{"id":232909,"date":"2025-06-03T17:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=232909"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:52:03","slug":"clio-massey-and-matt-darduini-appointed-co-presidents-arista-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/clio-massey-and-matt-darduini-appointed-co-presidents-arista-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Clio Massey and Matt D\u2019Arduini appointed Co-Presidents, Arista Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Music has appointed Clio Massey and Matt D\u2019Arduini as Co-Presidents, Arista Records.<\/p>\n<p>Massey and D\u2019Arduini will be based in New York and report to Rob Stringer, Chairman, Sony Music Group.<\/p>\n<p>They succeed David Massey, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/david-massey-retires-arista-records-will-step-down-in-june\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> his retirement as President and CEO, Arista Records, in April. News of David Massey&#8217;s retirement arrived seven years after he <a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/sony-music-relaunches-arista-as-frontline-label-headed-up-by-david-massey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re-launched the legendary record label<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Sony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__tweeny hidden-xs hidden-ms hidden-sm\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"992 1200 1440\" data-name=\"628x90 Sponsor banner #5 (992+1200+1440)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__banner mb-advert__banner--inline hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"480\" data-name=\"468x60 Sponsor banner #5 (480)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__mobile mb-advert__mobile--inline hidden-ms hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"320 768\" data-name=\"300x50 Sponsor banner #5 (320+768)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>Clio Massey most recently served as General Manager for Work of Art Publishing and Vice President of A&amp;R at Arista.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sony, having started Work of Art Publishing from the beginning, Massey has led business operations and &#8220;the advancement of the company\u2019s songwriters from various musical genres for over five years&#8221;. She will continue to oversee it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #1\" data-params=\"dfp_spu1\" id=\"dfp_spu1\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Arduini, meanwhile, has been with Arista Records since its 2018 relaunch and was previously Executive Vice President of A&amp;R.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Music said on Tuesday (June 3) that D\u2019Arduini has played an important role in working with acts across Arista globally and alongside Clio Massey to identify new and emerging artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #2\" data-params=\"dfp_spu2\" id=\"dfp_spu2\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>Sony added on Tuesday that Arista Records has increased its roster over the last few years, &#8220;discovering and developing breakout talent&#8221; globally, including M\u00e5neskin, Damiano David, JP Saxe, Paul Russell, Lola Brooke, Jonah Kagen and Sunday (1994).<\/p>\n<blockquote><figure class=\"mbw-articlepic mbw-articlepic--right\"><img  class=\"lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2023\/05\/Rob-Stringer-2022-1-e1742327920690-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2023\/05\/Rob-Stringer-2022-1-e1742327920690-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2023\/05\/Rob-Stringer-2022-1-e1742327920690-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2023\/05\/Rob-Stringer-2022-1-e1742327920690-418x235.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2023\/05\/Rob-Stringer-2022-1-e1742327920690-648x364.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2023\/05\/Rob-Stringer-2022-1-e1742327920690-836x470.jpg 836w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2023\/05\/Rob-Stringer-2022-1-e1742327920690-1296x728.jpg 1296w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"><figcaption class=\"imagecredit\">Credit: Sony Music Group<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&#8220;Clio and Matt are dynamic and forward-thinking executives who are best placed to build on the artist development they have been involved with in the first phase of the new Arista.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rob Stringer<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Commenting on their appointment as Co-Presidents, Arista Records, Stringer said: \u201cWe are pleased to announce a seamless transition for Arista that was creatively reborn in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clio and Matt are dynamic and forward-thinking executives who are best placed to build on the artist development they have been involved with in the first phase of the new Arista.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their skills complement each other neatly and as a partnership will lead to an exciting future for the label.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled and thankful for this opportunity. I look forward to continuing the work with the great artists and exceptional team at Arista, alongside Matt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clio Massey<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Clio Massey added: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled and thankful for this opportunity. I look forward to continuing the work with the great artists and exceptional team at Arista, alongside Matt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re excited to help shape and grow our group into its next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are eager to expand on Arista\u2019s progress and reach over the last few years, cultivating even more talent at our Company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Matt D\u2019Arduini<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>D\u2019Arduini said: \u201cWe are eager to expand on Arista\u2019s progress and reach over the last few years, cultivating even more talent at our Company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re also grateful for the leadership at Sony Music who believe in this organization and will help us advance our creative core.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They succeed David Massey, who confirmed his retirement as President and CEO, Arista Records, in April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":232910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[227],"class_list":["post-232909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sony-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}