THIS HITS PHOTO GALLERY IS LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN THE AURORA BOREALIS

We send our love and support to everyone in our community who’s been in the path of Helene and Milton and once again urge you to check in. Those who’d like to contribute to the relief effort can visit the Red Cross. If you’ve been fortunate enough to see the Aurora Borealis in the night sky, we’re envious; if you’re starved for dazzling visuals, though, we submit for your perusal these lovely photos of industry bigwigs, including Clive, Sylvia, Kyncl, Monte, Zimmer and more.

gamma. (not a label) boss Larry Jackson interviews industry icon Clive Davis at a Tuesday-night "salon" in L.A. Later, Clive got the salmon fillet a three-album deal.

The family of late R&B legend Andrea Martin was honored by Epic Chairwoman Sylvia Rhone at SONA's Warrior Awards Gala.

"Table for 15," requested Robert Kyncl as the WMG CEO visited Latin lieutenants in Miami, including WCM President, U.S. Latin & Latin America Gustavo Mendez, Warner Music Latina MD Roberto Andrade Dirak and Warner Music President, Latin America Alejandro Duque. Later, there was flan.


Mazels to Lava Records boss Jason Flom, who tied the knot with Khaliah Ali last weekend in the Hamptons. Monte and Angelina Lipman are pictured here flanking the groom, whose lime-green suit was frequently mistaken for the Aurora Borealis. Rumors that Avery Lipman wore a peach suit that was visible from space couldn't be confirmed at press time.

HITS' Lenny Beer shared a meal with Columbia's Joe Gallo and his German shepherd Artemis at the dog-friendly Maybourne Terrace. Shortly after this photo was taken, Artemis attempted to gnaw off Beer's pointing finger, and in that she spoke for all of us.

UTA, including partner/agent Mike G, Co-Head of Global Music David Zedeck and CEO Jeremy Zimmer welcome Big Sean to the agency. Manager Brandon Silverstein says it's a Big deal. Later, everyone toasted the rugged history of hip-hop with a fruit-forward rosé.

At Amazon Music's Delivering the Future conference, held at the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Warner Nasvhille's BRELAND delivered a special performance. Amazon Music GM Ryan Redington (right) was also part of the programming, presenting a discussion of the latest innovations at the company. Shortly after the event concluded, Alexa ordered more paper towels.
At an event for Nicole Avant's Think You’ll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief With Grit, Grace and Gratitude—which was submitted in Grammy's Best Audio Book category—manager Zack Morgenroth poses with the author. The audio version of this caption, incidentally, is available wherever finer trade mags are sold.

UMG Canada/UMGN's Josh Ross headlined the Troubadour this week, which meant HITS' Nicole Ghapgharan and Jesse MacMillan were on the scene. Pictured before discussing their high-holiday plans are UMG’s Michael Seltzer, The Core’s Tracy Martin and Chief Zaruk, Ross, Ghapgharan, The Core’s Simon Tikhman, MacMillan and The Core’s Kenzie Schrambach.