MUSIC BIZ TO FETE SONY'S SWIDLER

Sony Music’s EVP Business Affairs and General Counsel Julie Swidler will receive Music Biz’s 2020 Presidential Award for Outstanding Executive Achievement.

Swidler will receive the award during the annual Music Biz Awards Dinner on 5/13 at the JW Marriott Nashville. The Presidential Award is one of the association’s highest honors, presented to individuals or organizations who have contributed greatly to the overall success of the music industry.

“Julie Swidler has been a personal inspiration for me as an executive,” Music Biz President Portia Sabin said. “Music Biz is thrilled to recognize Julie for the countless contributions she’s made to our industry—especially the ways she’s worked for women and underrepresented groups—in her nearly three decades of service. She makes all this hard work look easy.”

Swidler advises Sony Music’s labels and operating units on all legal issues, deal making and policy initiatives on a worldwide basis, including strategic digital negotiations, artist contracts, litigation, transactions, global government affairs and joint venture operations.