VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
Tom March (L) and Ben Mortimer (R) have officially been named co-Presidents of Universal Music U.K. label Polydor Records. If you've been reading this waste of a domain, you will have noticed the news a few weeks back, when we revealed the duo were being upped from their respective roles as Virgin EMI General Manager and Polydor A&R Director.
March and Mortimer's "drive and energy" will take the label into "another world-beating era," said UMG U.K. boss David Joseph. Joseph himself spent the first 10 years of his UMG tenure as GM of Polydor while Lucian Grainge was MD, saving the label from potential closure thanks to success with acts including Boyzone and the Lighthouse Family.
Said Joseph: “Universal Music has built its success on promoting from within, and in Ben and Tom we have two exceptionally creative executives with a shared ability to truly realise their artists’ vision. They have already proved they are a great team, and I know their drive and energy will take Polydor into another world-beating era.”
