Music Business News: North America

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Ezekiel Lewis promoted to President of Epic Records

Exec has served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Head of A&R since 2020

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Reservoir aims to become the ‘largest holder of Arabic music copyrights…’ and 3 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call

Music rights company Reservoir Media published its FY fiscal 2023 results this week

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Former Disney exec Troy Skabelund joins beatBread as Chief Financial Officer

Skabelund will oversee all financial strategy and operations

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K-pop powerhouse JYP expands strategic alliance with Republic Records

Companies originally entered into a strategic partnership in February 2020

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Steve Butler named Head of Legal & Business Affairs, North America at Warner Chappell

Exec has overseen key acquisitions, including the company's purchase of David Bowie’s music catalog in early 2022

Interviews

‘Don’t ever chase the hype. Stick to what you love and you can’t go wrong.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series interviews UTA's Cheryl Paglierani, who reps acts such as Post Malone, Cardi B, Offset, 21 Savage, Chance the Rapper and more.

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Reservoir’s revenues grew 13% YoY to $122.3m in its full fiscal year ended March 31

Reservoir has published the financial results for its fiscal Q4 2023 (calendar Q1 2023) and FY fiscal 2023, ended March 31, 2023

Interviews

TIDAL’s CEO thinks music is ‘undervalued and underpriced.’ Here’s what he’s doing to try change that.

MBW interviews TIDAL CEO Jesse Dorogusker about the economics of streaming, the rise of generative AI, and the platform's partnership with Universal Music Group