UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE has named CHELSEA BLYTHE as its EVP/A&R. She succeeds BRIAN WRIGHT, who departed that role in APRIL (NET NEWS 4/4).BLYTHE began her career as an A&R intern at INTERSCOPE RECORDS before becoming the department coordinator, where she worked with artists including KENDRICK LAMAR, SCHOOLBOY Q, RAE SREMMURD, and MIKE WILL MADE-IT. Moving to COLUMBIA RECORDS in 2016, BLYTHE climbed to VP/A&R, signed SYMBA, played a role in signing BABY KEEM to the label, .
HALLWOOD MEDIA has promoted DANNY BERKELEY-SCOTT to VP/Management for the company. During his short tenure with the company, he has overseen the success of CARDI B s “Up”, produced by client YOUNG DZA and DRAKE and 21 SAVAGE s “On BS”, produced by client ELIAS. His client roster has been responsible for over 20 Gold and Platinum-selling songs, and over the past year, BERKELEY-SCOTT launched HALLWOOD MEDIA’s Engineer Management division, signing GRAMMY .
ELON MUSK has confirmed that he has named NBCUNIVERSAL S advertising sales chief LINDA YACCARINO as the new CEO for TWITTER. According to her bio, YACCARINO has worked at NBCUNIVERSAL for nearly 12 years, leading a team which has generated more than $100 billion in ad sales since 2011.YACCARINO previously served as NBC s chair for advertising and client partnerships, and as Pres./Cable Entertainment and Digital Advertising sales. Prior to her time with NBC, she worked at global entertainment .
ALL ACCESS has learned that Co-Pres./ELEKTRA RECORDS MIKE EASTERLIN has left the label, but will continue working with WMG as a consultant for its artist services division, WMX. The move leaves GREGG NADEL as sole Pres./ELEKTRA, under the 300 ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT banner.In his time at WARNER, EASTERLIN has also been Pres./FUELED BY RAMEN and ROADRUNNER. He is known for working with a wide array of artists, including TWENTY ONE PILOTS, TONES AND I, and PANIC! AT THE DISCO. He first .
After a two week trial, ED SHEERAN was cleared by a MANHATTAN federal jury TODAY (5/4) in a lawsuit that accused him of stealing MARVIN GAYE’s “Let’s Get it On” for his song, "Thinking Out Loud." The jury ruled that he did not infringe on the GAYE classic. The decision marks the culmination of a years-long copyright battle between SHEERAN and the heirs of ED TOWNSEND, a songwriter who co-wrote the 1973 track. According to MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE, the .