Music Business News: Europe

Vania Schlogel steps down from Board of Directors at Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Exec founded Los Angeles-headquartered private equity firm Atwater in 2017

Paul Trueman joins artist marketing platform un:hurd as COO, Hazel Savage joins firm’s Board of Directors

News follows the company’s recent seven-figure investment round led by Kobalt Music’s founder and Chairman, Willard Ahdritz

Fraser T. Smith, PPL launch ‘Future Producer Academy’ for under-represented producers

Project aims to providing financial backing and educational opportunities for producers

Believe: We’ll block 100% AI-created music from being uploaded to streaming services via TuneCore

The arrival of AI-generated music has triggered a number of concerns for the music industry

Matt Riley promoted to Managing Director of AWAL in the UK, Victoria Needs and Sam Potts upped to SVP roles

Based in London, Riley will report directly to Paul Hitchman, President of AWAL

‘The industry has controlled what the consumer listens to for way too long.’

Emma Banks of Frtyfve and Instrumental is interviewed in MBW's Inspiring Women series

From Universal’s AI fightback to Primary Wave’s $100m deal in India… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place

Max Lousada on Warner’s dance strategy, A&R, AI and the ‘art’ of what’s possible with technology

Max Lousada, CEO of Recorded Music at Warner Music Group, gave a keynote interview at IMS in Ibiza this week