Richard Blackstone moves to senior advisor role at Warner Music Group
Warner/Chappell CEO Richard Blackstone becomes senior advisor to group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr, with David H Johnson running the publisher until a replacement is found.…
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Sky boss to jump to Iostar
BSkyB managing director Dawn Airey will leave next year to become CEO of Iostar Limited, a newly created role starting in spring.…
Stars line up for Tommy's
Celebrities including Dermot O'Leary and David Hasselhoff appear in a video of 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas' to raise funds for baby charity Tommy's, with the single available for 99p.…
Radio 1 rejigs
Radio 1 has announced Professor Green and Mistress de Funk as new hosts of 'In New DJs We Trust', replacing Crissy Criss and Tayo, from early January.…
Sony Urban chief gets promoted
Lisa Ellis, head of Sony Urban, has been promoted to Executive Vice President of the Sony Music Label Group, reporting directly to Rob Stringer.…
Virgin revamp daytime schedule
Virgin Radio will give Suggs a new daily 2-4pm show after Martin Collins' departure, with Ben Jones extending his evening show to cover the rest of the slot.…
Webbe first guest presenter on 3 chart show
Former Blue member Simon Webbe is the first guest presenter on mobile network 3's new chart show MPops, which launched last Friday.…
Music types to fill in for Zane Lowe
Radio 1 will have a rotating line-up of musicians presenting in Zane Lowe's absence over three weeks in January, starting with Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson and Nick Hodgson.…
Merchant gets 6Music show
Stephen Merchant has been given his own Sunday afternoon show on BBC 6Music, starting 14 January.…
Peter Garrett joins Australian shadow cabinet
Former Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has been appointed to the Australian Labour Party's shadow cabinet, taking on a climate change portfolio.…
Sky and Branson welcome Grade appointment
BSkyB and Richard Branson have both welcomed Michael Grade's appointment as ITV executive chairman, with Sky now ITV's largest shareholder.…
Dupri expected to take new role at EMI
Jermaine Dupri, who left his role at EMI's Virgin US, is reportedly to take another influential job within EMI rather than join a rival major.…