DEALSBudde Music and Karma Songs have signed Jez Ashurst – who has worked with the likes of Little Mix, Tom Walker and Tom Grennan – to a new publishing deal.
The producer and songwriter is already allied to the Karma Artists management company. “We are delighted to extend our relationship working with Jez to include publishing through Karma Songs”, says the firm’s Jordan Jay. “He is a rare breed of songwriter with such consistency and an incredible breadth of songwriting talent”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSThe World Independent Network – the global organisation for independent music companies – has promoted General Manager Noemí Planas to CEO and announced Partisan Records COO Zena White as its new Chair.
Also newly appointed to the organisation’s board are AIM’s Gee Davy, NEWS’s Geert De Blaere and Sub Pop’s Tony Kiewel. “It is a privilege to have such an extraordinary group of professionals from all corners of the world on our board of directors”, says Planas.BMG has promoted US-based Nitsa Kalispera to the role of EVP Global Supply Chain, meaning she will be “the most senior executive managing BMG’s supply chain teams around the world”.
She will report into BMG CTO Sebastian Hentzschel, who says: “I have worked with Nitsa in various capacities over the past years and witnessed how she and her amazing team have built up our digital and physical distribution capabilities from scratch.
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