Universal/EMI: Roger Faxon to step down next week

Roger Faxon will leave his role as EMI CEO a week today (September 28) - the same date Universal takes over much of the acquired company's operation.

In a leaked internal email to staff this afternoon, Faxon revealed that certain employees - for example, those working for Virgin Records - would begin reporting into UMG on this date. He suggested that Universal boss Lucian Grainge would contact them in the coming days.

Meanwhile, those working within assets set to be ...

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