SoundCloud‘s VP Content material Partnerships and Operations Raoul Chatterjee is leaving the music streaming firm.
The London-based govt introduced the information this week in an e mail, seen by MBW, by which he mentioned that his final day on the firm can be August 31.
He famous in his e mail that Ama Walton can be taking over the management for Content material Partnerships on the platform, whereas Mike Oliverio will proceed to steer Content material and Catalogue Operations going ahead.
Information of Chatterjee’s exit from SoundCloud follows the corporate’s affirmation earlier this month that it’s within the strategy of reducing its global workforce by roughly 20%, blaming “difficult financial local weather and monetary market headwinds”.
SoundCloud CEO, Michael Weissman, wrote on LinkedIn on August 3 that whereas “making modifications that have an effect on folks is extremely exhausting,” the choice to take action “is important to make sure SoundCloud’s long-term success”.
Chatterjee joined SoundCloud as Director, Content material Partnerships in January 2016, tasked with securing music licenses in Europe with each main and impartial file labels.
In October 2018, he was promoted to VP, Content material Partnerships. On this position, in line with his LinkedIn profile, he served because the Enterprise lead for key music business companions together with Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment.
He additionally served as Enterprise lead for Merlin‘s community of indie labels in addition to SoundCloud’s Europe-based music publishing companions together with Sony Music Publishing, ICE, SACEM, & UMPI.
Chatterjee says that this position noticed him ship “multi-year licensing renewals driving enlargement of SoundCloud’s licensed music companies”.
In June 2020, Chatterjee was promoted to VP Content material Partnerships and Operations. In line with his LinkedIn profile, this position noticed him lead “international content material groups answerable for business partnerships and operations throughout sound recordings and publishing sectors”.
He provides that he was “profitable in supporting development of licensed music companies through enlargement of catalogue and enhanced offers”.
Previous to becoming a member of SoundCloud, Chatterjee was an SVP Music at 7digital Group plc in London, whose shoppers, on the time, included HMV, Guvera and the BBC.
Earlier than that, for 2 years, from 2010 to 2012, Chatterjee ran the business division of Warner Music UK, the place he was answerable for all business relationships with retailers and digital companies and loved a run of success with multi-million promoting albums from artists corresponding to Ed Sheeran, Paolo Nutini, Plan B and Michael Bublé. Previous to this, he was Director Of Business Innovation on the main.
“He added: “I take nice pleasure from stepping away figuring out that the leaders and groups are a wealthy mixture of various backgrounds who I’m positive will lead the enterprise to extra development and success.”
Raoul Chatterjee
Within the e mail asserting his departure from the corporate, Chatterjee says he was “drawn to SoundCloud as an excellent fan of the platform”.
He added: “I take nice pleasure from stepping away figuring out that the leaders and groups are a wealthy mixture of various backgrounds who I’m positive will lead the enterprise to extra development and success.”
Seeking to his subsequent transfer after SoundCloud, Chatterjee mentioned in his e mail that he has “no fastened plans but”.
You may learn his e mail in full beneath:
Expensive Music Business Pals & Companions,
I’d wish to share the information that after 6.5 years my time at SoundCloud can be ending on August 31.
I’ve had an unbelievable journey working with some actually inspiring folks each at SoundCloud and our music business companions corresponding to yourselves.
I’m pleased with our achievements alongside the way in which, working with content material partnerships and plenty of different groups to develop SoundCloud’s licensing offers and relationships with file firms and publishers. These offers supported the preliminary launch of our advert supported and fan subscription service in 19 international locations whereas sustaining our distinctive means to assist and monetise person uploads. I’ve all the time labored exhausting to make sure that SoundCloud’s funding in music rights has delivered nice worth for the enterprise while additionally striving to make sure artists and songwriters are pretty paid for his or her work.
I used to be drawn to SoundCloud as an excellent fan of the platform and I stayed due to the tradition, the place openness, integrity and equality are actually a part of the lived expertise. I take nice pleasure from stepping away figuring out that the leaders and groups are a wealthy mixture of various backgrounds who I’m positive will lead the enterprise to extra development and success.
Within the U.Ok. SoundCloud is stronger than at any time earlier than with the Tileyard workplace buzzing with workers and common visits from amazingly gifted artists. Ian Greaves and the UK based mostly music workforce have stepped as much as a complete new stage of relationships with the UK business and particularly I’m over the moon that my favorite style – dance music – is completely killing it on SoundCloud as soon as once more.
Thanks for all your assist in constructing our partnerships throughout my tenure. Going ahead Ama Walton can be taking over the management for Content material Partnerships and Mike Oliverio will proceed to steer Content material and Catalogue Operations.
I’ve no fastened plans but so I’m wanting ahead to determining my subsequent problem. Please keep up a correspondence and I hope our paths cross once more sooner or later!
