{"id":1166,"date":"2011-11-24T17:32:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T17:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/11\/24\/sony-music-launches-new-label\/"},"modified":"2011-11-24T17:32:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T17:32:25","slug":"sony-music-launches-new-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/11\/24\/sony-music-launches-new-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Music launches new label"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1079\" src=\"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sony_music.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"155\" height=\"153\" \/><br \/>Sony has formed an all-new label with Simon Fuller, called Sign Of The Times.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The imprint will be a joint venture between Sony Music UK, Fuller\u2019s firm XIX Entertainment and Dougie Bruce \u2013 who will lead the enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bruce, a well-respected A&amp;R figure, signed acts such as Adele, Lily Allen and MGMT to Universal Publishing before joining XIX Entertainment in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>There he managed acts including Aloe Blacc, who enjoyed a top three hit with I Need A Dollar this year.<\/p>\n<p>The label\u2019s first signing is Essex band The Milk, whose self-financed single, (All I Wanted Was) Danger, was released earlier this year. Their first Sign Of The Times release, B-Roads, will be released on December 19, with a UK tour planned in early 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chairman and CEO of Sony Music UK Nick Gatfield said: \u201cDougie Bruce is an executive with very strong all round business acumen in both<\/p>\n<p>A&amp;R and management. This deal significantly ramps up our A&amp;R firepower.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>XIX CEO Fuller said: \u201cSign Of The Times has been shaped around Dougie\u2019s unique set of skills; he\u2019s got a great track record for delivering hit acts and we\u2019re delighted to be partnering with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruce added: \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted my own label, and to creatively manage the process through from signing a complete unknown to delivering a No.1 act in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to know I\u2019ve got the strategic weight and resource of Nick Gatfield, Sony Music and XIX Entertainment behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: Sony Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has formed an all-new label with Simon Fuller, called Sign Of The Times. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}