{"id":2142168,"date":"2025-11-08T02:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2142168"},"modified":"2025-11-08T02:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:47:52","slug":"axs-warner-music-ppl-brits-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/axs-warner-music-ppl-brits-more\/","title":{"rendered":"AXS, Warner Music, PPL, BRITs, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_332838\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-332838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy O\u2019Connor, Play It Again Music\u2019s digital and streaming director. Photo Credit: Play It Again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here\u2019s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of November 7th, 2025.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you have a job shuffle to share, we\u2019re all ears. Send us a note to\u00a0news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you\u2019d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to\u00a0noah@digitalmusicnews.com. And, keep track of all the latest music industry hires\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/category\/music-industry\/music-industry-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">here<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>AXS<\/h4>\n<p>AXS has brought on longtime Live Nation exec Peter Quinlan as MD for Europe and hired <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7376665133856550912\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">Hannah Rouch<\/a> as marketing VP for Europe. Both are based in London and assuming newly created positions.<\/p>\n<h4>Warner Music Group<\/h4>\n<p>Warner Music Australasia president Dan Rosen\u2019s post has expanded to also include recorded (but not publishing) operations in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Leda Chang has come aboard the major\u2019s global catalog division in the newly established SVP of global brand and audience role.<\/p>\n<h4>Primary Wave<\/h4>\n<p>Primary Wave has promoted 10-year team member Peter Kurczaba to sync VP and upped five-year company vet Cleome Barber to creative A&amp;R director.<\/p>\n<h4>BRIT Awards<\/h4>\n<p>With Sony Music UK having \u201cspearheaded\u201d the BRIT Awards\u2019 move from London to Manchester, RCA co-president Stacey Tang has been confirmed as the BRITs Committee\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n<h4>IMPALA<\/h4>\n<p>IMPALA has elected a new executive board; see the full list of members <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2025\/10\/31\/impala-elects-new-executive-board-2026\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>University of New Haven<\/h4>\n<p>The University of New Haven has welcomed longtime A&amp;R higher-up Pete Ganbarg, currently president of Pure Tone Music, as a 2025-26 executive in residence.<\/p>\n<h4>NSAI<\/h4>\n<p>As part of its ongoing board election, the Nashville Songwriters Association International has elevated Parker Welling to industry liaison on the executive committee. Voted into her therefore-vacated seat is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1dcZzECEV8s\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">Ben Williams<\/a>, with artist-writer representative <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SV-Mb4p2ABM\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">Drew Baldridge<\/a> likewise joining the board.<\/p>\n<h4>Play It Again Music<\/h4>\n<p>Play It Again has hired Amy O\u2019Connor (formerly part of Riser House) as streaming and digital director, while Molly Reinold (previously with 50 Egg Music) has signed on as creative director.<\/p>\n<h4>PPL<\/h4>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2025\/09\/29\/a2im-new-ceo-ian-harrison\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow\">Outgoing<\/a> A2IM head Richard James Burgess is set to begin as Phonographic Performance Limited\u2019s chair on January 5th.<\/p>\n<h4>iHeartMedia<\/h4>\n<p>Following another layoffs <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2025\/10\/10\/iheartmedia-layoffs-2026-quotes\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow\">round<\/a>, iHeartMedia has disclosed multiple hires and programming shifts. In San Francisco, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/annaleegould_iheartmedia-bayarea-media-activity-7389745006644944897-xlzY\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">Annalee Gould<\/a> is officially sales SVP, and in Cincinnati, Sinclair\u2019s Stefan Schellhas has been named market president.<\/p>\n<p>On the programming side, iHeart Denver\u2019s KOA will debut a revamped morning lineup this coming Monday: Ross Kaminsky is moving from the 9 AM slot to host a 6 AM show with Jeana Gondek. Taking the 9 AM-to-noon reins is Michael Brown, who\u2019s transitioning from a morning slot on iHeart Denver\u2019s KHOW.<\/p>\n<h4>Boosey &amp; Hawkes<\/h4>\n<p>After nearly half a century with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2025\/02\/13\/kordl-launch-february-2025-2\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow\">Boosey &amp; Hawkes<\/a>, MD Janis Susskind is preparing to exit in June 2026. Over 15-year team member Steven Lankenau will become president at next year\u2019s start before assuming \u201cfull leadership\u201d responsibilities on July 1st.<\/p>\n<h4>Del Records<\/h4>\n<p>Months after Del Records CEO \u00c1ngel del Villar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2025\/08\/17\/angel-del-villar-prison-sentence\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow\">received a four-year prison sentence<\/a>, his son Andrew is stepping into the role.<\/p>\n<h4>Thrust<\/h4>\n<p>Thrust, a self-described \u201cnew platform built on Solana that powers the next generation of fan economies,\u201d has launched with Iggy Azalea aboard as a partner and creative director.<\/p>\n<h4>Empire Publishing<\/h4>\n<p>Empire Publishing has boosted Vinny Kumar, who\u2019s been with the company for close to six years, from SVP to president.<\/p>\n<h4>Bella Figura Music<\/h4>\n<p>Eyeing a US expansion, Bella Figura has inked a Sony Music Publishing admin pact and added Artists Organization founder Gary Gersh as chairman.<\/p>\n<h4>Sony Music Australia<\/h4>\n<p>Comes With Fries founder Vanessa Picken is stepping down as Sony Music Australia\u2019s head after about three years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END .ss-inline-share-wrapper --><\/div>\n<p><script> !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '861435292003562');\nfbq('track', 'PageView'); <\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.digitalmusicnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy O\u2019Connor, Play It Again Music\u2019s digital and streaming director. 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