Shirin Foroutan named SVP & general manager of Universal Music Publishing Europe

UMPG has appointed Shirin Foroutan to the role of senior vice president and general manager, Universal Music Publishing Europe. Based in London, she reports to Marc Cimino, UMPG chief operating officer. Foroutan succeeds Simon Baker, who has served as GM, European operations since 2018 and will continue at the company ...

Minds On Fire appoints Tom Currie as A&R manager

Spirit Music Group owner Lyric Capital closes $410 million fund for acquisitions

ICE signs multi-territory licensing deal with metaverse gaming start-up Styngr

Wise Music Group names Marcus Wise as CEO for Europe

Song Sleuth partners with Warner Chappell to maximise collections from UGC platforms

Song Sleuth has agreed a major partnership with Warner Chappell Music, which is aimed at helping to better monetise the multi-billion-dollar user-generated content (UGC) market. The technology ...

Sony Music Publishing extends global partnership with David Gates

Sony Music Publishing has expanded its global publishing administration partnership with singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Gates and his publishing vehicle, Kipahulu Music Co. The deal will continue ...

Minds On Fire joins up with BMG, launches first signing Human Family

Independent publisher Minds on Fire has signed a global admin deal and co-publishing deal with BMG. Under the agreement, BMG will handle global admin for the entire ...

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