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Musical chairs — Week 11, 2023

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WMG's Eric Levin

Eric Levin, Warner Music Group‘s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has announced his plan to retire later this year, after close to 10 years with the company. Levin, who joined the major in 2014, was hired by then CEO Stephen Cooper to oversee WMG’s global financial operations. The company will now conduct an open search for his successor. According to internal notes sent to WMG staff and seen by Music Week, Levin wrote: “Although I’m not leavin...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Warner Music Czech Republic invests in local hip-hop label Mike Roft

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Warner Music Czech Republic has renewed its partnership and invested in local hip-hop label Mike Roft, the company set up by Czech artists Calin and D-Kop, and video director and graphic designer Radim Zboril, who will remain investors in the venture and will continue to manage it as an independent label.

The new deal will see Warner Music become the sole distributor for all of Mike Roft’s roster, which includes Calin. Founded in 2018, Mike Roft has developed "a core roster of six culturall...

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Marathon Artists and Transgressive Publishing sign punk band HotWax

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London-based music companies Marathon Artists and Transgressive Publishing have signed British punk band HotWax to, respectively, a recording agreement and a global music publishing deal.

The three-piece band — Tallulah, Lola and Alfie — will be releasing the EP ‘A Thousand Times’ in May 2023. ’Treasure’ is the first single lifted from the EP. The band are managed by Clare Britt and Mairead Hayden of Rip It Up. Their team also includes WME Agency (Live), Satellite 414 (Press) and Plugged In ...

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Priority Records signs Sugarhill Ddot

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Priority Records has signed up-and-coming artist Sugarhill Ddot to a global recording deal. The 15-year-old rapper from New York's Harlem is the first artist to sign to Priority since creative executive Orlando Wharton joined the Capitol Music Group (CMG)-owned hip hop label.

Wharton, Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group's Capitol Music Group and President of Priority Records, said, “We’re bringing New York back. Sugarhill Ddot is a star in the making to ignite the resurgence ...

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