‘Warner Records cares about having the right artists, not having the most artists.’

Aaron Bay-Schuck talks history, ambitions, Tom Corson, and future plans for his label
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Troy Carter’s Q&A chooses Max Lousada’s Warner for deal offering artists an ‘upstream’ to a ‘global network’

“Having a partnership with WMG allows us to upstream independent artists that are looking to release through a major label system, therefore, enabling us to continue to add value at every stage of their career.”
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Warner celebrates ‘biggest market share gain of any major music company’ in 2018

‘This was the third year running we saw the biggest jump [of any major label group], and the fifth straight year we gained global share.’
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Official: Warner hires Scott Cohen, co-founder of The Orchard, as Chief Innovation Officer, Recorded Music

“Scott spots and champions emerging technology with the same level of passion, creativity and ambition that our A&Rs bring to artist development.”
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Max Lousada leads Warner’s recorded music business to $1bn quarter

Across the full calendar year of 2018, Warner’s recorded music operation hit revenues of $3.5bn
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‘True superstars are often outliers – they bring the light to them rather than going to the light.’

Max Lousada on big buys, breaking artists, and his first year in charge of Warner’s global recorded music operation
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