Warner Music Group Announces Leadership Consolidation
With an eye on innovation in a rapidly changing industry, Warner Music Group has announced a consolidation of all its global business development functions under a single leadership team. Under the new structure, WMG COO Rob Wiesenthal will oversee the company’s digital biz-dev efforts while continuing to report to CEO Steve Cooper.
Deezer Finally Coming to America on Sept. 15
The world’s second-biggest music subscription service is finally coming to the world’s biggest music market. Deezer, which claims to have 5 million subscribers and 16 million monthly users over 180 countries, announced Wednesday it will launch in the United States on Monday the 15th via a partnership with home audio company Sonos.
Where Are Beats Music, iTunes, and the iPod? Hiding Under Bono’s Swag
The bombast of bringing out the world’s richest rock band (and its new album, which is currently in your iTunes library whether you want it there or not, a subtle reminder of the power Apple has to minutely affect your everyday life) to cap the biggest product announcement in years from the world’s richest company was an effective demonstration of the company’s shifting priorities — away from music. There was no mention of Beats (other than the fact that you can stream U2’s album on their streaming service and Eddy Cue pretending to shop for some very pricey, very bass-y headphones during its mobile payment demonstration), no word on the ever-aged iTunes interface and store and radio service, or even a swan song for the quietly discontinued iPod Classic.
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