4+ day, 31+ min ago   (347+ words) Music funding platform BeatBread has appointed Andreea Gleeson as CEO. Gleeson, previously CEO of TuneCore, will “accelerate commercial and international expansion and deepen partnerships across the independent music economy” according to the announcement from BeatBread. She joined TuneCore in 2015 and…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (382+ words) [PIAS] has relaunched Source with its UK and French teams jointly leading A&R and creative direction. Originally established at the turn of the Millennium, the influential label is associated with artists including Air, Phoenix, Kings of Convenience, Turin Brakes…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (417+ words) TuneCore has named Noémie Lambert as the company’s new head of TuneCore, France. The independent development partner for self-releasing artists is owned by Believe. Lambert will report to Basile Beaugendre, regional head of TuneCore, Europe. “As TuneCore continues to scale…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (297+ words) Warner Chappell Music has formed a new partnership with Kidding Aside, the independent French electronic music company. Kidding Aside works with talent such as Acid Arab, Folamour, Nico Moreno, NTO, Romain Garcia, Trinix and Urumi. “The deal aligns Kidding Aside…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (306+ words) Music Week is delighted to announce that Merlin Engage is sponsoring the Special Recognition: Unsung Hero category at the Women In Music Awards. This year’s edition of the hugely popular daytime ceremony will take place on Friday, October 9, 2026 at JW…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (249+ words) Warner Music Group (WMG) has appointed Mateusz Smółka to the newly created role of MD, Warner Music Eastern Europe. Smółka, who joins following an eight-year tenure at Spotify, will oversee WMG’s operations across key markets, including Poland, the Czech Republic,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (252+ words) Happy Artist Records has announced the signing of Scottish rapper and hip-hop producer Bemz. The independent label was founded by The Snuts’ Jack Cochrane and Callum Wilson alongside the band’s managers Callum Read and Adam Harris. The label was established…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (180+ words) Killphonic Rights has signed Rough Trade Publishing, Symphonic Distribution and Mad Decent’s Half Tone for worldwide publishing administration. The move brings three respected independent music companies to Killphonic's growing roster of partners. The Los Angeles-based indie publishing and administration company…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (377+ words) Pulse Music Group has signed alt-pop singer-songwriter and producer Erin LeCount to a worldwide publishing deal. The Essex-born 23-year-old, who was recently profiled in Music Week's On The Radar, initially broke through independently with her 2023 debut EP Soft Skin, Restless…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (783+ words) Concord Music Publishing's EVP of worldwide A&R Kim Frankiewicz has told Music Week that publishers are increasingly becoming artists’ “first call” in the modern music business. During her keynote at Musexpo in the US in the spring, Frankiewicz talked…...