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As expected, former WME co-head of music Lucy Dickins<\/strong><\/a> will be joining Creative Artists Agency<\/strong>, effective mid-April. In addition to serving on CAA\u2019s managing director committee, Dickins will continue working directly with top music artists, according to the announcement.<\/p>\n Her departure from WME, where she was the global head of contemporary music and touring, was announced on Friday.<\/p>\n More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLucy is a tremendous business leader and exceptional agent, with a deep understanding of talent and what it takes to help them realize their most ambitious goals,\u201d said CAA Co-Chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd. \u201cShe\u2019s a dynamic, thoughtful and hands-on leader with invaluable global management experience, creativity, and strategic insight. We look forward to working with her across all divisions of our company.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining CAA,\u201d said Dickins. \u201cI\u2019ve long admired the vision and leadership of the company and the incredible team behind it. What matters most to me is the opportunity to continue building deep creative partnerships with artists and helping them realize their ambitions on a global stage.\u201d<\/p>\n Dickins joined WME in 2019 after more than two decades at International Booking Talent (ITB), the U.K.-based agency founded by her father, Barry Dickins and Rod MacSween. She comes from a long line of British music business titans: her grandfather Percy launched the long-running music weekly NME, her uncle Rob Dickins led Warner Music U.K. for 15 years, and her brother Jonathan Dickins has managed Adele, Glass Animals and Rick Rubin.<\/p>\n + Warner Chappell Music<\/strong> has named Edward Matthew <\/strong>vice president of international A&R and head of creative for Scandinavia, the company announced Monday.<\/p>\n Based in Stockholm, Matthew will report to the company\u2019s head of international A&R Shani Gonzales and Scandanavia managing director Lars Karlsson.<\/p>\n In 2019, Mathew founded Lilly Raye Music, a publishing and management company that has been in a joint venture with Warner Chappell since later that year. The company\u2019s writers have earned three Grammy nominations and more than 10 Swedish No. 1 singles.<\/p>\n Guy Moot, Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music, said, \u201cEdward is a rare talent who truly understands the fluidity of the global music scene. He has an incredible ability to identify world-class creative talent and provide them with the infrastructure to scale globally. We\u2019ve seen what he\u2019s built with Lilly Raye, and bringing his sharp A&R instincts and entrepreneurial spirit more deeply into our international A&R fold is a win for our entire global roster.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As expected, former WME co-head of music Lucy Dickins will be joining Creative Artists Agency, effective mid-April. In addition to serving on CAA\u2019s managing director committee, Dickins will continue working directly with top music artists, according to the announcement. 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