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# QUICK HITS: Leiberberg To Head Sony Music EU, Africa • Nuclear Blast To ADA • SoundExchange • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/quick-hits-nuclear-blast-to-ada-leiberberg-to-head-sony-music-eu-africa/
- Published: 2018-01-12T10:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-01-12T10:45:00.000Z
- Description: Daniel Lieberberg has been named President, C ontinental Europe and Africa, Sony Music Entertainment. Previously, Lieberberg was at Universal Music Germany where since 2014 he oversaw the company's domestic business. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/01/quick-hits-nuclear-blast-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Google, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, Tech Stories, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:05

**Daniel Lieberberg** has been named President, C [![image from www.thenorthwestleaf.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d2cee62c970c-200wi "image from www.thenorthwestleaf.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d2cee62c970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)ontinental Europe and Africa, **Sony Music Entertainment**. Previously, Lieberberg was at Universal Music Germany where since 2014 he oversaw the company's domestic business in Berlin, including the Vertigo/Capitol & Polydor/Island labels.• Indie metal powerhouse, **Nuclear Blast**, home to Machine Head, Meshuggah and Opeth, has expanded its relationship with **Warner's ADA** giving it worldwide physical and digital distribution, excluding certain territories in Central Europe and Australia.• **SoundExchange** has extend the contract of President and CEO **Michael Huppe** for four years. He took the helm in 2011.• Online royalty marketplace **Royalty Exchang**e has hired former ASCAP executive **DeDe Burns** as Director of Strategic Services.• Music industry specialty finance firm **Sound Royalties** reports 300% growth in 2017.• Variety is reporting that **Mark Williams**, president of **A&R for Columbia Records,** has been forced out following the appointment of Ron Perry as Columbia’s new Chairman and CEO.**• United Talent Agenc**y has announced that longtime partner and senior entertainment agent **Blair Kohan** has been named to its Board of Directors.• **Warner Bros. Records UK** has promoted **Jennifer** Ivory to General Manager of the label, reporting to President Phil Christie.**• Nigel Hall**, formerly managing director of auditor KPMG UK, has joined **PRS for Music** as chief operating officer.**Music Tech** **• BandLab**, the social music platform, launched “Looper”, a free mobile feature that allows users to create beats on the go as part of BandLab’s cloud based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).**• Allihoopa**, the collaborative music making service, announced two new partnerships with top music-making apps **Triqtraq** and **DM2**. Allihoopa users can now compose original beats in Triqtraq’s smooth one-window interface and use DM2, the powerful Synthesis Drum Machine, available on iPad.

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