On The Move: Jim Roppo Joins Warner Records, Ben Katovsky Named Pipeline CEO

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Jim Roppo has been named Vice Chairman of Warner Records Group, reporting to Chairman & CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck. He spent nearly 30 years at UMG, most recently as Chairman and CEO of Republic Records. His exit is part of a wider UMG restructure that also sees Tunji Balogun leave Def Jam by year-end and Ben Mortimer depart Polydor Label Group.

Pipeline has appointed Ben Katovsky as CEO. He previously led Recognition Music Group, the company formed from Hipgnosis's assets, and before that spent seven years at BMG, rising to COO.

Ticketmaster has made three senior tech hires as it expands its AI work:

• Jim Freeman (ex-Amazon) as CTO

• Rachel Smith (ex-Block) as its first SVP of Data Science and Machine Learning

• Chuck Mortimore (ex-Disney and Stripe) as SVP of Product

Juan Arenas steps up from COO of HYBE Latin America to lead HYBE's Global Label Services division as President, with Nicole Csabai (ex-Interscope) and Melissa Victor (ex-Sony Music) joining his team. HYBE Americas has also named Mohnish Sani, formerly of Amazon Entertainment, to the newly created role of Head of Strategy and Growth.

Elsewhere in the industry…

• J.J. Italiano moves from Head of Editorial at Spotify to VP of Sales and Digital at Disney Music Group.

• Nikos Antoniou joins Pophouse Entertainment as SVP, Artist Brand & Audience Growth, after leading music streaming partnerships for EMEA at TikTok.

• Romain Vivien, Believe's Global Head of Music, now directly oversees the company's EMEA, Americas and APAC regions.

• Revolution Music Group has launched a new label, Revolution Records, with Allen Wollard as President. Wollard previously ran Sunshine Entertainment Associates.

• Aldo Davalos has been promoted to EVP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Too Lost Music Group, one of six leadership promotions at the company.

• Bryce Carr joins Manhead as VP of Business Development. His background includes Sixthman, Fender and Bandsintown.

• Liddy Clark, formerly of SILO: Music, joins AM2 as Manager of Creative Sync, Trailers.

• Nick Younger succeeds Mark Crossingham as Managing Director of UMG Ireland.

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