It's increasingly challenging for some distributors to win seven-figure bidding wars for artists, according to a pitch deck from the distributor Stem.
"[He] doesn't want people to listen to it or discover it because he is an actor. And because of that, he has built up a hugely engaged music audience first," says AWAL CEO Lonny Olinick.
The CEO of Sony Music's artist services unit talks working with The Orchard, bespoke deals and what they look for in an artist: "We’re very opinionated about music."
The London-based executive has been with the company since 2012.
Also this week: Ministry of Sound appoints an MD, Prescription Songs/Amigo Records hires a senior vp of business affairs and more.
Also this week: AWAL hires a leader for its expansion into India, an upstart ticketing platform gains a chief strategy officer and more.
