappell signs songwriter and producer Bernard Butler Butler co-wrote the 1993 UK No.1 debut album by English rock band Suede
News Hip-hop producer Chris Barnett, aka CBMix, inks global deal with Downtown Music Publishing Barnett has worked with Lil Pump, Wiz Khalifa, Chance the Rapper, Juice WRLD, Kanye West and others
News Kobalt’s AWAL enters into year-long partnership with The Other Nashville Society TONS supports Nashville music professionals that fall outside the country music genre
News Concord Music signs Ivor Novello award winner Steve Robson Robson has sold in excess of 137 million records
News Craft Recordings launches Latin music division and expands staff Former Fania GM Bruce McIntosh has been hired as VP, Latin Catalog to run the division
News Vevo promotes Kevin McGurn to President of Sales and Distribution He was previously Chief Sales Officer since 2017
News SiriusXM had 34m paid subscribers at the end of 2018 The company added around 1.3 million net subscribers during the year
News Andy Williams joins Audio Network as Global Commercial Director He was formerly Managing Director of Digital Content Services at ITN Productions