Hazel Savage, who served as CEO of British electronic music platform Syntho, announced that she was stepping down after one year in the job. Syntho was founded by DJ and producer Josh Baker in 2020 to provide top-quality production tutorials for aspiring music producers.

In a LinkedIn post, Savage wrote, "After an amazing year as the CEO of Syntho I am proud to hand the reigns of CEO back to Josh Baker. In my year as CEO we saw record revenue month-on-month and we hit 1,000,000 USD in revenue...

Hartwig Masuch, the former CEO of BMG, who relaunched Bertelsmann’s music company in 2009, has been appointed Chairman of Swedish music service Hyph. Masuch has joined Hyph in an advisory capacity with immediate effect and will transition to Chairman in April 2026. Hyph was founded by songwriter Andreas Carlsson, who serves as CEO of the company. “Hartwig Masuch is one of the most accomplished global music executives of the past two decades. We are delighted that he is joining us in our mission ...

These are some of the digital music deals that were announced in the past week: Merlin, the digital music licensing society for independent labels and distributors, has signed a partnership with AI-powered music creation platform Udio.  This partnership establishes “a framework for licensing Merlin’s independent members’ repertoire to train AI models while protecting the value of real artistry and ensuring fair compensation.” “As AI develops, it is critical to Merlin that we work with partners w...