Music Business News: United Kingdom

Geoff Taylor to step down as CEO of UK record label trade body BPI

Exec to stay on until early 2023 while the organization recruits for a successor

Piracy tracking startup MUSO raises $3.9m from Puma Private Equity

MUSO reports to have seen a 25% increase in general digital piracy year-on-year

Matt Gralen named Chief Financial Officer at Beatport

Exec most recently served as EVP of Corporate Development at UnitedMasters

From Suffering to Recovering: The stats that explain why the UK music industry is set for a dramatic post-lockdown comeback.

Will Page crunches the numbers of the UK's live recovery, and streaming habits, to suggest a major rebound for the wiser business

‘Streaming challenges can be met only by artists and labels working together.’

This MBW op/ed comes from Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive of the BPI, the UK’s trade body for the recorded music industry

TEG appoints Toby Leighton-Pope as Managing Director, TEG Europe

Leighton-Pope was formerly the co-CEO of AEG Presents UK, from 2016 to December 2021

Kate Reilly promoted to Chief Membership & People Officer at UK music licensing company PPL

Reilly previously served as Chief People Officer

Curve Royalty Systems expands, hiring Mhairi Palmer in North America and Britt Timmerman in the UK

Palmer joins from Anthem Entertainment; Timmerman joins from Kobalt