Warner Music Group has appointed Mateusz Smółka as Managing Director of Warner Music Jap Europe.
The appointment was introduced on September 2, with Smółka taking on the newly created function on Monday (September 7).
He will probably be primarily based in Warsaw and report back to Simon Robson, President, EMEA, Warner Music.
Within the function, Smółka will oversee Warner Music‘s operations throughout Poland, the Czech Republic, South Jap Europe, and Ukraine.
Warner Music stated Smółka will drive its growth throughout the area, constructing scale and market share whereas supporting native music cultures.
His temporary covers expertise growth, distribution, and mergers and acquisitions, as Warner Music broadens the companies it presents artists within the area.
Smółka joins Warner Music from Spotify, the place he spent eight years.
On the streaming service, he led its editorial and artist and label partnership groups throughout ten Jap European markets.
“I’m excited to hitch Warner Music at such a transformative second for our trade throughout Jap Europe.”
Mateusz Smółka
Smółka brings greater than twenty years of expertise throughout music, media, and know-how.
He started his profession as a journalist earlier than shifting into advisory and management roles throughout the music trade.
“Mateusz has a confirmed file of driving artistic and business development throughout Jap Europe,” stated Simon Robson, President, EMEA, Warner Music. “His experience in artist growth and fan tradition makes him uniquely geared up to guide our development in Europe’s fastest-expanding market.
“I stay up for partnering with him to seize the immense alternatives within the area.”
“I’m excited to hitch Warner Music at such a transformative second for our trade throughout Jap Europe,” stated Smółka. “The sheer quantity of artistic expertise rising from this area is extraordinary.
“I stay up for partnering with our good groups to empower our artist roster and champion native sounds worldwide.”
“His experience in artist growth and fan tradition makes him uniquely geared up to guide our development in Europe’s fastest-expanding market.”
Simon Robson, Warner Music
Warner Music has expanded its presence throughout Jap Europe by a run of acquisitions and investments in recent times.
The offers span catalog, impartial labels, and promoters throughout Central and Jap Europe.
In March 2024, Warner Music South East Europe acquired a minority stake in Slovenian impartial label NIKA.
The corporate has taken stakes in Hungary’s Magneoton and Serbia’s Mascom, and invested in Czech hip-hop label Mike Roft.
In Poland, it has backed promoter Large Thought and label Step Information, and it acquired Slovakia’s Forza Music in 2019.
Warner Music additionally purchased Polskie Nagrania, Poland’s oldest file label, for €1.9 million in 2015.
Warner Music has framed the area as fertile floor for rising expertise.Music Enterprise Worldwide
