The highly respected Pérez worked for over two decades at Universal Music.
The next step in K-pop’s growth may lie not in music itself, but in exporting K-pop’s disciplined development, production and promotion model.
Smaller playlists? More daytime plays? A country radio panel hits speed bump in a quest to quicken the pace of singles.
Also this week: Downtown names a president of artist & label services, BMG taps a president of Australia/NZ/Southeast Asia and more.
Nearly a decade after "Thinking Out Loud" climbed the charts, Sheeran will head to court to fight accusations that it was copied from Gaye's iconic slow jam.
"Our job is to find ways to connect, collect and convert the fans at every possible touchpoint of the rollout," says Cindy James, Virgin Music senior vp of commercial marketing.
Watch a panel of experts wax on about vinyl's supercharged growth and whether recent newbies will stick around.
Expenses like an ice pad and additional talent costs rack up, but the seven-figure loss is unlikely to impact the event's overall profitability.
How the little-known founder of Rimas went from a Venezuelan military academy to the top of the U.S. music business – and could exit with as much as $200 million.
The deal, which could give equity to the artist, involves the 60% stake controlled by the company’s Venezuelan founder, Rafael Ricardo Jiménez Dan.
