One Liners: Kanye West, Universal, The Weeknd, more

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DEALSUniversal Music Publishing has signed Calacote to a global publishing deal. “Calacote represents a new sound within the Latin urban community”, says President of US Latin and Latin America, Alexandra Lioutikoff. “UMPG is THRILLED to sign a multi-lingual talent like him with truly global potential as both a songwriter and an artist”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSThe co-President of Universal Music’s Capitol UK label, Nick Raphael, is leaving the company.

It is expected that the other co-President – Jo Charrington – will continue on as sole President.Over in the US, Arjun Pulijal has been promoted to President of Universal’s Capitol Music Group.

He was previously SVP Marketing. “Arjun is renowned throughout our company, the industry and the creative community for prioritising artistry in all aspects of presenting music to the world”, says CEO Michelle Jubelirer. “He is more than artist-friendly; he is artist-first, and his approach has resulted in some of our company’s most acclaimed and commercially successful releases during Pulijal’s nine years here”.Elsewhere at Universal Music three promotions have been announced in its Global Classics & Jazz division. Liz Chew becomes Senior Director, Global Priorities – Marketing, Rachel Tregenza moves up to Senior Director, Global Priorities – Communications & Artist Strategy, and George Irwin is now Manager – Audience & Analytics. “These changes mark the latest step in our mission to deliver best-in-class service for our incredible artists, and for these genres of music which hold global cultural significance and are of great importance to us at UMG”, says Global Classics & Jazz CEO, Dickon Stainer.————————————————–RELEASESKanye West has released a video for ‘Heaven And.