MUSIC BUSINESS BITS & BOBS...

From the world of music publishing: Katie Welle, most recently A&R at Epic (and responsible for bring rapper Yung Berg to the label), has segued to Sony/ATV Music Publishing ...Michael Pizzuto exits Stage Three Music Publishing and has joined the team at The Bicycle Music Company as a Creative Music Consultant ...Diana Turk has left Right Bank Music and starts at Primary Wave Music Publishing next week...

In label signing news: Jason Reeves has signed to Warner Bros. Records ...30 year-old singer Rachael Yamagata, signed to Arista six years ago, has also reportedly signed with Warner Bros. The Devil Wears Prada (the band) have signed with Ferret Music ...Brooklyn hardcore outfit Tombs have signed with Relapse... Oakland band The Matches have reportedly fulfilled their commitment to Epitaph and are 'exploring opportunities with other labels...

In TALENTfilter Artist Update news: Westchester, NY's Goot (first tipped to you in February 2007) has songs featured in the final four episodes of this season's "The Real World" on MTV ...he's now got 1.8 million MySpace plays ...he's still unsigned and unpublished. ...Meiko, also first tipped back in February '07, is in the studio with producer Greg Collins (Gwen Stefani, U2) working on new material ...high-profile drummer Matt Chamberlain (Fiona Apple, Tori Amos) has recorded drum tracks, and Bryan Cook (Aimee Mann, Melissa Etheridge) is mixing - expect to hear a label announcement in the weeks to come...
...Check out the piece that HITS did on one of our longtime faves, Joe Purdy...