Indie music publisher Kobalt Music Group has promoted Derek Cournoyer to Senior Vice President of Global Digital Business.<\/p>\n
In his expanded role, Cournoyer will play a \u201cpivotal\u201d role in striking strategic partnerships with companies like Meta<\/strong>, TikTok<\/strong> and YouTube<\/strong>, Kobalt said in an announcement on Thursday (July 24).<\/p>\n Cournoyer, who served as VP of Global Digital Business for three years prior to his promotion, will also work on initiatives involving emerging markets and technologies such as web3 and AI.<\/p>\n He got his start in the music business at Artist Publishing Group<\/strong> in 2009, before jumping to Kobalt in 2011 to work in synch. In 2016 he moved to singing app startup Smule<\/strong>, before returning to Kobalt in 2019 as Senior Director, Synch & Business Development.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a tech-forward music company, it is crucial that our songwriters are protected and are positioned to earn income from emerging technologies,\u201d Kobalt\u2019s Chief Digital Officer, Bob Bruderman<\/strong>, said.<\/p>\n \u201cDerek has played a vital role in forging innovative deals with new partners while ensuring that we have strong relationships with the major digital services and platforms. I am pleased to be able to recognize his contributions by expanding his role at Kobalt.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDerek has played a vital role in forging innovative deals with new partners while ensuring that we have strong relationships with the major digital services and platforms.”<\/p>\n Bob Bruderman, Kobalt<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Cournoyer added that he\u2019s \u201cincredibly grateful to Bob, [Kobalt CEO] Laurent Hubert<\/strong>, and [President and COO] Jeannette Perez<\/strong> for fostering a culture of innovation and for their trust in me to help push our mission forward.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe\u2019re at a turning point in the music industry as AI transforms the landscape and micro-licensing opens up powerful new pathways for the creator economy. Kobalt is not just adapting to this moment \u2013 we\u2019re built for it.<\/p>\n “With one of the most sophisticated metadata infrastructures in the business, we\u2019re positioned to license music smarter, faster, and more strategically. I\u2019m proud to be part of a team that\u2019s not just responding to change, but leading it \u2013 and redefining what\u2019s possible for music publishing in the digital age.\u201d<\/p>\n Cournoyer\u2019s appointment follows several new changes near the top of the company this year, including Columbia Records<\/strong> alum Rani Hancock<\/strong> joining Kobalt<\/a> in January as Head of US Creative, Jason Feinberg<\/strong>\u2019s appointment<\/a> as SVP and Head of Kosign<\/strong>, the company\u2019s recently-launched music publishing platform, and Claes Uggla<\/strong><\/a> taking on the role of General Manager of Kobalt Scandinavia.<\/p>\n With the company now serving more than 1 million<\/strong> songs, Kobalt boasts that it represents, on average, over 35%<\/strong> of the top 100 songs and albums in the US and UK.<\/p>\n It represents artists including Roddy Ricch<\/strong>, Max Martin<\/strong>, Karol G<\/strong>, Andrew Watt<\/strong>, Stevie Nicks<\/strong>, Phoebe Bridgers<\/strong>, The Lumineers<\/strong>, Gunna<\/strong>, Justin Quiles<\/strong>, The Foo Fighters<\/strong>, and Paul McCartney<\/strong>, among many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cournoyer will be playing a key role in striking partnerships with platforms like Meta, TikTok and YouTube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":237240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[132571,132752,339],"class_list":["post-237157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bob-bruderman","tag-derek-cournoyer","tag-kobalt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}