Music Business News: United Kingdom

Michelle Teh appointed SVP, Global Classics and Jazz at Universal Music Group

Exec returns to GCJ from UMG’s Global Priorities team

BBC tells staff to delete TikTok after UK bans app on government devices

British broadcaster tells employees to uninstall TikTok from their work phones

Sony Music Publishing inks global deal with Caity Baser via Chosen Music

Baiser released music independently via TikTok's SoundOn, but recently signed a major label deal with Universal's EMI

Various Artists and Stellar Songs launch Alternative Songs publishing joint venture

Venture to be administered and funded globally by Downtown Music Services

Hipgnosis exec Tony Barnes named as co-founder of metaverse startup Karta

Karta is a metaverse studio that offers in-game experiential marketing for musicians, brands and sports teams

Universal buys classical label Hyperion, four months after launching its own classical music service via Deutsche Grammophon

Hyperion was founded in the UK in 1980 by the late Ted Perry MBE.

Chrysalis Records signs global distribution deal with Secretly Distribution

Deal covers all physical and digital distribution for the label’s frontline releases

Droppings: When record labels say goodbye to failing music

Eamonn Forde on how labels calculate and justify the cutting of ties with artists