One Liners: Rosalía, Kobalt, Ethan Gruska & Justin Vernon, more

completemusicupdate.com:

DEALSRound Hill Music has acquired various royalty and remuneration rights linked to the songs and recordings of original Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell. “The Scorpions are a truly legendary band with a catalogue of truly iconic music that helped define the heavy metal genre”, says Round Hill CEO Josh Gruss. “Herman played a pivotal role in their success with writing credits on some of their most enduring songs and is a welcome addition to our roster of world class writers and performers”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSKobalt has announced that Tom Sansone has stepped down as its Chief Financial Officer.

He will stay on as an advisor to CEO Laurent Hubert, though. Meanwhile Catrin Drabble will officially step in to replace him in the CFO role on 15 Apr. “Tom has been an incredible leader for Kobalt over the past six years and has led the business to be in the strongest financial shape it has ever seen”, says Hubert. “Catrin has constantly been a high-performer with a deep understanding of music business economics.

She has been the key leader in bridging finance and investment teams, as well as a critical part of our path to profitability”.Universal Music Publishing has promoted London-based Ross Greening to SVP European Regional Administration And Global Copyright / Society Relations.