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Kei Ishizaka named new Warner Music Japan boss
Warner Music Group has appointed Kei Ishizaka as Chairman & CEO, Warner Music Japan. Ishizaka’s [...]
YouTube strikes global deal with independent labels
Global independent label negotiator Merlin has agreed a global licensing deal with YouTube for its [...]
Universal Music Publishing promotes Lamberg, names new global board
The board of Universal Music Group Publishing (UMPG) on earth has been revealed via a [...]
Stephen Cooper named CEO of Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group has promoted Edgar Bronfman from CEO to the position of Chairman of [...]
Warner acquires production company in Spain
Warner Music Spain has acquired Newiscom, a local event production and marketing agency. The company [...]
Warner/Chappell signs licensing deal with Portugal’s SPA
Portuguese collecting society SPA has become the latest addition to Warner/Chappell’s Pan-European Digital Licensing (PEDL) [...]
Edgar Berger named International President of Sony Music
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Pete Edge named CEO of RCA Group
Sony Music has appointed British exec Pete Edge as CEO of RCA Music Group, based [...]
Diane Warren’s Realsongs teams with UMPG
Hit songwriter Diane Warren’s award-winning Realsongs catalogue will now be administered by Universal Music Publishing [...]
Roton signs deal with Warner in Romania
Roton, one of Romania’s leading music companies, has agreed a deal to represent Warner Music [...]
Devraj Sanyal becomes MD of Universal Music India
Devraj Sanyal has been named Managing Director of Universal Music India, which has its headquarters [...]
Alex Da Kid signs with Interscope for new label
British Grammy winner Alex Da Kid has created his own label with Interscope Records at [...]
Warner revives FFRR with Pete Tong in UK
Warner Music UK has relaunched celebrated dance label, FFRR (Full Frequency Range Recordings), which was [...]
Cooking Vinyl cuts Icebreaker funding deal
Cooking Vinyl Group has signed a partnership with music funding organisation Icebreaker to offer selected [...]
Access Industries buys Warner Music Group for $3.3bn
Access Industries has agreed a deal to acquire Warner Music Group in an all-cash transaction [...]