Marc Schneider
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Ticketmaster France Pauses Taylor Swift Presale After Site Issues
Fans will have to wait to buy tickets for four dates in Paris and two in Lyon. → Read More
Executive Turntable: Vinyl Me, Please Gets Creative(s); UMG Diversity Chief Leaves Music
Also this week: Warner Music Latina adds an A&R director, Tim McGraw’s company hires a marketing vp and more. → Read More
Tidal Joins Rivals in Raising Monthly Prices
The trend of music streamers increasing their rates continues. Next up: Spotify? → Read More
Executive Turntable: TNA Hires Head of Biz Dev; SoundExchange Policy Exec Goes Back to School
Also this week: AWAL hires a leader for its expansion into India, an upstart ticketing platform gains a chief strategy officer and more. → Read More
Executive Turntable: Sunset Blvd Has Devine Intervention; Republic and Wasserman Music Add New VPs
Also this week: Deezer names a new chief human resources officer, WMG’s Eurocentric e-tailer gains a CEO and more. → Read More
Signed: The Hives Give a FUGA, While Magdalena Bay Sync With Mom+Pop
Other ink this week: Chris Lane warms to Red Street, MNRK gets Filth-y and Josh Abbott Band retains new management. → Read More
What Is Firebird? The Startup With $1B to Spend Supercharging Acts Like Arlo Parks & Maggie Rogers
“We think there’s an opportunity to create a new kind of partner for artists,” says co-founder and executive chairman Nat Zilkha. → Read More
Ernst Trapp, Warner Music’s President of Global E-Commerce, Announces Exit
Trapp is also the CEO of specialty retailer EMP, acquired by WMG in 2018. → Read More
Atlantic President of Promotion Andrea Ganis Departing After 43 Years
Ganis is one of the first women to head a major-label promotion department. → Read More
BMG Accelerates Transition at CEO
Hartwig Masuch decides to move up his retirement date, with Thomas Coesfeld assuming the top job in July instead of January. → Read More
Elektra Elevates New Leadership at Roadrunner, Fueled by Ramen
Chris Brown, Katie Robinson and Johnny Minardi have been promoted at the Warner Music Group labels. → Read More
Robert Kyncl Named CEO of Warner Music Group
The outgoing YouTube executive will replace Stephen Cooper. → Read More
R. Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years in New York Sex Trafficking Conviction
The “Ignition” artist also faces child porn and obstruction of justice charges in Chicago. → Read More
Warner Music Israel Has Arrived
Warner Music Group announced on Thursday the launch of Warner Music Israel, becoming the latest major to set up shop in the Middle Eastern nation. → Read More
Splice Names Tech Veteran Kakul Srivastava as New CEO
Co-founder Steve Martocci moves to chief strategy officer at the platform. → Read More
Dominique Casimir Promoted to Chief Content Officer at BMG, Adding UK and Mexico to Repertoire
The longtime exec has been running point on next month’s expansion into Mexico. → Read More
Nobody Covered Pearl Jam’s Battle With Ticketmaster Quite Like Eric Boehlert
An appreciation of the late journalist’s crucial reporting on one band’s (losing) tussle with a ticketing goliath. → Read More
Amazon Music Unlimited Price Going Up for Prime Subscribers
Prime subscribers will now save a dollar a month by choosing Amazon’s premium streaming service over a competitor like Spotify. → Read More
Wilco and Bleachers Among Headliners at Roots N Blues Festival in Central Missouri
Jon Batiste, Tanya Tucker, Chaka Khan and Old Crow Medicine Show will also figure heavily at the annual roots fest near the Mizzou campus in Columbia. → Read More
Warner Music to Acquire Middle East Distributor Qanawat Music
WMG looks at the deal as an opportunity to export regional talent to the larger, Arabic-speaking diaspora worldwide. → Read More