Daily Edit | Apr 30

Tourist, Condé Nast's succession plan, Face Records NYC, and building an audience on gaming platforms like Fortnite and Roblox

Tourist 
Memory Morning
Monday Records 

4 / 30 / 2024

Stories

After forcing the resignations of several top executives in 2020, Condé Nast’s new succession plan was installed in case any of their current leaders has to vacate their post for any reason. “The new regime is simple: each year, each top executive at Condé Nast’s One World Trade Center headquarters submits a shortlist of four to six people who could replace them. 

Face Records NYC: the Brooklyn outpost of the legendary Japanese record shop offers a rich library of Japanese pressings out of its cozy space — genres span city pop, funk, jazz, reggae, soul and much more.

Potentially serving as the new frontier of social media, gaming platforms like Fortnight and Roblox (which claimed 71.5 million average daily active users at the end of last year) will likely be one more space where musicians will need to establish a presence to be commercially relevant with younger audiences.

“Something as simple as a WhatsApp group can be amazing. Five lessons on superfans from IMS Ibiza 2024.

Signings

Big Thief | touring | TBA Agency

The Game | touring | UTA