Island Records In The News

Pat Monaco exits Universal Music Group after 26 years

Exec's career at the major began at Polygram in 1989

Warner steps up acquisitions hunt with hire of Heath Kudler

Former Def Jam and Epic Records exec will 'leave no stone unturned'

BMG hires Alistair Norbury to help tempt artists to recordings business

Exec tasked with attracting established artists to company

‘Managers should make decisions based on reason, logic – and knowing their artists’

How one man's unshakeable faith in a band no-one 'got' came good

UMG and XL dominate the BRIT Awards as Adele rules ceremony

Universal winners include Tame Impala, Justin Bieber and James Bay

Charlie Walk becomes President of UMG’s Republic Group

Monte Lipman calls exec "imaginative and fearless"

Ferdy Unger-Hamilton leaving Polydor after eight years

Exec rumoured to link back up with Jason Iley

Apple Music is now available in 59 countries that Spotify is not

Apple's expansion in less than eight months is undoubtedly impressive