By Dean Shapero
The former Warner Music Group executive joins the SoundCloud team at an interesting time – let’s breakdown his history and what it could mean for the streaming service:
- Stephen Bryan has been working at Warner Music Group for the past 17 years
- A significant part of his time was helping WMG evolve in the digital era
- Prior to this departure, his main roles were “Digital Strategy and Business Development”
- He’s was at the forefront of the first licensing deals with Spotify
- He’s been involved in some of the earliest radio deals with iTunes
- Most notably, he was involved in the first record label deal ever with YouTube
- He’s received degrees from Vanderbilt and Wharton at UPenn