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Buzznet Taps Citron
August 19, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Alan Citron, the former GM of online celebrity gossip site TMZ.com has joined Buzznet as head of special projects. In his new role Citron will advise on business and editorial strategies. He is based in Los Angeles and will report to CEO Tyler Gol ...
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Orchard Taps Caroline Exec Bull
August 18, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 The Orchard has hired Caroline distribution executive Michael Bull as GM, to oversee TVT Distribution. Bull will be based in New York and will report to the Brad Navin, executive VP and GM of the company. He starts Sept. 1. The announcement comes ...
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Harrison Upped At Clear Channel
August 18, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Clear Channel has promoted Evan Harrison to president of the company's online music and radio unit, but he will also retain his executive VP title. Under Harrison's guidance, Clear Channel Radio's online offerings have been ranked N ...
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Leger, Zucker Tapped For EMI Branding Roles
August 13, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 EMI Music has appointed two executives to its commercial development division in North America. Lynne Leger has been named senior VP of brand partnerships and new channel development and Lauren Zucker has been promoted to the new role of VP of bra ...
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EMI Recruits Melrose To Senior A&R Role
August 13, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Veteran music manager and A&R consultant Steven Melrose has been appointed VP, A&R labels for North America, U.K. and Ireland. Nick Gatfield, EMI's president of A&R labels, recruited Melrose, who will be based in Los Angeles. Melr ...
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Simon Segues To Stroudavarious
August 12, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Music industry veteran Derek Simon, who as previously reported is exiting Equity Music Group after serving as GM and interim president, joins recently launched Stroudavarious Records as VP of marketing and artist development. After working in New ...
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A&R Vet Jones Joins Big Machine, Valory
August 11, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Allison Jones, a veteran A&R presence on Music Row, has joined Big Machine Records and Valory Music as VP of A&R for both labels. She most recently served in a similar position with Toby Keith's Show Dog Nashville. The move marks a re ...
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Werde Upped At Billboard
August 08, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Billboard executive editor Bill Werde has been named the magazine's new editorial director. He replaces Tamara Conniff, who is leaving to become president of music services for Irving Azoff's Front Line Management Group. In his new role, ...
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Wipperman Claims Presidency At Equity
August 07, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Music Row veteran Tim Wipperman, who has served as chief creative officer since 2004, has been named president of Nashville-based independent Equity Music Group. Wipperman, who spent 29 years at Warner/Chappell Music, assumes the role from exiting ...
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Primary Wave Names Key Execs
August 06, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Primary Wave Music Publishing has appointed Aimee Berger to the position of executive director of brand partnerships. Previously, Berger was an attorney for Warner Chappell Music Publishing, Island Records and Arista. She also founded the tour pro ...
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Mendez Joins Premium
August 01, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Jose Mendez has been named head of sales and promotion at Premium Latin Music, the label best known for urban bachata group Aventura. Based in New York, Mendez reports to Premium Latin president Franklin Romero. Mendez most recently spent 10 years ...
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Razor & Tie Promotes Zaraya To Exec VP
July 31, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Victor Zaraya has been promoted to executive VP of finance and operations for Razor & Tie Entertainment. He was most recently senior VP of finance and operations. Zaraya will report directly to Razor & Tie co-owners Cliff Chenfeld and Crai ...
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EMI Names Piibe Global Head Of Digital Business Dev
July 31, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Mark Piibe has been upped to global head of digital business development for EMI Music. He will continue to work from the New York office and will report to Douglas Merrill, president of digital business for the company. Most recently, Piibe was s ...
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Stevenson Named Virgin US President
July 30, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 EMI Music has appointed Rob Stevenson to president of Virgin US, effective Aug. 15. He will be based in the company's New York office and report to Nick Gatfield, president of A&R for North America, U.K. and Ireland at EMI Music. Most rec ...
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Scott Francis Named Warner/Chappell President
July 30, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Scott Francis has been appointed to the newly created position of president of Warner/Chappell Music and chairman and CEO of Warner/Chappell Music U.S. He will report to Warner/Chappell Music chairman and CEO David H. Johnson and will be based in ...
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Merriweather Promoted To VP At Zomba
July 29, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Tice Merriweather has been promoted to VP of publicity for Zomba Label Group. Merriweather began his career at Arista Records in 1999, where he rose to associate director of publicity in 2003. A year later, he moved over to Jive Records and was pr ...
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Flaherty Upped At RCA
July 28, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Mark Flaherty has been named senior VP of marketing for RCA Music Group. He will be based in New York and report to executive VP and GM Tom Corson. Flaherty - who previously was VP of marketing for the company - will develop and manage marketing c ...
