Latest Music Industry Hires: Revolution Records, Pipeline, More

Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of October 16th, 2026.

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Revolution Records

Revolution Music Group has named former Sunshine Entertainment Associates head Allen Wollard president of its newly established Revolution Records division.

Pipeline

Ex-Recognition Music CEO Ben Katovsky has joined Matt Spetzler’s Pipeline in the same role.

Angry Mob Music

Angry Mob’s AM2 creative sync arm has welcomed SILO: Music vet Liddy Clark as manager of creative sync, trailers.

Universal Music Group

UMG has commenced a fresh wave of layoffs across the US and UK as part of a long-planned cost-cutting initiative.

Among the exiting execs are Republic Records CEO Jim Roppo; Def Jam CEO Tunji Balogun; Polydor Label Group president Ben Mortimer; and Interscope co-president and head of pop and rock A&R Sam Riback.

Some of the professionals are transitioning to consulting roles, and Roppo has signed on as Warner Records Group’s vice chairman.

The cuts have reportedly impacted at least eight individuals at MCA as well: COO and EVP of business and legal affairs Robert Femia; promotion SVP Miranda McDonald (who’d only been elevated in March); e-commerce VP Taylor Viegut; regional promotion higher-ups John Trapane, Donna Passuntino, Ashley Knight, and Shannon Hogan; and radio marketing director Houston Gaither.

Finally, Universal Music UK chief artist and strategy officer Rebecca Allen has exited the company after nearly 30 years.

Believe

Believe has promoted Viktoria Siniavskaia, who’s been with the company for 15 years, to EMEA president.

Pophouse Entertainment

Nikos Antoniou, previously TikTok’s head of music streaming and commercial partnerships for EMEA, is now Pophouse’s SVP of artist brand and audience growth.

Hybe

Former Hybe Latin America COO Juan Arenas has been upped to president of the company’s Global Label Services arm, which has added former Interscope revenue exec Nicole Csabai (SVP of global distribution) and ex-Sony Music publicity SVP Melissa Victor (global artist services EVP).

Meanwhile, Mohnish Sani is officially Hybe Americas’ head of strategy and growth; in the role, the SuMoSan Ventures managing partner intends to “accelerate long-term growth and build new creative and commercial opportunities across the region.”

Curb Records

Todd Thomas has been promoted to VP of Promotion at Curb Records. Thomas has been with the label since 2012.

Manhead Merch

In the ultra-competitive merch sector, Manhead Merch has named Bryce Carr Vice President of Business Development. Carr will work alongside Chief Revenue Officer John Keefe to develop and expand Manhead’s extensive partner network. “In today’s music industry, artist merchandise and fan connections have become more important than they’ve ever been in regard to storytelling, relationship building, and artist support,” Carr relayed.