MNRK Music Group president/CEO Chris Taylor is resigning from his put up efficient June 28, the corporate introduced Monday (June 3). Taylor, who might be succeeded by COO Sean Stevenson, is taking the corporate’s artist administration division with him.
Primarily based in New York, Stevenson will start main MNRK on July 1. He was promoted to COO in July 2022 after beforehand serving as govt vp/GM.
“We want Chris the very best in his future endeavors,” mentioned Stevenson in a press release. “He’s been an amazing chief and accomplice over time, and I stay up for persevering with the expansion of MNRK with the entire workforce.”
MNRK’s artist administration roster presently consists of Powfu, Lights, The Afghan Whigs, Diana Gordon Arkells, Delilah Montagu, Daniel Lanois, Alice Ivy, Robert Finley, The Wild Feathers and Nice Good Tremendous Okay, amongst different acts.
Taylor joined MNRK, on the time known as Leisure One (eOne), in 2016 to run the music division. As a part of the eOne workforce, he was concerned in general technique and the corporate’s sale to Hasbro in 2020 for $4 billion. In 2021, Hasbro bought the music division to Blackstone for a reported $385 million and eOne Music was renamed MNRK Music Group.
Taylor has been named to Billboard‘s Indie Energy Gamers checklist a number of instances.
MNRK’s artist roster consists of Excessive on Fireplace, Underoath, Ace Frehley, Kash Doll, Fox Lake and Pop Evil; it additionally distributes the Dualtone Music Group and Final Gang imprints. On the publishing facet, it boasts offers with such songwriters as Lauren Religion, Future Rogers and 9am. In line with a press launch, the corporate’s publishing catalog consists of 54,000 music tracks.
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