NEWS UPDATE: New WMG EVP, Kindle Music Apps, Rumblefish + Majors’ Catalog & Midem Savings

Warner Music Group has named Brian Roberts as EVP and CFO. He will succeed Steven Macri who is leaving the company. Roberts is currently an executive at Warner/Chappell Music. There were big changes at WMG Int'l.

• Re-configured apps by Songza, Pandora and Rhapsody will join Netflix, Twitter and thousands of other apps on the Kindle Fire.

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• Rumblefish announced a partnership with APM Music, a joint venture of EMI Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing to offer their massive music library to consumers for use in their YouTube and other personal online videos
• Midem Savings: Sign up before Nov. 15th and pay €650. Artists can register for €295