Christiaan Kröner promoted to President at FUGA

Christiaan Kröner has been promoted to President of Downtown Audio-owned B2B services platform FUGA has promoted COO.,

His advertising follows Pieter van Rijn’s current shift to the purpose of President, Downtown Songs. 

Positioned at FUGA’s Amsterdam HQ, Kröner will oversee all worldwide functions for the distributor – which counts Beggars Team, Much better Sound Songs, Ninja Tune and Calendar year0001 among its 800+ consumers.

Kröner was a founding member of a person of the to start with crowdfunding platforms for tunes, SellaBand, right before becoming a member of FUGA in 2012, exactly where he led the distributor’s expert services division.

In 2020, Kröner was promoted to COO and has considering the fact that overseen FUGA and Japanese new music and media enterprise Area Shower Networks’ JV, Space Shower FUGA. 

Alongside this, he led endeavours to combine FUGA’s proprietary technological know-how with Downtown Tunes Holding’s other enterprises, notably Downtown Neighbouring Rights, which merged with FUGA’s individual Neighbouring Legal rights services in 2021. 

FUGA states that Kröner has been instrumental in setting up and producing both equally its marketing and advertising expert services and its licensing and royalty accounting departments.

Stepping into the role of COO is Darren Owen, FUGA’s former World-wide Head of Functions. In his responsibility, Darren oversaw all elements of FUGA’s operational enterprise, such as new label onboardings, information QC, DSP integrations and interactions, YouTube & UGC and entrance line consumer help. 

With more than 20 decades of encounter across the electronic songs business, Owen joined FUGA as Head of Customer Products and services in 2017, setting up with a crew of 13 that grew beneath his management to a headcount of 55 staff distribute across 4 continents. Owen will carry on to be liable for all factors of FUGA’s operations, as well as getting obligation for the royalty department. 

Kröner’s move follows the advertising of Pieter van Rijn to the freshly-created part of President of Downtown Audio, where he will direct the full enterprise services division of the Downtown team of corporations including FUGA, Adrev, Downtown New music Products and services, as properly as Downtown’s Publishing Administration, Sync and Neighboring Rights organizations. 

“Christiaan has been pivotal to FUGA’s progress and global progress in the very last 12 a long time, equally as Director of Aggregation & Services and as COO.”

Pieter van Rijn, Downtown

Pieter van Rijn, President of Downtown Tunes, reported: “Christiaan has been pivotal to FUGA’s development and world enhancement in the final 12 several years, equally as Director of Aggregation & Services and as COO.

“From leading the landmark Room Shower FUGA undertaking in Japan to establishing FUGA’s advertising and marketing services office, Christiaan’s deep knowing and firm grasp of the digital landscape is unparalleled.

“I totally have confidence in that he will lead FUGA and its staff members with integrity and continue to build the company’s worldwide support choices as FUGA measures into its up coming stage of expansion.”

“It is an honor to be following in Pieter van Rijn’s footsteps as President of FUGA, a enterprise I am privileged to have been a section of for the final 10 several years.”

Christiaan Kröner, FUGA 

Christiaan Kröner, President of FUGA, added: “It is an honor to be subsequent in Pieter van Rijn’s footsteps as President of FUGA, a enterprise I am privileged to have been a aspect of for the last 10 many years.

“Under Pieter’s management, FUGA’s proprietary engineering and company offerings have develop into a legitimate sector game-changer.

“I seem ahead to continuing his really hard perform together with Darren Owen in his new job as COO – who’s influence across our world-wide functions has contributed tremendously to FUGA’s development – in major FUGA and its men and women into its subsequent expansive chapter ” Songs Business All over the world