Music Business News: United Kingdom

NFT marketplace Serenade raises $4.2m, plans expansion into the US

Visual rebrand and marketplace technology update also planned

Dominique Casimir promoted to Chief Content Officer at BMG, taking on responsibility for UK repertoire

The move will see Casimir carry direct responsibility for BMG’s repertoire operations in 16 international territories

BMG and Warner competing for Pink Floyd catalog, which could fetch more than Bruce Springsteen’s $500m+ deal (report)

FT reports that bids are flying in above the half-billion-dollar mark

BMG Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Katovsky exits

Katovsky has served as Chief Operating Officer since July 2018

As ByteDance IPO rumors resurface, TikTok hires for A&R execs in London and LA to ‘sign’ new artists

Job ads for A&R Managers pop up in London, Los Angeles and Sao Paulo (Brazil).

‘What is currently an opaque black box of song royalties, needs to be transformed into a glass box.’

The following op/ed comes from Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK's Music Managers Forum

Distiller Music Group inks global publishing deal with Downtown Music Services

Claire Bianchi also named as Distiller Publishing's new Head of A&R

Laura Lukanz named Head of Music Industry, UK, Australia & New Zealand, at Amazon Music

Exec will oversee label relations, artist relations, programming and editorial for the streaming service