BBC Radio 1 head of music to join Spotify UK

George Ergatoudis, who has steered station’s music policy for the past decade, to lead curation strategy and content programming at streaming service

BBC Radio1’s head of music George Ergatoudis is to join Spotify UK as its first head of content programming.

Ergatoudis, who is also head of music at sister station 1Xtra, will join Spotify in March next year.