Monti Olson has been appointed by BMG to supervise the corporate’s music publishing operations as Government Vice President, Publishing, North America.
The transfer sees Olson return to BMG after beforehand serving from 2018–2022, when he oversaw US music publishing and led the enlargement of the corporate’s frontline publishing actions, enterprise growth, and was actively concerned in acquisitions.
The exec will lead BMG’s publishing A&R and inventive administration groups, and in line with the corporate, can even “drive new signings and catalog acquisitions”.
He can even “oversee the event and execution of development methods” throughout the corporate’s US operations in Los Angeles, Nashville, and New York.
In the course of the transition into his new function, he’ll report back to Thomas Scherer, BMG’s President of World Catalog Recordings and Music Publishing, North America, earlier than later reporting on to BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld.
Olson can even be part of BMG’s World Technique Committee, which, BMG says, “brings collectively key leaders from throughout the enterprise to assist form the corporate’s long-term technique and course”.
Most not too long ago, Olson served as President (founding accomplice) of Litmus Music, a music rights acquisition firm backed by The Carlyle Group.
Whereas there, the corporate executed over 10 high-profile offers, together with acquisitions and partnerships with benny blanco, Opus Music Group (Juice WRLD, Ozuna, Maluma), Randy Newman, Keith City, and Katy Perry, amongst others.
New York-based Litmus launched in August 2022, with Carlyle World Credit score committing an preliminary $500 million for the corporate to concentrate on buying and managing each publishing and recorded music rights.
With greater than 20 years of expertise throughout the music business, Olson has beforehand held senior roles at Common Music Publishing Group, Warner Bros. Data, World Leisure/World Music Publishing, and BMG Music Publishing, alongside peermusic, Windswept, and MCA Data.
Olson’s new job at BMG sees him reunite with a roster of publishing purchasers he partnered with throughout his earlier tenure on the firm, together with the property of Juice WRLD, Diane Warren, D’Mile, Jeff Gitelman, Rob Grimaldi, and John Legend.
“Thomas Coesfeld is constructing one thing particular at BMG and I’m proud to be a part of it. As well as, I look ahead to working alongside my nice buddy Tom Scherer as soon as once more. It’s good to be house!”
Monti Olson
Olson mentioned: “BMG has at all times been house to me. It’s a world-class music firm that’s full of nice individuals who put songwriters and their creativity first as a core worth.
“Thomas Coesfeld is constructing one thing particular at BMG and I’m proud to be a part of it. As well as, I look ahead to working alongside my nice buddy Tom Scherer as soon as once more. It’s good to be house!”
“His confirmed management, deep artistic community, and expertise in each frontline publishing and high-profile catalog acquisitions might be invaluable as we proceed to scale the way forward for our enterprise.”
Thomas Scherer
Scherer added: “Monti’s return to BMG displays our dedication to being the best, songwriter-first accomplice in music publishing. His confirmed management, deep artistic community, and expertise in each frontline publishing and high-profile catalog acquisitions might be invaluable as we proceed to scale the way forward for our enterprise.
“With Monti on the helm, we’re strengthening our publishing enterprise in North America, the world’s largest music market, and reinforcing our place as a trusted house for songwriters.”
Together with his experience and fervour for songwriters, we’re assured Monti will play a transformative function in serving to form the subsequent section of development for BMG.”
Thomas Coesfeld
Commenting on Olson’s appointment, Thomas Coesfeld, mentioned: “We’re happy to welcome Monti again to BMG. His return comes at a pivotal second for each our firm and the business at-large, and his management might be central to driving our publishing technique.
“Together with his experience and fervour for songwriters, we’re assured Monti will play a transformative function in serving to form the subsequent section of development for BMG.”
Talking with MBW final month after the corporate printed its H1 2025 outcomes, Coesfeld defined that “music publishing will seemingly stay the first revenue driver for our enterprise, and we plan to allocate further assets to our profitable and diversified publishing operations”.
He added: “Signings, administration and buyouts stay sturdy engines of development, particularly as streaming expands globally. Our energy lies in our centered mannequin — publishing and recordings — which provides us resilience and suppleness because the market evolves.”
