News Santiago Menéndez-Pidal promoted to President, Southern Europe, at Warner Chappell Music He will continue to be based in Madrid and report to Guy Moot, Co-Chair and CEO of Warner Chappell Music
Analysis News Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, Spotify, and the destruction of the all-dominant streaming superstar What the performance of Drizzy's new studio record tells us about a growing trend in the music business
News SESAC President and COO Kelli Turner to exit, succeeded by Scott Jungmichel Scott Jungmichel promoted to President and COO
News Wasserman expands into Germany, hires Kai Burkhard and Sebastian Birwe as Senior Vice Presidents, DACH New office will be located in Düsseldorf
News Nicholas Krus named Vice President, Marketing, at TuneCore Krus will manage all marketing efforts on behalf of the company
News Val Pensa promoted to Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing, at RCA Records Pensa will oversee the marketing department and continues to be the marketing lead for several RCA artists
News Dell Furano, co-founder of Epic Rights, dies aged 71 Furano was a legendary music industry, concert merchandising, and brand management executive
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide reveals new leadership structure, appointing heads of US and International Marcus Siskind named Head of US, and Adriana Sein appointed Head of International
News Ryan Ruden joins Capitol Music Group as EVP of Experiential Marketing and Business Development Ruden was most recently Senior Vice President of Experiential Marketing and Business Development for Columbia Records
News Motown Records inks global deal with YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s label, Never Broke Again First project from the new venture is set to release in October
News Twenty One Pilots to perform ‘pioneering interactive virtual concert’ in Roblox The immersive performance begins inside Roblox on Friday, September 17
News Viagogo sells StubHub business outside of North America to Digital Fuel Capital, as UK regulator closes merger investigation viagogo was forced to sell the stubHub business outside of North America due to competition concerns
News Paul Gathercole joins Utopia Music as Chief Data Officer He joins Utopia from Amazon where he led EU Commercial Insights
News Sony Music’s AWAL buyout raises competition concerns in the UK, says watchdog Deal could lead to worse terms for artists and less innovation in the music sector, says UK regulator
News Mike Walsh joins NFT marketplace Serenade as UK Head of Strategic Partnerships Walsh is a former Head of Music at UK radio station XFM (now Radio X)
News Bobby Ju named Managing Director of Sony Music Korea Ju will oversee the company’s operations in the country
News Kanye West hits 775m streams in Donda’s first week… as Drake smashes his own Spotify record A look at the streaming numbers from two blockbuster albums released last week
Interviews ‘People underestimate Colombia – there is so much talent here.’ M3 Music CEO Camila Saravia Arias discusses the highs and lows of working in music in Colombia, the dominance of streaming in the region, and why she thinks broadening out opportunities will result in a healthier music market.