Elektra Music Group Names Greg Dorfman Executive VP of Promotion

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSony Music Entertainment has announced the appointment of Andrew Davis to the role of Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer.

Flip or Flip star Tarek El Moussa and Selling Sunset‘s Heather Rae Young have jetted off to Mexico for a romantic Cabo getaway. The blonde beauty, 33, and her fiance, 39, were seen soaking up the sunshine at a luxe hotel on December 18.

Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young hang out by the pool in a cabana while enjoying the sunny weather on Friday (December 18) in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

James Gunn is speaking out after seeing the reveal of what the Space Force plans to call their members.

A consortium led by China’s Tencent has exercised an option to purchase a further 10% of Vivendi’s Universal Music Group. The deal values the company at €30BN.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFrench media conglomerate Vivendi said on Friday that a consortium led by China’s Tencent will exercise its option to acquire a further 10% stake in Universal Music Group, raising its holding to 20%.A Tencent consortium completed its deal to buy 10% of UMG in March this year. It retained an option running until January 2021 to double its stake, through a second purchase on the same valuation.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicUniversal Music Group chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge was one of the first music industry executives to contract COVID-19 this year, entering the hospital shortly after his 60th birthday celebration at the end of February.

For Vice President Mike Pence, it’s a delicate balance on the Georgia Senate runoffs campaign trail. At a rally in Columbus, Ga., on Thursday, the vice president acknowledged that the Republicans need to "hold the line" in the twin Jan.

EXCLUSIVE: A wop bop a loo bop a wop bam boom! Rolling Stone is teaming with Bungalow Media + Entertainment to develop Little Richard: I Am Everything. The documentary, which will be directed by Lisa Cortes (All In: The Fight For Democracy) and executive produced by Dee Rees (Mudbound), will spotlight the trailblazing, one-of-a-kind rock ‘n roll icon who shaped the world of music.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Entertainment Africa has appointed Christine Mosha, known as “Seven,” to lead Marketing and Artist Development for the East Africa region.Starting with immediate effect, Mosha will build out the company’s roster of local talent and amplify its international repertoire and existing catalogue across the region from her base in Tanzania.

The death of country music legend Charley Pride is being questioned by several of the genre’s stars, who are wondering whether his performance at the County Music Association’s indoor awards show a month before he acquired Covid-19 may be connected.

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Music giant Universal Music Group has beefed up its production arm, forming a new studio to develop narrative content with music at its core.

Naman Ramachandran Universal Music Group (UMG) is launching Mercury Studios, a new outfit that will encompass existing global film and television producer Eagle Rock Entertainment (ERE).The new content studio will develop, produce and invest in innovative, music-based storytelling.

Universal Music Group has launched a new TV and film studio and has set a former BBC executive to run it.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterElliot Grainge, founder and CEO of the independent record label 10K Projects, has promoted Theo Battaglia to the newly created position of executive vice president/head of creative at the company. In this new role, Battaglia will oversee all creative services at the company, and will continue in his role leading the artist marketing team, including liaising with the label’s distributor Caroline on digital and commercial marketing.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIndustry veteran Josh Deutsch and celebrated music supervisor Randall Poster have joined forces, combining their two respective companies, Premier and Search Party.Premier Music Group, a leading sync agency launched in 2017 by Downtown Music co-founders Deutsch and Terence Lam, announced the acquisition today.