MNRK Music Group president/CEO Chris Taylor is resigning from his publish efficient June 28, the corporate introduced Monday (June 3). Taylor, who will likely be succeeded by COO Sean Stevenson, is taking the corporate’s artist administration division with him.
Primarily based in New York, Stevenson will start main MNRK on July 1. He was promoted to COO in July 2022 after beforehand serving as government vp/GM.
“We want Chris the most effective in his future endeavors,” stated Stevenson in a press release. “He’s been an amazing chief and associate through the years, and I look ahead to persevering with the expansion of MNRK with the entire crew.”
MNRK’s artist administration roster at the moment contains Powfu, Lights, The Afghan Whigs, Diana Gordon Arkells, Delilah Montagu, Daniel Lanois, Alice Ivy, Robert Finley, The Wild Feathers and Nice Good Tremendous Okay, amongst different acts.
Taylor joined MNRK, on the time known as Leisure One (eOne), in 2016 to run the music division. As a part of the eOne crew, he was concerned in total technique and the corporate’s sale to Hasbro in 2020 for $4 billion. In 2021, Hasbro bought the music division to Blackstone for a reported $385 million and eOne Music was renamed MNRK Music Group.
Taylor has been named to Billboard‘s Indie Energy Gamers record a number of occasions.
MNRK’s artist roster contains Excessive on Fireplace, Underoath, Ace Frehley, Kash Doll, Fox Lake and Pop Evil; it additionally distributes the Dualtone Music Group and Final Gang imprints. On the publishing aspect, it boasts offers with such songwriters as Lauren Religion, Future Rogers and 9am. Based on a press launch, the corporate’s publishing catalog contains 54,000 music tracks.