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Ballas-Traynor Named People En Espanol Publisher
July 24, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 After a lengthy career in television, Lucia Ballas-Traynor has been named publisher of People en Español. She will take up her new post August 18. Ballas-Traynor was most recently senior VP and GM of bilingual TV network MTV Tr3s, which she helped ...
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Paull Takes Exec Post At Sony BMG
July 22, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Sony BMG has named Michael Paull as executive VP of global digital business. Paull will be responsible for developing and executing the company's digital strategy, working both domestically and internationally with various Sony BMG divisions. ...
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WMG Names Bryan Digital Strategy VP
July 21, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Warner Music Group has made Stephen Bryan its new senior VP of digital strategy and business development. Bryan is charged with creating and implementing the label's digital strategy and creating new models, products and key deals with mobile ...
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Leeds Joins Live Nation New York
July 18, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Music industry veteran Harvey Leeds has joined Live Nation's New York office, reporting to Live Nation New York president Kevin Morrow. Leeds retired from Sony Music after 35 years last March 31. "Harvey brings 35 years of knowledge, a p ...
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Live Nation Ups Mueller, Masters
July 18, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Live Nation has promoted several executives within its California offices, Billboard.biz has learned. Rick Mueller, formerly president of San Francisco, has been elevated to the new position of president of California. In his new role, Mueller wil ...
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MSG Entertainment Restructures Executive Team
July 17, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 As New York-based MSG Entertainment continues to grow its brand beyond the New York metro area, the live entertainment company has reorganized its operations with a newly expanded executive team of music industry veterans. - Melissa Ormond has bee ...
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Cherry Lane Taps Morgan
July 16, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Paul Morgan has been named VP of creative services and marketing at Cherry Lane Music Company, Inc. Morgan, who has been with the company for four years, will stay in the New York office and continue to report to Richard Stumpf, senior VP of creat ...
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Former Bosstones Guitarist Named VP at Uni Republic
July 15, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Nate Albert will step up to the position of VP of A&R for Universal Republic Records. In his new position, he will be based in New York and report to senior VP of A&R Tom Mackay. Albert - who was a founding member, guitarist and songwriter ...
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Digital Briefs: Metallica On ‘Guitar Hero,’ UMG Taps Bell
July 15, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 -- Every song from Metallica’s upcoming album, “Death Magnetic,” will be available for gamers to download and play on “Guitar Hero III” and its sequel “Guitar Hero World Tour” on the same day that it is released to retail, the band said on its Web ...
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Moran Joins Nine North
July 14, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Veteran promotion man Tom Moran, who exited Show Dog Records in March as VP of promotion, joins Nashville-based indie Nine North Records as VP of promotion and marketing. He reports to Nine North president Larry Pareigis, who calls Moran "the ...
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Sony BMG Appoints Schaidler Exec VP
July 14, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Jennifer "J.J." Schaidler, a long-time key Best Buy music executive, has been named executive VP of sales at Sony BMG Music Entertainment’s sales division. For the last two years, Schaidler, who reports to Sony BMG Music Entertainment pr ...
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Universal Republic Names Blair VP
July 10, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Dennis Blair has been appointed VP of alternative promotion for Universal Republic Records. Blair will report to Joel Klaiman, senior VP of promotion and artist development for the company, and be based in New York. Most previously, Blair was seni ...
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Promo Vet Young Joins Country Thunder, Permian
July 08, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Country promotion veteran Bobby Young has joined independent label Country Thunder and new sister label Permian Records in the newly created position of senior VP of promotion and artist development. Young, who was most recently the Southeast regi ...
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NMPA Names Rosenthal Senior VP
July 08, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Jay Rosenthal has been named senior VP and general counsel of the National Music Publishers' Assn. He will be based in Washington, D.C., and will report to president and CEO David Israelite. Most recently, Rosenthal served as the general coun ...
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Allen, Wolk Take New Roles At ADA
July 07, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Mitch Wolk has been promoted to president of the Alternative Distribution Alliance. He will report to Andy Allen, who - after coming back from a seven-month leave of absence - has been named chairman of independent music for the Warner Music Group ...
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Vasquez Joins Spirit Music Group
July 02, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Robert Vasquez, former manager of film and television for EMI Music, has been appointed creative director at global independent music publisher Spirit Music Group. Vasquez will report to VP of creative Peter Shane. Vasquez will be based in Spirit& ...
