Primary Wave, BMG, RCA, BMI, More

Primary Wave deputy COO Lexi Todd. Photo Credit: Primary Wave

Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of January 23rd, 2026.

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Primary Wave

Primary Wave has promoted Lexi Todd, who’s been with the company for a decade, to deputy COO.

Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP

Nearly 11 years after joining Myman Greenspan, Audrey Benoualid is now “the youngest equity partner” at the entertainment-focused firm.

BMG

On February 1st, NEUBAU Music founding partner Jasper Niebuhr will begin as BMG’s MD for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

Alliance Entertainment

Alliance has wrapped its acquisition of Endstate and added the company’s co-founders, Bennett Collen (president) and Stephanie Howard (operations SVP), to the newly minted Endstate Authentic.

Atlantic Music Group

Longtime Atlantic higher-up Kevin Weaver has been elevated to president of the overarching Atlantic Music Group.

BMI

Broadcast Music, Inc. has extended CEO Mike O’Neill’s contract through 2029 and brought on former Equifax exec Todd Horvath as president and COO.

RCA UK

RCA Records UK has welcomed former Warner Records A&R head Jerome Porritt in the same role.

Peermusic

Arctic Rights Management co-founder Erik Brataas has come aboard Peermusic as MD for Norway and head of North European admin.

INTIX

The International Ticketing Association has added seven new directors to its board: Cal Performances’ Liz Baqir; Kroenke Sports & Entertainment ticketing VP Ricky Casady; Moody Center’s Lauren Dugan; Dallas Mavericks ticket operations director Simone Hogan; Woodland Park Zoo’s Jacque Holowaty; AudienceView’s Peter Monks; and Caesars Entertainment’s Lindsay Radic.

Caldecott

Caldecott Music Group has upped Dani Deahl, who will continue serving as BandLab Technologies’ comms and creator-insights head, to VP of creator policy and corporate affairs.

Custom Channels

Custom Channels has confirmed Rockbot vet René Arnold as senior partnerships director.

TouchTunes

Former Tidal licensing lead Angela Abbott has signed on as TouchTunes’ licensing and strategy VP.

KMJ Entertainment

After about eight months as a KMJ strategic consultant, Really Useful Group vet Jo Quillan has accepted a permanent role as group COO.

Meanwhile, having previously held the latter position, Zac Fox has become CEO of Kilimanjaro Live, which has also boosted business development head Lucy Levitt to group director of commercial operations.

AEG Presents

AEG Presents has announced two promotions and a pair of hires. On the former front, longtime tour directors Laurel Hilburn and Caleb Merrell are now senior directors of global touring.

Joining the Goldenvoice owner are Ryan Erickson (previously a Live Nation tour marketing director) and Emily Harenza (formerly Paramount’s senior project manager) as senior marketing director and digital marketing director, respectively.

BeatStars

As part of its Lemonaide AI buyout, BeatStars is “fully” absorbing the acquired business’s team, including co-founders Michael “MJ” Jacob (CTO) and Anirudh Mani (chief science officer).