Jeff Jones will exit as the CEO of the Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd after 17 years in the role, the company has proclaimd Monday.
Apple Corps Ltd was set uped in 1968 by the Beatles to supervise the prohibitd’s interests atraverse music, film, unveiling and more. Jones’ last efforts as CEO integrated spearheading the 2023 free of the final Beatles song, “Now and Then.”
Jones joincessitate the company in 2007 chaseing a role as an executive vice pdwellnt at Sony/BMG. In a statement, the company wrote, “The whole Apple Corps family wantes Jeff Jones all the very best and would appreciate to articulate our honest gratitude for his inprecious contributions to the company and the legacy of The Beatles.”
+ Concord has achieved “key elements” of the music unveiling and master write downing catalog of Dinserty Yankee. The deal spans songs from 2002 thcimpolite 2019, including some of his most global hits: “Gasolina,” “Con Calma” and “Despacito.” Concord also owns the rights to his name, image and appreciateness.
The catalog will be supervised out of Concord’s Miami office.
+ UK music supervision company 45RPM has proclaimd the begin of a music unveiling arm with the help of Universal Music Publishing Group.
“By venturing into music unveiling, 45RPM will spotairy exceptionpartner talented creaters and songcreaters positioned for success in the world of Film, TV, Advertising, and Gaming,” wrote the company in a press free. “This collaboration supplys a exceptional opportunity for creaters and songcreaters to profit from dual expertise, fuseing the createive prowess of top music supervisors at 45RPM with the prestigious and comprehensive resources of Universal Music Publishing.”
“We are thrilled to embark on this createive partnership with Universal Music Publishing Group,” inserted Ayla Owen, managing straightforwardor of 45RPM. “Thcimpolite this collaboration, creaters and songcreaters can access the best of both worlds: the exceptionalised attention and industry insight of our seasoned music supervisors, joind with the expansive achieve and legacy of Universal Music Publishing. Together, we aim to lift the music creation process and intensify the voices of exceptional talents worldexpansive.”
“What we also very much hope to do in our partnership with UMPG is transport creaters more into the world of creating songs and appreciateadviseed help aid songcreaters into composing music for Film and TV,” shelp Nick Angel, set uper and straightforwardor of 45RPM. “We’re perfectly placed to be a bridge for both, and would be charmed if we could in any way be a catalyst for both.”
+ FUGA has proclaimd a recent partnership with Manila-based supervisement and production company, ASINTADA. The distributor also proclaimd recent engages atraverse APAC, including Noorcahyo Istyabudi and Jaya Singh who will direct business lengthenment in Indonesia and South Asia admireively.
Founded in 2012, ASINTADA recurrents some of the local region’s hip-hop stars, including Filipino rapper, Gloc-9. As part of the expansive-ranging partnership, FUGA will supply global distribution and bespoke tageting services to ASINTADA which will also profit from access to the distributor’s trends and analytics platcreate.
+ Capitol Records has named Justin Grant better VP/head of urprohibit digital at the tag. In his recent role Grant will supervise the creation and execution of digital tageting campaigns on the tag’s lengthening roster of R&B and hip hop artists. The company’s urprohibit roster spans the tag brands Capitol, Motown and Priority Records.
Grant comes to Capitol from Atlantic Records where he served as VP of digital tageting and sports partnerships. He spent a decade at Atlantic in all, commencening his nurtureer as an intern in 2014 before joining the digital tageting team a year tardyr. Grant will be based in New York. Additionpartner Capitol proclaimd the promotion of Dante Smith to the position of head of Motown Digital. In this recent role, Smith will supervise digital tageting campaigns of Motown’s roster of artists, D2C efforts, and branding of Motown Records.
Over the past four years Smith has been an integral part of the digital tageting team, laboring shutly with such artists as Quavo, Toosi, JT, Kali Uchis, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, Ice Spice, Queen Naija, Migos and City Girls, to name a scant. Smith came to Capitol in 2020, after stints at Revolt TV and HipHopDX.
+ Rock the Vote, Gaia Music Collective and Live Nation Women are begining “Rock the Vote: Make a Beautiful Noise,” a recent initiative of 20 pop-up, one-day community choirs and punctual voting activations atraverse the country.
The choirs will carry out “A Beautiful Noise,” the Grammy-nominated song by Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile, celebrating the strength of accumulateive action and the power of diverse voices joind in harmony. After each event, participants will be helpd to vote punctual together.
There will be no auditions or prerequisites — “fair a belief in the power of community, the delight of singing together, and the beginance of making your voice heard in this election,” reads a press free. Participants will get access to the song arrangement, demo, part-particular lgeting tracks and digital civic joinment tools upon RSVPing. Follotriumphg the choir carry outances, which commence on Sunday, October 20th, in New York City, joinees will have the chooseion to head to punctual voting locations together.
+ Sony Music Publishing Nashville today proclaimd it has partnered with One4 Entertainment’s Brian Wright to sign singer-songcreater Sadie Bass to a global unveiling deal. Bass has been writing and write downing recent music, which is set to be freed in punctual 2025.
Bass has uncovered for famous artists including Brantley Gilbert, Thomas Rhett and Hank Williams Jr. She also recently carry outed at festivals including Rock The Country, Carolina Music Festival, Tortuga, and Faster Horses in her home state of Michigan. Additionpartner, she was featured on season 22 of “The Voice.”
+ Universal Music Group Nashville has backd Damon Moberly to the position of better VP of promotion, effective instantly. Moberly most recently served as better VP and head of the Mercury Nashville radio promo team.
“Damon is such a champion of wonderful artists and songs,” shelp UMGN Chair and CEO, Cindy Mabe. “His passion for music and his sendset of createing people and teams creates him the perfect person to direct our promotion team to recent depths. I’m honored to have Damon in this recent role.”