Warner Music Group (WMG) has promoted Tom Corson to Chief Operating Officer, and Sony Music has named Stephanie Yu as its new General Counsel, leading a wave of high-level executive changes across the music industry.
Warner Music Group
Corson succeeds Armin Zerza, who previously held the combined role of Chief Financial Officer and COO and has left the company for personal reasons. Corson, who joined Warner Records as Co-Chairman and COO in 2018, will now oversee global marketing, merchandise, direct-to-consumer, and supply chain operations across WMG. He will continue to serve at Warner Records alongside Co-Chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck during a transitional period. Lou Dickler, Senior Vice President and Global Controller, has been named Acting CFO while a permanent replacement is sought.
Sony Music
Sony Music has promoted Stephanie Yu to General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs. She succeeds Julie Swidler, who departed at the end of June after 18 years with the company. Yu, a 21-year Sony veteran, most recently served as US Lead of Business and Legal Affairs and previously spent nine years in a senior legal and business affairs role at Epic Records. She reports to Chairman Rob Stringer and COO Kevin Kelleher.
In a separate departure, Caryl Atwood has left Sony Music after 26 years. She most recently held the position of Senior Vice President of Commercial Partnerships, where she managed relationships with Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Walmart, and Target, and worked with artists including Luke Combs, Kenny Chesney, Kane Brown, and Carrie Underwood.
HYBE
HYBE has elevated Jenni Pfaff to the newly created global role of Chief People and Transformation Officer. Pfaff, who has held the equivalent title at HYBE America since August 2025, will now report directly to HYBE CEO Jason Jaesang Lee and oversee people strategy across the company’s multi-label ecosystem.
Additional Executive Moves
Pipeline has appointed Spencer LeBoff as Head of Revenue, coinciding with the company’s expansion into publishing advances. LeBoff joins from Avex Music Group, where he built the catalog acquisition business, and previously led publishing at beatBread. He will manage commercial relationships across labels, publishers, distributors, artists, and IP funds, and will serve on Pipeline’s Investment Committee.
Price-capped ticket resale platform Tixel has made four US leadership hires as it expands into North America:
- Juan Torres (formerly of DICE and Prism.fm) as VP of Commercial
- Alexis Rommel (ex-AXS) as Head of Platform Partnerships
- Meghan McBreen (ex-Newport Folk Festival) as Business Development Manager
- Jennifer Lee (ex-MSG Entertainment) as US Operations Associate
Symphonic has expanded its global A&R team with four new hires:
- JD Parent (Canada, ex-Spotify)
- Nick Robinson (UK, ex-Kobalt)
- Pia Eiser (GSA/Europe, ex-UMG and Kobalt)
- David Niran (Africa, ex-Jonzing World)
All four report to SVP of A&R Ed Poston.
Andrew Lambeth has been named Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at K-LOVE. He joins from Centricity Music, where he spent over a decade as co-general manager, working with artists including Lauren Daigle and Katy Nichole.
G Major Mgmt has added Taylor Venis as Day-to-Day Manager (formerly of Big Loud Records) and Kenzie Couch as Assistant Day-to-Day Manager (ex-MCA).
Allison Pilotti has joined Ten Ten Music Group as Head of Creative. She previously worked at Riser House Entertainment with songwriters such as Mitchell Tenpenny and Dallas Wilson.
Tanesha Bradshaw has been promoted to Vice President of Human Resources at K-LOVE, reporting to Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Brooklyn Belk.
JJ Farrell has exited as Managing Director of jump.global, where he led the company’s marketing agency and co-led events including the Hits Home conference in Nashville.
