Julie Swidler, Government Vice President, Enterprise Affairs and Normal Counsel at Sony Music, will depart the corporate on the finish of June.
Swidler has held the position since 2008, overseeing Enterprise, Authorized, and Governmental Affairs globally throughout Sony Music‘s report labels and working items.
She plans to launch an advisory companies follow centered on inventive ventures following her departure.
In making the announcement on Wednesday (Could 27), Rob Stringer, Chairman of Sony Music Group, mentioned: “Julie has been an important part of the Sony Music senior administration staff for a few years and her knowledge, expertise and information has been a bedrock of our firm’s technique and development.
“She leaves us with our deepest respect and gratitude.
“As a pal and colleague, on a private word, as Julie and I’ve deliberate collectively her departure for some time now, she can be missed at Sony Music however I do know that her subsequent working chapter can be equally stimulating and rewarding.”
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“As a pal and colleague, on a private word, as Julie and I’ve deliberate collectively her departure for some time now, she can be missed at Sony Music however I do know that her subsequent working chapter can be equally stimulating and rewarding.”
Rob Stringer
Swidler commented: “Each nice journey ultimately makes room for a brand new one, and this seems like the proper second for mine.
“There are few corporations on the earth like Sony Music that carry this a lot historical past and stay this related. Being a part of that legacy has been a privilege.”
“There are few corporations on the earth like Sony Music that carry this a lot historical past and stay this related. Being a part of that legacy has been a privilege.”
Julie Swidler
Added Swidler: “That journey wouldn’t have been the identical with out Rob Stringer’s management, friendship and belief, and I’m grateful for all of it.
“I’m simply as happy with our world Enterprise and Authorized Affairs follow and the extraordinary individuals in it who’re actually second to none. We have now all the time been guided by what’s honest and proper for artists, and that compass by no means failed us.”
Throughout her 18-year tenure, Swidler suggested on strategic negotiations, expertise agreements, litigation, company transactions, and three way partnership operations.
In 2015, she labored carefully with Sony Music Nashville and its roster to assist the division by way of a management transition.
In 2018, she served on the Recording Academy‘s Job Power on Variety and Inclusion – a 16-member panel that issued a report containing sweeping suggestions for the group and the music trade.
Swidler was one in every of six senior feminine executives from Common, Sony, Warner, and Roc Nation who co-signed a letter to the Recording Academy earlier that yr calling for adjustments to the group’s make-up.
Previous to becoming a member of Sony Music, Swidler held senior authorized and enterprise affairs roles at Arista Data, J Data, RCA Data, and BMG.
She served as lead counsel for the 1994 Woodstock Competition and was one in every of 5 executives whom Clive Davis introduced with him to J Data – the label he launched following his departure from Arista in 2000.
At J Data, she contributed to the discharge of Alicia Keys‘ multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning debut album, Songs in A Minor.
Swidler started her music trade profession at PolyGram Data and Mercury Data, the place she spent greater than a decade.
Earlier this yr, Swidler was named a Music Visionary of the Yr by UJA-Federation of New York, alongside Jeff Harleston of Common Music Group and Paul Robinson of Warner Music Group.
She has been a recurring presence on Billboard‘s Energy 100 record and has appeared on the publication’s Girls in Music record for near twenty years.
Her honors embody the Grammy Basis‘s Leisure Legislation Initiative Service Award – the place she turned, in keeping with the announcement, the primary lady and the primary report label govt to obtain the excellence – the T.J. Martell Basis‘s Lifetime Music Business Award, and the Music Enterprise Affiliation‘s Presidential Honor.
In 2023, Swidler was elected Chair of the Board of Trustees at Union Faculty, her alma mater.
She has additionally held management roles with the Recording Business Affiliation of America and the T.J. Martell Basis.Music Enterprise Worldwide
