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# QUICK HITS: Sony Music France • DREAMSTAGE  • WMG A&R, Philippines • Word Collections • more
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/quick-hits-sony-music-france-dreamstage-wmg-ar-philippines-word-collections-more/
- Published: 2021-09-23T14:25:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-23T18:23:11.000Z
- Description: • Sony Music has named Marie-Anne Robert as managing director of its French operations, making her the first woman to fill the role. She joins from Believe. • Music live. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/09/quick-hits-sony-music-france-dreamstage-wmg-ar-philippines-word-collect
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Songwriting & Music Publishing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

• **Sony Music** has named **Marie-Anne Robert** as managing director of its French operations, making her the first woman to fill the role. She joins from **Believe**.

• Music live streamer **DREAMSTAGE** has added **Jesse Kirshbaum**, former CEO of award-winning entertainment marketing agency **Nue**, to its leadership team as the CMO of the company. Kirshbaum will oversee the marketing team atDREAMSTAGE, working closely with **Erick Charles**, now VP of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships.

• **Warner Records** has named **Steve “Steve-O” Carless** to the newly created post of President, A&R.

Carless was most recently the founder of his own **SC Company,** driving projects for artists such as **Beyoncé** and **Polo G**. Over his career, he has held senior A&R and creative posts at **Def Jam Recordings, Atlantic Records, Republic Records,** and served as President of **Uptown Records.**

• **Sarah Ismail** has been promoted to Managing Director, **Warner Music Philippines**. As a core member of Warner Music’s regional executive team, Sarah will oversee its operations throughout the Philippines.

• **Grandstand** has announced the promotion of **Jaclyn Ulman** to Senior Public Relations Director. Ulman, who is based in New York City, joined Grandstand Media in 2018 as a Senior Publicist, after getting her start in music publicity at **Press Here** and then **Motormouth Media.**

• **Word Collections**, the digital rights and royalty collection agency launched in 2020 by TuneCore and Audiam founder **Jeff Price**, representing the spoken word copyrights of icons such as **George Carlin, Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Muhammed Ali** and others, has confirmed aggreements to represent the music publishing catalogs of songwriters **Metallica**, **Thomas Dolby**, **Bridgeport**, and **Gerencia 360** .

Expanding from spoken word to music, Word Collections now provides global direct copyright licensing and collection with digital services not only for comedians and other spoken-word performers but also for self-published songwriters and music publishing administrators.

• **Relative Music Group**, in partnership with **Sony Music Publishing,** announced the signing of country music hitmaker **Nick Donley** to a worldwide publishing agreement.

Donley’s No. 1 hits include “Sittin’ Pretty” by **Florida Georgia Line;** “Unapologetically Country” and “4×4” by **HARDY;** “That Ain’t Me No More” by **Matt Stell;** “Mama Got The Chair” by **Chevel Shepherd;** and more.

• **Sony Production Music** announced that after ten years, **EMI** Production Music has returned to its flagship brand name **KPM Music**. The company also unveiled a modernized KPM [logo](https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtcm110sd6zwduy/NEW%20KPM%20Music%20logo.png?dl=0&ref=hypebot.com) and symbol, an abstract visualization of vinyl records, reflecting KPM’s evergreen collection and rich heritage.