Hipgnosis Songs Fund makes president and chief catalogue officer hires

Ted Cockle and Amy Thomson appointed

Hipgnosis Songs Fund has appointed the former president of Virgin EMI as president and hired a chief catalogue officer.

Ted Cockle has been named president, while Amy Thomson joins as chief catalogue officer, with both roles effective immediately. In a statement it said the duo will be applying their "proven form, structure and process to continue to grow and care for songs and their legacy within the growing Hipgnosis Songs catalogue globally". Hipgnosis acquires Barry Manilow's music catalogue Cockle was president of the Virgin EMI label when it managed the recorded music for artists including Elton John, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Lorde and The Killers. Prior to this he served for ten years ...