US private equity group Blackstone has made a move for Hipgnosis.
Following the board’s acceptance of an offer by Concord on Thursday (April 18) that valued the music rights investment ...
Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM) has appointed Daniel Pounder and Jonathan Baker to roles in its executive leadership.
Daniel Pounder has been appointed chief financial officer, and Jonathan Baker has been ...
Hipgnosis Song Management has appointed Ben Katovsky as president and chief operating officer, reporting directly to CEO Merck Mercuriadis.
The appointment comes as the FT reports that Hipgnosis is in ...
BMG has announced the actions it will take following completion of the first stage of a review of its historic acquired recorded music catalogues to probe for evidence of racial ...
BMG’s move to axe controlled composition won widespread praise from industry bodies – but COO Ben Katovsky is not convinced other labels will follow suit.
NMPA president/CEO David Israelite called ...
BMG COO Ben Katovsky has told Music Week that the label’s axing of ‘controlled composition’ clauses is just the start of its programme of artist contract reform.
The move to ...
BMG COO Ben Katovsky has told Music Week that the label’s axing of ‘controlled composition’ clauses is just the start of its programme of artist contract reform.
The move to ...
The new issue of Music Week is out now, and we are delighted to welcome rock'n'roll titans AC/DC to the cover.
We join the legendary Angus Young and Brian Johnson, ...
BMG is eliminating a standard US record label deduction, the effect of which reduces the income of songwriters, composers and lyricists.
Across the US industry, the various discounts and caps ...
BMG has announced details of an expansion to its senior management team in a move CEO Hartwig Masuch is calling a “significant realignment”.
Masuch has created two new positions, chief ...
