Sony Music Entertainment In The News

Another top exec out at Sony Germany as Willy Ehmann exits

Ehmann joined Sony Music in 2002 and has signed acts including Jean-Michel Jarre, James Arthur and Alanis Morissette

Sony confirms it will share Spotify equity money with its indie label partners

Sony Music has told MBW that it will share any windfall from the sale of its 5.7% stake in Spotify with the independent labels it distributes. The news comes a day after the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) questioned whether the majors would pass their independent label partners – and therefore the artists signed to them … Continued

Universal: We WILL share Spotify money with artists when we sell our stock in streaming platform

“Consistent with UMG’s approach to artist compensation, artists would share in the proceeds of a [Spotify] equity sale.”

Universal buys majority stake in Kenyan label AI Records

Major will digitize the catalogue of Nairobi-based company which was born in the 1950s

Celine Joshua joins Universal Music Group as General Manager, Commercial, Content and Artist Strategy

Ex-Disney exec makes major move to UMG in Santa Monica

Producer/songwriter Jenna Andrews joins Barry Weiss-led RECORDS as A&R consultant

Andrews has previously collaborated with Drake, Dua Lipa and more

Sony’s shake-up in Germany continues as SVP of International exits after 19 years

Stefan Goebel out one month after CEO of Sony Music in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, Philip Ginthör, stepped down

Marketing exec Hannah Dudley joins WMA to lead Nashville operation

Dudley has 10 years’ experience working at EMI, Warner and Sony Nashville