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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 [...]