Kobalt Music Group In The News

From The Weeknd’s Universal deal to Spotify’s Q1 results: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter

The Weeknd signs publishing pact with Universal – and he’s thrown new recordings and merch into the package too

The Weeknd has sold more than 75 million albums.

Could the Music Catalog Rights Boom Generate Windfalls for Non-Superstars?

YM&U Executive Manager, Alex Frankel, on tech that could expand the catalog rush to smaller artists and songwriters

Lisa Bergami promoted to VP, Creative Synch at Kobalt

Exec joined Kobalt in 2014

AMRA, with annual revenues of over $100m, promotes Robin Davies to COO and Honey Onile-Ere to General Counsel

AMRA says its next phase will "transcend the industry with even faster accounting, more accurate payments, more value, and increased transparency"

Nuno Guerreiro promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Kobalt

The company’s previous CTO, Rian Liebenberg, is stepping down

Catrin Drabble promoted to CFO at Kobalt, as Tom Sansone steps down

Drabble joined Kobalt in 2017

Sony Music’s $430m acquisition of AWAL officially cleared by UK competition watchdog

“Having carefully assessed the merger we found that it is not likely to affect competition in a way that will reduce the choice or quality of recorded music available or increase prices.”