Also this week: Warner Music Taiwan and Sony Music India board new managing directors and more.
On an earnings call, Kyncl addressed the future of both Warner and the business at large, commenting on AI, subscription streaming and TikTok.
Bardin arrives from Celonis, but previously spent 16 years at Google and YouTube.
Also this week: Santa Anna appoints a GM, American Urban Radio Networks names a Billboard alumnus as chief revenue officer and more.
Roblox's large, passionate user-base continues to attract interest from the music industry
Matusch worked with WMG CEO Robert Kyncl at YouTube, where he served as managing director of strategy and business operations.
Bad Bunny and Harry Styles led Sony to big gains in current market share in 2022, while Republic's huge fourth quarter helped it end the year on an upswing.
Activist shareholder Dorothy Carvello, who says she was sexually abused at Warner-owned Atlantic Records in the 1980s, fell short of requirements in the company's bylaws.
Upbeat third-quarter results defied a mostly bleak earnings season for other sectors.
Carvello, a former Atlantic A&R exec turned activist, alleges she was sexually harassed and/or abused by Ertegun, then co-CEO/co-chairman Doug Morris and then-vp Jason Flom.
