One Liners: Halsey, Empire, Alice Cooper, more

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DEALSHalsey has signed a new record deal with Sony’s Columbia Records, two months after departing Universal’s Capitol.

In April, Halsey’s managers Jason Aron and Anthony Li told Billboard: “After eight great years the decision to leave Capitol is bittersweet, but we are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans”.

The record deal follows a new publishing deal with BMG, announced in December last year.Soundtrack Your Brand – the music streaming service for businesses that play music on their premises – has raised $15 million of new funding, led by Matt Pincus‘s MUSIC company. “It’s hard to believe but, before Soundtrack Your Brand, business owners had no legitimate option to play music on demand for their customers”, says Pincus. “Almost every business has some need for music – and most business owners believe that music creators should be paid for their work.

It sounds obvious, but it took a mountain of technological and business innovation to bring on-demand music to enterprise and Soundtrack nailed it”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSArtist services business Empire has hired Alexandra Moore as Chief Business Officer. “Alex is a proven leader with strong business and operational acumen”, says CEO Ghazi Shami. “She has a wealth of relationships in the music, talent and consumer internet industries and beyond, and I am confident she will be a key player to amplify our global presence”.Armada Music has hired Jason Ellis as Global Senior A&R Director. “Joining the team at Armada and the recently launched BEAT Music Fund feels like the natural next step in my career, given the exciting opportunity to utilise my considerable network and experience built up over many years”, he says. “It’s a very.