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Veteran Bradley Joins BMI
July 02, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Nashville publishing and A&R veteran Clay Owen Bradley has joined BMI as assistant VP of writer/publisher relations. He was most recently senior director of A&R for Sony BMG Nashville, where he worked for the last five years. The new posit ...
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Manolo Diaz Announces Retirement From EMI
July 02, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Veteran executive Manolo Díaz has announced he will voluntarily retire from EMI after serving as advisor for the label's Latin region for a little over a year. Diaz had served as chairman of the Latin Grammy's Board of Trustees before jo ...
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Halbert Rises At Comcast-Spectacor
July 01, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm Comcast-Spectacor has elevated Jay Halbert to executive VP of finance and CFO. Based in Philadelphia, Halbert replaces Sandy Lipstein, who recently retired after 20-plus years with the company. In h ...
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MTV Taps Haynes For Development Role
June 27, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Brent Haynes has been hired as MTV's east coast senior VP of series development. Haynes will be based in the network's New York office and will report to MTV senior VP of series development Liz Gately. Haynes will oversee the east coast ...
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The Orchard Adds To Exec Team
June 19, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Indie digital aggregator The Orchard unveiled key promotions and new hires. Former VP of global licensing and operations Brad Navin is now executive VP and GM of the company. Dan Pifer, formerly VP of operations and technology, is now executive VP ...
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Touring Briefs: Global Spectrum, AEG Live, RazorGator
June 19, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 -- Philadelphia-based arena management firm Global Spectrum, a division of Comcast-Spectacor, will assume the operations and management contract for Oshawa, Ontario's General Motors Centre , effective June 30. Global Spectrum has appointed Vi ...
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Bashkoff Upped At WEA
June 18, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Warner Music Group's WEA sales and retail marketing division promoted Perry Bashkoff to VP of digital sales and marketing. Bashkoff previously oversaw the company's east coast mobile and online retail efforts, and will now expand that ro ...
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ASCAP Ups Grimmett
June 18, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Randall Grimmett has been promoted to the position of senior VP of domestic membership of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP). Grimmett, who is based in Los Angeles, will directly report to executive VP of membershi ...
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Universal Ups Garfield, Appoints Polin To Senior Role
June 16, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Harry Garfield has been promoted to executive VP of music and Eric Polin has been named senior VP of music publishing for Universal Pictures. Garfield previously held the position of senior VP of music, a job he has held since 1994. He will contin ...
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Maffitt Tapped To Oversee LiveNation.com
June 09, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Live Nation has appointed Noah Maffitt to executive VP and GM of LiveNation.com . Based in Los Angeles, Maffitt will report directly to Live Nation CEO of global digital Bryan Perez. In his new role, Maffitt, a 15-year veteran of the digital space ...
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Lionsgate Promotes Ziecker To A&R Role
June 09, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Lionsgate is expanding its creative team with the promotion of Russell Ziecker to the newly-created position of VP of TV Music and A&R. Ziecker, alongside Lionsgate Music president Jay Faires, will continue to head Lionsgate’s music operations ...
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Tellet Joins MTV Tr3s
June 06, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Nancy Tellet has joined MTV Tr3s as the bilingual channel's VP of research and consumer insights. In the newly-created position, Tellet will direct quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Latino youth market. Based in New York, Tellet wi ...
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Steinkamp Leaves Sony BMG
June 03, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Maarten Steinkamp, president of Continental Europe for Sony BMG, is leaving the company, Billboard.biz can confirm. Although representatives for Sony BMG would not response to calls from Billboard, insiders confirmed speculation which has been cir ...
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Shakir Stewart Heads Def Jam As Exec. VP
June 03, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Def Jam Recordings has tapped Shakir Stewart as exec. VP. Promoted from his post as senior VP of A&R for Island Def Jam Music Group, Stewart succeeds former Def Jam president Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter. In his new role, Stewart will retain ...
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Redeye Ups Dixon To GM
June 03, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Steve Dixon has been promoted to GM of Redeye Distribution. Previously national sales director, he will relocate to the company's Haw River, N.C. headquarters and report to owners Tor Hansen and Glenn Dicker. Dixon, who was living in Chicago ...
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Hockman Joins Cutting Edge
June 03, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 David Hockman has joined London-based Cutting Edge as non-executive chairman. The company is one of the leading providers of music to the film industry in the United Kingdom. Hockman is the former chairman/CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Poly ...
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Sexton To Oversee Global Brand Partnerships For EMI
June 02, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Cynthia Sexton, former senior VP, strategic marketing and licensing for EMI Music North America, has been upped to executive VP, global brand partnership, licensing, synchronization for EMI Music, a newly created position. Sexton, who will continu ...