Harlow Named Pres. Of WEA Corp.

Respected music industry exec Tony Harlow has been named President of WEA Corp., the global artist and label services arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), effective March 1, 2017. Harlow will relocate to New York City from Sydney, Australia, where he has served as Managing Director of Warner Music Australasia (not an actual country) since 2010. The apparently camera-shy Harlow will continue to report to Stu Bergen, WMG’s CEO, International and Global Commercial Services. Harlow’s appointment follows the announcement earlier this year that current WEA President Matt Signore will transition into the COO spot at Warner Music Nashville. A new Managing Director of Warner Music Australasia will be announced in due course.

“Over the past six years, Tony has transformed our business in Australasia,” said Bergen. “As the lines between commercial relationships and consumer-facing marketing continue to converge, and as musical boundaries between nations and cultures continue to dissolve, Tony’s deep experience and progressive viewpoint make him ideally suited to take on this pivotal post. WEA is a worldwide backbone that touches virtually every area of our business, and given that Tony has helped break an array of superstars, he’s ideally-placed to maximize the global impact of our artists and their music.”

Harlow commented, “I’m thrilled and honored to get an opportunity to play a more central role in the evolving and successful culture of the Warner Music Group. Stu and Steve have presented an exciting vision of WEA developing into a global agent of change for our group, and I’m looking forward to working with the world-class WEA team to ensure that we stay ahead of the curve by combining state-of-the-art infrastructure with a nimble, focused, and comprehensive approach to every aspect of marketing artists and selling music.”