


Fresh Ink: Conan Gray Joins Good World, Death Cab For Cutie Finds New Label Home
Plus other moves from UMPG, Bad Habit, Wasserman & more
ROSTR & NIF track thousands of artist signings every year - Fresh Ink helps you keep track of some of the highlights over the past week. Let's dive into some of the signings you should know about.
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Major pop stable Good World Management (Ariana Grande, Mark Ronson, Charli xcx) added its newest artist to the roster with Conan Gray joining. The 27-year-old singer released his newest album, Wishbone in August and already has two songs eclipsing the 1B mark on Spotify from previous projects.

Indie rock’s Death Cab for Cutie has joined the ANTI- records family alongside announcing a summer headlining tour. The band was previously with WMG’s Atlantic Records for 22 years and 5 albums, including the hit project Plans.

Florida rapper Kodak Black has landed at Wasserman Music for touring with agents Brent Smith, Matt Elam & Ebony Burnside signing on worldwide. The platinum-selling artist released his latest album, Just Getting Started, via Vulture Love/Capitol Records in October.

Executive producer of recent hit album, The Art of Loving by Olivia Dean, Zach Nahome signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) & NWS Music Group. The writer-producer has also worked with artists such as PinkPantheress, Loyal Carner, Justin Bieber, Maverick Sabre & others.
NYC-based band Rebounder has signed with Alex Feig at Bad Habit for management. The collective has been busy the last handful of years supporting acts like Phoenix, Cults, Inhaler & The Neighbourhood, and are now gearing up to release new music after signing a recent deal with Nettwerk Music Group.
Former ATC Management staff Eddie Bezalel & Verne Patrick have launched new LA-based company Infinite Games. The roster kicks off with artists DannyLux, Cuco & Ging.
Want to see the other 175 signings we tracked - full list here.
Check out the rest of our recent hottest signings below:
ROSTR & NIF track thousands of artist signings every year - Fresh Ink helps you keep track of some of the highlights over the past week. Let's dive into some of the signings you should know about.
Have a signing you want to send to us? Click here.

Major pop stable Good World Management (Ariana Grande, Mark Ronson, Charli xcx) added its newest artist to the roster with Conan Gray joining. The 27-year-old singer released his newest album, Wishbone in August and already has two songs eclipsing the 1B mark on Spotify from previous projects.

Indie rock’s Death Cab for Cutie has joined the ANTI- records family alongside announcing a summer headlining tour. The band was previously with WMG’s Atlantic Records for 22 years and 5 albums, including the hit project Plans.

Florida rapper Kodak Black has landed at Wasserman Music for touring with agents Brent Smith, Matt Elam & Ebony Burnside signing on worldwide. The platinum-selling artist released his latest album, Just Getting Started, via Vulture Love/Capitol Records in October.

Executive producer of recent hit album, The Art of Loving by Olivia Dean, Zach Nahome signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) & NWS Music Group. The writer-producer has also worked with artists such as PinkPantheress, Loyal Carner, Justin Bieber, Maverick Sabre & others.
NYC-based band Rebounder has signed with Alex Feig at Bad Habit for management. The collective has been busy the last handful of years supporting acts like Phoenix, Cults, Inhaler & The Neighbourhood, and are now gearing up to release new music after signing a recent deal with Nettwerk Music Group.
Former ATC Management staff Eddie Bezalel & Verne Patrick have launched new LA-based company Infinite Games. The roster kicks off with artists DannyLux, Cuco & Ging.
Want to see the other 175 signings we tracked - full list here.
Check out the rest of our recent hottest signings below:
ROSTR & NIF track thousands of artist signings every year - Fresh Ink helps you keep track of some of the highlights over the past week. Let's dive into some of the signings you should know about.
Have a signing you want to send to us? Click here.

Major pop stable Good World Management (Ariana Grande, Mark Ronson, Charli xcx) added its newest artist to the roster with Conan Gray joining. The 27-year-old singer released his newest album, Wishbone in August and already has two songs eclipsing the 1B mark on Spotify from previous projects.

Indie rock’s Death Cab for Cutie has joined the ANTI- records family alongside announcing a summer headlining tour. The band was previously with WMG’s Atlantic Records for 22 years and 5 albums, including the hit project Plans.

Florida rapper Kodak Black has landed at Wasserman Music for touring with agents Brent Smith, Matt Elam & Ebony Burnside signing on worldwide. The platinum-selling artist released his latest album, Just Getting Started, via Vulture Love/Capitol Records in October.

Executive producer of recent hit album, The Art of Loving by Olivia Dean, Zach Nahome signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) & NWS Music Group. The writer-producer has also worked with artists such as PinkPantheress, Loyal Carner, Justin Bieber, Maverick Sabre & others.
NYC-based band Rebounder has signed with Alex Feig at Bad Habit for management. The collective has been busy the last handful of years supporting acts like Phoenix, Cults, Inhaler & The Neighbourhood, and are now gearing up to release new music after signing a recent deal with Nettwerk Music Group.
Former ATC Management staff Eddie Bezalel & Verne Patrick have launched new LA-based company Infinite Games. The roster kicks off with artists DannyLux, Cuco & Ging.
Want to see the other 175 signings we tracked - full list here.
Check out the rest of our recent hottest signings below:












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