Lawyers for James Dolan's company open a new front in a sprawling legal war over the use of facial recognition technology to ban lawyers from venues.
The layoffs were announced during an all hands meeting by CEO Eliah Seton.
Trapp is also the CEO of specialty retailer EMP, acquired by WMG in 2018.
Endel, a leader in the lucrative "functional music" space, will transform projects from UMG's roster into soundscapes for relaxing or studying.
The group also reveals its upcoming new single, "Sound of a Saturday Night."
Other ink this week: Pendulum to Mushroom Group/Virgin Music, Matt Schuster to WME and more.
The collaborative music creation platform received funding from existing investor Cercano Management as well as Prosus Ventures.
The case claimed that YouTube offers tools like Content ID to record labels but refuses to allow “ordinary" copyright owners to use them.
The company argues that the new state law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights.
The executive joins the Live Nation-owned streaming company from SPIN.
