Marc Schneider

5 days ago | billboard.com | Marc Schneider

It’s time to drop the needle on another Executive Turntable, Billboard’s weekly compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between — across the music business. There’s been quite a bit of staffing news this week, “Da Pope” included, so let’s get to it. Downtown Music Publishing appointed Jason Taylor as vice president of business development, based in Los Angeles and reporting to chief creative officer Jedd Katrancha.

1 week ago | billboard.com | Marc Schneider

Warner Music Group has announced the beta launch of WMG Pulse, a new bespoke platform designed to provide artists and songwriters with helpful insights into their streaming performance, fan engagement and even earnings. The label said WMG Pulse will consolidate real-time data from various sources into a single view, offering detailed information on streaming, audience, social media and user-generated content (UGC) performance.

1 week ago | billboard.com | Marc Schneider

Capitol Music Group Taps Sara Nix and Joe Mortimer to Lead Creative Team "Together they form a potent team to help the incredible artists on our label reach their full creative potential and drive our ongoing transformation," says CMG chief Tom March.

1 week ago | billboard.com | Marc Schneider

President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Thursday aimed at ending federal funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the organizations in a social media post of spreading “radical, woke propaganda.” The official order, found on the White House website, directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and other agencies to halt both direct and indirect public financing to the public broadcasters.

1 week ago | billboard.com | Marc Schneider

It’s time to drop the needle on another Executive Turntable, Billboard’s weekly compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between — across the music business. There’s been a bit of staffing news this week, so let’s hop to it. Whitaker Elledge stepped into the lead role at Nashville-based label Dualtone, following the passing in December of former president Paul Roper after a battle with cancer.