Music Business News: Europe

Anne-Marie Pearce appointed Chief Financial Officer of the UK’s PPL

Pearce joins PPL from Publicis Groupe, where she served as UK Country CFO

Armada strikes catalog deal with UK dance music artist Sonique

The deal includes worldwide rights to Sonique's UK No. 1 hit 'It Feels So Good.'

UMG receives Statement of Objections from EU regulator over $775m Downtown deal

Statement of Objections issued by the EC represents a formal escalation in the investigation into the transaction

Spotify rolls out feature that lets users transfer playlists from rival music services

The integration with TuneMyMusic will let users copy their playlists from outside platforms directly into their Spotify libraries.

Mike Walsh appointed D2C Sales and Product Consultant at UK’s Townsend Music

Appointment marks a key step in Townsend’s expanded D2C strategy

Vevo dscvr artists to watch 2026: Sienna Spiro, Alessi Rose, aron!, Bay Swag

MBW kicks of a series of features showcasing this year’s Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch

Austin Daboh OBE, EVP of Warner’s Atlantic Records UK, exits

Daboh was hired by Atlantic in the EVP position in June 2020

UK’s Dune hires Chief Operating Officer and Head of Artist Services amid $2.6m Series A round

Thom Brunner Named Chief Operating Officer and Max Crowther Appointed Head of Artist Services