Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of March 17th, 2023.

BMI

Nine-year Broadcast Music, Inc. team member John Coletta has been promoted to SVP and managing director, international.

Karta

Metaverse studio Karta, which launched in 2021, has officially announced former Hipgnosis and EMI exec Tony Barnes as its co-founder.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG)

Former BMI VP of creative for Europe Shirin Foroutan has joined UMPG as SVP and GM for Europe, succeeding GM of European operations Simon Baker, who’s set to “continue at the company in a senior management capacity.”

Additionally, 21-year team member Jonas Wikström is succeeding Martin Ingeström (who will retire in June) to become Universal Music Publishing Scandinavia’s MD of the Nordics.

Warner Music

Following the departure of Warner Music CEO Stephen Cooper, EVP and CFO Eric Levin has announced that he’ll retire later this year.

SoundCloud

SoundCloud president Eliah Seton has replaced Michael Weissman as the music-sharing platform’s CEO; Weissman just recently joined Wade Davis’ ForgeLight VC as a partner.


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