{"id":5882,"date":"2016-02-26T06:33:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T06:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/02\/26\/warner-music-group-launches-a-new-label\/"},"modified":"2016-02-26T06:33:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T06:33:18","slug":"warner-music-group-launches-a-new-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/02\/26\/warner-music-group-launches-a-new-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Music Group Launches A New Label"},"content":{"rendered":"


Warner Music Group has struck a joint venture with Crush Music co-founders Jonathan Daniel and Bob McLynn for the launch of a new label.<\/p>\n

Weezer\u2019s self-titled, 10th studio album —\u00a0the so-called White Album\u00a0—\u00a0will be the first release through Crush Music. It\u2019s due out April 1 via Crush Music\/Atlantic Records, and all future Crush recordings handled through the new JV will be released via Atlantic or Warner Bros. Records with Crush\u2019s chief marketing officer Dan Kruchkow working across the projects with either team.<\/p>\n

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“Crush has an impressive ability to attract and develop unique talent,” said Warner Bros. Records chairman & CEO Cameron Strang. “This new label will make an excellent addition to the family, and we are all looking forward to working together to nurture exciting artists and release amazing music.”<\/p>\n

Julie Greenwald, Atlantic Records chairman & COO, and Craig Kallman, Atlantic Records chairman & CEO note the association with Crush goes back more than a decade, and the team \u201cbring great ears, creativity, vision, and dedication to their work, and they share our mission of building artists\u2019 careers for the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crush was established\u00a0in 2002 by\u00a0Daniel and McLynn, both former musicians. The pair discovered Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco and built a business which has blossomed into a full-service music organization with staff across radio, digital, TV\/film, brand partnerships, PR, and content production.<\/p>\n

Based in New York, the full management company\u2019s roster includes Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Big Data, Butch Walker, Charley Marley, Fall Out Boy, Kiesza, LOLO, Matt Nathanson, MAX, New Politics, Panic! At The Disco, Sia, Train, Travie McCoy, Wavves, Weezer, and White Sea.<\/p>\n

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Source: Billboard<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Creative Common License<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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