Brian Celler appointed EVP, head of international, Universal Music UK
Universal Music UK has appointed Brian Celler as EVP, head of international. This is a new post with Celler reporting to chairman and CEO David Joseph. In his new role, Celler will work with UMG’s companies in more than 60 countries promoting artists signed to the UK company and leveraging UMG’s global reach. After more than 20 years in international marketing and artist management, Celler has built a reputation across the global music industry, most notably for his work with U2. He joined Principle/Maverick Management as managing director in 2009 and for seven years was immersed in all aspects of the band’s management operations including touring, recording and marketing.
Stirling McIlwaine joins Three Six Zero as SVP of US artist management
Three Six Zero, the global management entertainment company, has appointed Stirling McIlwaine to the new position of SVP of US artist management. McIlwaine will report to Three Six Zero founders Mark Gillespie and Dean Wilson. He will take full responsibility for supervising the US management team based at the company’s Los Angeles offices as well as heading up the new contemporary pop venture Twenty Four Artist Management.
There were 12bn visits to websites to stream pirated music content in 2015 - report
MUSO, the content protection, data-analytics and piracy audience marketing solutions provider, today reveals 28% of all visits to piracy sites in 2015 were through mobile devices, this is up by 8% during the year, demonstrating an increasing behavioural shift towards mobile streaming piracy. These findings are from MUSO’s Global Piracy Insights Report 2015, which saw the company analyse global traffic from 14,000 of the largest global piracy websites, comprising over 141 billion visits to these sites.
Nigel Adams MP wants to introduce controls over flares and fireworks at concerts and festivals
Nigel Adams, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Music, has tabled an amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill, with cross-party support, to introduce controls over flares and fireworks at concerts and festivals. His proposal will be heard on the floor of the House of Commons today April 26. An increase in unsafe use of flares, fireworks, and smoke bombs by audience members in recent years has caused serious injury for fans. While such fares and fireworks have been banned at football grounds since 1985 (under the Control of Dangerous Articles Act), music fans have not previously been afforded the same protection – meaning that while there were 255 incidents involving flares at music events in 2014, there were only three at football grounds in the same time period.
Eska teams up with PPL in support of Intellectual Property (IP) on World IP Day
Internationally revered singer, Eska, calls for the British public to increase its knowledge on Intellectual Property (IP), as the world celebrates World IP Day today (Tuesday 26 April). This is as a survey carried out by music licensing company, PPL, reveals 89% of the British public agreed that British-made music has a positive impact on the UK economy, yet 47% also admitted to not understanding what IP actually is and the role that it plays in the music industry. Furthermore, a quarter (23%) of the British public did not know that that recorded music needs to be paid for (in the form of a licence) when played for staff and customers in public spaces, including shops, restaurants and workplaces.
ACM Announces 2016 BASCA Scholarship
Following on from last years success, ACM is to run its BASCA scholarship for a second year. With one lucky student having their courses fees funded in their entirety, ACM is on the lookout for a songwriting superstar. In 2015, Ivan Proctor was announced as the recipient of the first ever ACM BASCA Scholarship, receiving the inaugural award at the European Composer & Songwriter Alliance General Assembly opening concert at BASCA. Now having formed a band called ‘China Bears’, Ivan has hit the ground running at the Academy, getting involved in all opportunities thrown his way.
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