Hipgnosis Songs Group CEO Kenny MacPherson has been placed on leave, the company confirms to Rolling Stone, a day after the publishing executive was accused of sexually assaulting a former colleague nearly two decades ago when he was president of music publishing company Chrysalis.
“Hipgnosis Songs Fund has a policy of zero-tolerance to harassment or abuse,” the company said in a statement. “While the company is not a defendant to these historic allegations which relate to a period 15 years before Hipgnosis was founded, Kenny MacPherson was placed on leave of...
“Hipgnosis Songs Fund has a policy of zero-tolerance to harassment or abuse,” the company said in a statement. “While the company is not a defendant to these historic allegations which relate to a period 15 years before Hipgnosis was founded, Kenny MacPherson was placed on leave of...
- 10/5/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
A top executive at Hipgnosis Songs — the company that helped drive the music industry’s copyright acquisition boom while buying catalogs from stars like Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and the Red Hot Chili Peppers — has been accused of sexual assault, according to a new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles and obtained by Rolling Stone.
A former colleague of Kenny MacPherson, the CEO of Hipgnosis’s publishing arm Hipgnosis Songs Group, sued MacPherson on Wednesday, when he was president of music publishing company Chrysalis. (Hipgnosis is not named as a defendant in the suit.
A former colleague of Kenny MacPherson, the CEO of Hipgnosis’s publishing arm Hipgnosis Songs Group, sued MacPherson on Wednesday, when he was president of music publishing company Chrysalis. (Hipgnosis is not named as a defendant in the suit.
- 10/4/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Range Media Partners on Tuesday announced its formation of a music publishing division headed up by industry vet Casey Robison.
Robison is just the latest to come aboard at the ever-expanding management and production company, which recently tapped William Lowery and Shawn McSpadden to help broaden the reach of label Range Music from Nashville.
He comes to Range from Hipgnosis Songs Group, where he served as Executive Vice President, A&r. Robison’s time there followed his work to cement 2020 Hipgnosis’ acquisition of Big Deal Music Group, the indie music publisher where he served as Co-President and Partner, building and overseeing the pop division, while solidifying joint ventures with Ricky Reed’s Nice Life Music and Julian Bunetta & John Ryan’s Big Family Music.
In a statement shared with Deadline on Monday, Range Media Partners co-founder and Range Music founding partner Matt Graham noted that “Casey and the team believe...
Robison is just the latest to come aboard at the ever-expanding management and production company, which recently tapped William Lowery and Shawn McSpadden to help broaden the reach of label Range Music from Nashville.
He comes to Range from Hipgnosis Songs Group, where he served as Executive Vice President, A&r. Robison’s time there followed his work to cement 2020 Hipgnosis’ acquisition of Big Deal Music Group, the indie music publisher where he served as Co-President and Partner, building and overseeing the pop division, while solidifying joint ventures with Ricky Reed’s Nice Life Music and Julian Bunetta & John Ryan’s Big Family Music.
In a statement shared with Deadline on Monday, Range Media Partners co-founder and Range Music founding partner Matt Graham noted that “Casey and the team believe...
- 9/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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