The Revolving Door

XL Recordings, part of the Beggars Group, has promoted its one-time A&R Manager, Imran Ahmed, to Head Of A&R. The label has also given Caius Pawson, boss of XL's Young Turks imprint, the new and improved job title of Young Turks Recordings Founder/Co-Owner. Home to Chairlift, SBTRKT, Sampha and, of course, The xx, Young Turks is also now considered a JV between Pawson and XL.

Following the news that Deezer's CEO Alex Dauchez was stepping down, now the streaming firm's UK MD, Mark Foster, is set to depart, according to Music Week.

US collecting society BMI has announced the appointment of a new Writer/Publisher Relations exec Tina Hart, previously Deputy Features Editor at Music Week.

Alan McGee has announced the relaunch of Creation as a management company, with his first clients being The Jesus & Mary Chain.

Sony Music's VP Of Industry Relations in the UK, Emma Pike, is leaving to pursue "entrepreneurial opportunities". Pike will depart next month before the arrival of Sony Music UK's new CEO Jason Iley.

Francis Gurry has been  re-elected as Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Francis's second term runs from 1 October of this year till the end of September 2020. 

Uncut Editor Allan Jones is leaving the magazine at the end of the month, publisher IPC Media has confirmed. A music journalist since 1974, one-time Melody Maker writer Jones launched the publication back in 1997, with his departure first revealed last week. Current Deputy Editor John Mulvey will take the helm.

Liz Agostini is to lead the fast expanding Events Division at meetings and events industry publishing company Mash Media.

PR Karen Millar is leaving her present position at Trail Of Press/Full Time Hobby, and starting a company called Hook & Line.

The Association For Electronic Music has announced the appointment of its first CEO - Mark Lawrence, formerly Director Of Membership at UK collecting society PRS For Music.

Susan Mazo has become Universal's new SVP Of Global Communications.

Scott Ackerman has become CEO at digital distributor TuneCore.

The American Association Of Independent Music (A2IM) has announced the election of five new names to its board of directors. They are Razor & Tie President Craig Balsam, Epitaph General Manager Dave Hansen, Hopeless Records chief Louis Posen, Dualtone Music Group CEO Scott Robinson and Tommy Boy top man Thomas Silverman.

Universal Music boss Lucian Grange has commented on Jimmy Iovine's move from Universal to Apple as part of the technology company's $3 billion purchase of Beats, the company Iovine co-founded with Dre, with Grange saying "History teaches us that great entrepreneurs are few and far between. Jimmy Iovine is one of that small number of entrepreneurs who, by doing so much so well in so many different arenas, have left their indelible mark. He founded, and for more than 20 years has led Interscope, a label that has consistently been in the forefront of the music business, both artistically and commercially. He has put in place, developed and mentored there a world-class management team. At the same time, Jimmy co-founded Beats, a wildly-successful, cutting-edge company that revolutionised how consumers listen to music, and from there went on to build a platform that is advancing the evolution of the access model for the entire music industry. Based on mutual trust and respect, UMG's singular relationship with Jimmy permitted his innovation to flourish in all these ways. Together we created a once-in-a-generation opportunity that allowed Jimmy to maximise the use of his many talents". Grainge went on to reveal that Iovine's COO at Interscope, John Janick, will take over the running of the Universal division