Under the partnership deal, founders Erin Kelly-Burkett and Michael John Burkett will step back from the label while forgiving $3.5 million in unrecouped balances for Fat Wreck artists.
Also this week: Earl Sweatshirt's manager joins ATC, TikTok makes a key hire ahead ahead of ban-day (April 5) and Big Loud Records loses an svp of marketing.
As they launch their traveling exhibition commemorating three decades of indie music, Hopeless founder/CEO Louis Posen and GM Ian Harrison look back at the label’s history.