News Ross Greening upped to SVP, European Regional Administration and Global Copyright/Society Relations, at UMPG Greening previously held the role of Vice President, Regional European Administration
News Tra’Von Williams joins Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings as VP and Head of Streaming Encore was launched in November 2021 by music industry veteran Joie Manda
News Catrin Drabble promoted to CFO at Kobalt, as Tom Sansone steps down Drabble joined Kobalt in 2017
News Trends and analytics platform P-MRC Data changes name to Luminate Luminate powers the Billboard charts
News PULSE Music Group forms publishing JV with Grammy-winning songwriter Starrah Starrah will sign and develop her own roster of artists, writers and producers
News 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.”
News Mathew Knowles joins teaching staff at London music college LCCM – and there’s a full scholarship named after him, too. US music executive joins LCCM as a visiting lecturer
News HIFI closes eight-figure funding round with backing from Quincy Jones, Coran Capshaw, Diplo, 3LAU and more Michelle Jubelirer, Ron Laffitte, Gee Roberson, Tom Windish and many others also joined the round
Analysis News France’s recorded music industry topped $1bn in 2021 Results were published today (March 15) by French trade body SNEP
News TikTok’s partner for its new SoundOn distribution service is… TuneCore TikTok confirms that Believe's service has been signed up
Analysis News Is this the real reason Epic Games acquired Bandcamp? (Clue: It’s got nothing to do with the metaverse.) Did shock acquisition have more to do with Big Tech commission rates than it did virtual worlds?
News Jonathan Abon and Jordan Gremli join Utopia Music in VP Product roles Jordan Gremli has also been hired as VP Product, Creator Services, at the Switzerland-based company
News Ray Alba and Nathan Sheppard named Senior Vice Presidents of Marketing at Capitol Records Alba and Sheppard will co-lead the label’s marketing department
News Reservoir inks global publishing deal with Grammy-winning artist Killer Mike of Run The Jewels Atlanta-born Killer Mike has released four studio albums alongside his Run The Jewels partner, EL-P
News Aton Ben-Horin promoted to Executive Vice President, Global A&R for Atlantic Records Group Exec also inks publishing partnership with Warner Chappell Music
News Web3 brand Autograph partners with AEG Presents for live entertainment NFTs Autograph was co-founded by American football star Tom Brady
News Dan Miller promoted to Director of Client Services at Downtown Music Services David Labovitch also promoted to Content Operations Manager at the company
Analysis News Sony spent an average of $91m on music catalog acquisitions every month over the past 10 months Stat was recently revealed on an investor presentation by Sony Corp's Hiroki Totoki