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Warner Music Group Corp. to Conduct Earnings Conference Call on Thursday, December 20, 2018

Submitted by Caitlin.House@w...
on December 7, 2018 - 12:01pm

Warner Music Group Corp. will release its financial results on Thursday, December 20, 2018, for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, and will hold an earnings update conference call that morning at 8:30 a.m. ET.

To access the conference call, please dial (844) 868-0142 or (832) 777-5759. The passcode for the call is “Warner Music.”  We suggest you call in 10 minutes prior to the start time. You will be able to replay the conference call up until Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.

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Former Sony Music Exec Mary Nuñez Appointed Vice President, Sync - Latin at Warner/Chappell Music Latin America

Submitted by Caitlin.House@w...
on November 19, 2018 - 11:31am

Company Advances its Global Latin Business with Newly Created Role

 

Warner/Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, today announced that Mary Nuñez will assume the newly created role of Vice President, Sync - Latin, as the company fortifies its Latin songwriters’ presence in the global marketplace. Nuñez joins from Sony Music, where she spent more than a decade leading music licensing and creative services for the Latin Iberia region.

 

Nuñez is based in Miami and reports to Gustavo Menendez, President, Warner/Chappell Music, Latin America.

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Record-Breaking Country Music Week for Warner/Chappell

Submitted by Caitlin.House@w...
on November 15, 2018 - 4:53pm

Named BMI’s Publisher of the Year for First Time in Nearly 20 Years

 

Crowned ASCAP’s Publisher of the Year for Sixth Year in a Row

 

Country music’s biggest week also proved to be a record-breaking week for Warner/Chappell Music (WCM). The company was named BMI’s Publisher of the Year for the first time in nearly 20 years, and ASCAP Publisher of the Year for the sixth year running.

 

WCM songwriters won an outstanding 42 country music awards from the three major performing rights organizations, including 19 ASCAP Most Performed Song Awards, 20 BMI Top Song Awards, and three SESAC Country

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Carlos Ruiz Díaz Named Managing Director of Warner/Chappell Music Mexico

Submitted by Caitlin.House@w...
on November 8, 2018 - 12:17pm

Warner/Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, today announced the appointment of Carlos Ruiz Díaz as Managing Director, Warner/Chappell Music Mexico. He reports to Gustavo Menendez, President, Warner/Chappell Music, Latin America.

Having started out at Warner Music Mexico in 1991 and going on to work at various global entertainment companies affiliated with Universal Music, AOL Time Warner, and Univision, Díaz brings more than twenty-five years of experience to WMG.

  “I have been in this business a long time, and I’ve never seen Spanish-language songs rivaling

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Warner Music Group Enters Into Agreement to Acquire EMP Merchandising, A Leading European Music & Entertainment E-Tailer

Submitted by Caitlin.House@w...
on September 17, 2018 - 11:44am

EMP To Remain A Stand-Alone Direct-to-Fan Unit Run By Current Leadership Team

Warner Music Group (WMG) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EMP Merchandising Handelsgesellschaft mbH (EMP), one of Europe’s leading specialty music and entertainment merchandise e-tailers. EMP is currently owned by Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm based in New York. Once the deal is complete, EMP will become a stand-alone, direct-to-fan business unit within WEA, WMG’s global artist and label services division headed by President Tony Harlow.

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