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Island Records has appointed widely-respected executive Jay Schumer as Executive Vice President, Head of Marketing & Business Development. The news was announced on Wednesday (November 8) by Justin Eshak and Imran Majid, Co-CEOs of Island Records. Island says that Schumer’s announcement follows the recent decision by former Head of Marketing, Sharon Timure, “to pursue new opportunities” […]

Alexandra Condon has been appointed as VP of Public Policy and Government Affairs at Warner Music Group (WMG). She will act as the music company’s primary point of contact for policymakers in the EU and its member states, as well as the UK and other European countries. Her brief also includes working closely with trade associations and

There’s some fresh faces on the board at Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) – including a new Chairman. The UK-listed company, which trades on the London Stock Exchange, has appointed Rob Naylor as its new Chairman of the board and as a non-executive director. Naylor succeeds Andrew Sutch as HSF’s Chair. In addition, Francis Keeling has been named a non-executive director at HSF. Both

Kobalt has hired Dylan Berthier as Chief People & Culture (P&C) Officer. In his role, Berthier will oversee Kobalt’s global P&C team. Berthier will report to CEO Laurent Hubert and will be based in London. Berthier joins from Activision Blizzard, where he has held a number of leadership roles. Most recently, according to Kobalt, Berthier “led the change

When AI-powered fandom platform Fave announced last month that it had secured USD $2 million in a new funding round and was aiming for a total of $6 million, the company said it planned to launch a “suite of products for artist teams to find and reach superfans” through the company’s “unique intelligence.” On Tuesday (November 7),

San Francisco-based blockchain-powered music platform Audius has launched a music marketplace in beta, providing a platform for its 6 million users to support artists with direct payments. Audius users will now be able to directly support their favorite artists through credit card payments in USDC. This feature allows artists and rights holders to convert earnings to their

Superstar artist Dua Lipa has bought back the rights to her songs from TAP Music Publishing. The publishing division of TaP confirmed that it sold the rights back to the artist in a short statement, saying: “We wish Dua all the best for the future.”  Anna Neville, co-President of TaP Music, added: “This is an

Warner Music Group has promoted Sean Michael Gross to the new role of Vice President, Warner Classics UK & North America. Gross has headed up Warner Classics in the UK since joining the company in 2021. In his new expanded role, he’ll split his time between London and the US, and continue to report to Alain

Universal Music Greater China (UMGC) has renewed its contract with Chinese pop megastar, Eason Chan, having already worked together for over 19 years. The news was announced at a special press conference in Macau on Friday (November 3), with Timothy Xu, the recently appointed Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Greater China, as well as Eason’s manager

BMG has unveiled what it calls a “first-of-its-kind initiative” to speed up the payment of mechanical royalties to its US publishing clients when their songs are used on recordings released by BMG’s US artists. The company says that mechanicals will now be paid within the same quarter rather than the “standard industry practice of at least