Mo Ostin, the US record executive who signed the Kinks and Jimi Hendrix and presided over Warner/Reprise records for three decades, has died aged 95. “Mo Ostin was one of a kind,” said record executive […]
When interviewing record executives during my three decades as pop critic for The Times, I noticed that they were as eager for publicity as any of their artists. And, I must confess, I appreciated it […]
Photo Credit: Warner Records Archives Legendary Warner Bros. Records music executive Mo Ostin has died. He was 95. The music industry is now bidding farewell to a legendary label executive. After a long-and-storied career that […]
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where J Balvin is scheduled to play a Pollen event in December. Photo Credit: Sergei Remarenko In May, Pollen (formerly Verve) laid off about a third of its workforce one month […]
Photo Credit: Sara Larsson and Stephen Gyasi Freshsound has announced a $1.33 million funding round and has recruited former Sony Music & Warner Music executive Helen McLaughlin. The Stockholm-based licensing platform for original music is […]
Photo Credit: Marc Noorman TikTok has become the most important tool for music discovery in the modern era. But YouTube execs think the platform offers little more than ‘junk food,’ however. Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Global […]
Warner Music Canada Director of Commercial Revenue Alex Bellissimo speaking at Canadian Music Week in Toronto on Wednesday. Sound familiar? Warner Music Canada Director of Commercial Revenue Alex Bellissimo recently called out the increasing tendency […]
When it came time to shoot the film “Aquaman,” Amber Heard almost lost her gig as Aquaman’s love interest, Mera. But according to a studio executive, it had nothing to do with any drama between […]
Photo Credit: Anchor.fm Spotify has lost another podcast exec in just a few short weeks. Anchor Co-Founder Michael Mignano is leaving the company in June. Last month, Digital Music News reported that Spotify’s Head of […]
Shared from nypost.com. Ralph Lauren says that one of its top executives, Howard Smith, has resigned due to alleged violations of the company’s ethics code. The company didn’t detail the violations. The resignation of Smith, […]