Cris Lacy has been named Chair & President of the newly rebranded Warner Records Nashville, formerly known as Warner Music Nashville. In this post, she reports to Warner Records Group CEO & Co-Chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck and COO & Co-Chairman Tom Corson.
She served previously as Co-Chair & Co-President of Warner Music Nashville alongside Gregg Nadel who will be taking on "a new leadership role within Warner Music Group, with details to be announced shortly."
WMG said Lacy's appoi...

The Ivors Academy will honour Sony Music Publishing Chairman & CEO Jon Platt as well as Virgin Group founder Richard Branson at it inaugural Ivors Academy Honours. 
They will join a line-up of honorees that includes singer and songwriters RAYE and Kae Tempest as well as Catherine Manners, Founder of music publishing and composer management agency Manners McDade; Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade Chris Bryant; John Sweeney ...

These are some of the deals that were announced this week:

The Coca-Cola Company has joined forces with Universal Music Group (UMG) to launch real thing records., a new record label dedicated to “uplifting burgeoning artistry from around the world, and forging deeper connections between artists and fans.” The label will function with “a genre-agnostic approach” and is “designed to be a launchpad for the next generation of music talent.” The label’s first signings include French-New Zealand ar...