Napster Group appointed
Emmy Lovell to the newly created role of chief strategy officer. She will report to CEO and founder Anthony Matchett, driving the strategic direction and growth of the company.
“Emmy’s wealth of industry experience is going to be a real asset to Napster, said Matchett. She truly values the importance of musicians and their craft and is a champion for artist rights and compensation. We’re thrilled to welcome Emmy to the team and I look forward to us working closely together as we relaunch the Napster brand.”
Lovell joins Napster from WEA Europe Warner Music Group s global artist and label services arm where she served as evp. A seasoned music industry executive and leader, Lovell has developed digital promotions and led campaigns for major artists like Gorillaz and deadmau5.
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13th April 2021, London: Indie powerhouse Cooking Vinyl has announced the formation of a new department to optimise and grow its catalogue offering to artists and labels. The company is well known for its long term relationships with artists such as Frank Black, Billy Bragg and The Orb as well as recent successes with new releases by The Prodigy, Passenger and Alison Moyet.
The new initiative will both see an increased focus on the long-term sales of artists currently signed to the label as well as an aggressive acquisition policy to bolster the roster.
The new department will be headed up by catalogue industry stalwart Steve Bunyan. During his time running catalogue teams at Union Square Music and BMG Steve worked with artists including Madness, Slade, Fatboy Slim, The Kinks, Black Sabbath, Supergrass and Kylie Minogue and labels such as World Circuit, Trojan and Strictly Rhythm. He was a multiple award winner at the Music Week and AIM awar
SoundCloud throws down with fan-powered royalties
SoundCloud has been making waves recently by being the first service to switch to a user-centric royalty model, where listeners pay for the music they’re actually listening to. Here, we look at how this process actually works, and what the broader implications for the industry might be.
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SoundCloud is the first music service to adopt a version of the ethical pool principles in a user-centric royalty model and I have to applaud the effort. It’s a really good first step. “Fan Powered” royalties tries to connect the dots between what fans actually listen to and what fans actually pay for.