Warner Music's Stock Offering Previews a Hot New Sound for Industry: Cha-ching!?

Matt Signore will be leaving the company at the end of the year, according to an internal memo sent by WMN chairman/CEO John Esposito today (June 30) that was obtained by Billboard.Signore has spent 15 years at the Warner Music Group in different capacities, and had been COO at Warner Nashville since January 2017. He first joined the major from Island Def Jam in 2005, as chief financial officer of Warner’s artist and label services division WEA.

Guillermo Gonzalez has been named president of Warner Music Iberia, effective immediately.González, who previously held the role of GM for the label, will report to to Iñigo Zabala, president Warner Music Latin America and Iberia.

Strictly Come Dancing winners – who controversially started dating last year, after the presenter dumped her boyfriend of five years for the pro dancer – have been dropping hints that an engagement is on the cards.

Abayomi Ajose, 36, and Cheriff Tall, 21, i n the early hours of Sunday. Community activist Mike Leehan said: "The car park is pretty much hidden away from the road.

A post shared by Jackie Smith Foden (@snackyjax) on Jun 21, 2020 at 2:20pm PDTJackie shared several pictures of Ben with baby Farrah and wrote: ‘Happy Father’s Day to this sweetest human on the planet.

LABELS & PUBLISHERSWarner Music is co-producing a film about… of course… you guessed it… tennis. Specifically the story of tennis champion Arthur Ashe – the only black man to ever win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.

Warner Music Group is trading old debt for new debt with a better interest rate and later due date. The music company is conducting a private offering for $535 million of senior secured notes due in 2030 that it expects to close June 29, it was announced Tuesday (June 16).

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorBlacKkKlansman Oscar winner Kevin Willmott is set to write the feature story of Wimbledon tennis champion and African American civil rights activist Arthur Ashe, a project which Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Warner Music Group (WMG) are teaming on.It’s a project that’s close to Amritraj’s heart, the Hyde Park producer being a former Wimbledon pro himself.

Hundreds of members of the music community, including artists, managers, publishers, trade groups, executives and record labels, signed an open letter Monday (June 8) calling for New York state to repeal statute 50-A, the state law that shields police officers’ personnel and disciplinary records from public view.

Warner Music Group (WMG) bosses have set aside $100 million (£79 million) to help combat racism in the music industry.Company officials launched the fund for charitable causes “related to the music industry, social justice and campaigns against violence and racism,” following calls from stars including The Weeknd to take action amid ongoing protests against racial injustice across the U.S.The fund, which has been established in collaboration with the Blavatnik Family Foundation – the charitable

“This fund will support the extraordinary, dedicated organisations that are on the front lines of the fight against racism"

Shares in the Warner Music Group were up 20.5% on the NASDAQ stock exchange at the close of trading Wednesday (June 3), its first day on the market as a public company under Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries. After being priced at $25 this morning, in line with its projected $23-$26 IPO price, and opening at $27, it finished the day at $30.12, according to MarketWatch, for a market capitalization of $15.36 billion and an enterprise valuation of $17.85 billion, when debt is included.

Warner Music Group on Wednesday priced its much-anticipated initial public offering at $25 per share, at the higher end of the $23-$26 range and valuing the company at $12.75 billion. Its stock in early trading went as high as $28.97 after opening up 8 percent at $27.

Lily Allen has accused Warner Music Group (WMG) executives of double standards due to their support of the Blackout Tuesday campaign.

By Geoff Mayfield

Warner Music Group has set its initial public offering (IPO) price at $25 per share. The size of the IPO has been increased from 70 million shares to 77 million shares.

By Jem Aswad

Warner Music Group is expected to officially begin trading later this morning on the Nasdaq exchange with its initial public offering carrying a $25 per-share price, which means that the company is realizing an equation valuation of $12.75 billion.That will make it the largest stock offering so far this year, and according to press reports in financial and business news publications, it instills hope among Wall Street traders that the WMG offering will help break the dam and bring forth more