Arista Taps Petropoulos As SVP/Promotion

• Arista Records makes it official and formally announces the appointment of Nick Petropoulos as Senior Vice President, Promotion and Head of Pop and Alternative Radio. He will be based in New York and report to Arista Executive Vice President of Promotion, John Boulos. In this new role, Petropoulos will oversee Pop and Alternative radio promotion, and help Boulos manage Arista’s promotion staff throughout the U.S., working strategically with digital streaming and digital partners to break Arista’s talented roster locally and nationally at radio.

David Massey, CEO & President of Arista Records, remarked, “I’m very excited to welcome Nick to Arista. He will make a huge contribution both to our promotion efforts and to the label as a whole. Nick is a strong executive of great talent and vision with an outstanding track record and I’m delighted he has joined our Arista family.” Boulos commented, “Over the last 10 years, Nick has played instrumental roles in creating strong Promotion teams in the industry. His great multi-format knowledge along with his strengths in artist development are invaluable. There is no doubt in my mind he will be a great partner in bringing Arista to the next level.”

Petropoulos makes the move to Arista after 11 years with Glassnote Records, where he was most recently Head of Promotion. Before that he was Assoc. Director of Alternative Promotion at Sony/BMG/RED. Commenting on his new opportunity, Petropoulos stated, “It’s an absolute honor to join the team at Arista. The label has a roster of diverse and rich talent, and I look forward to building on the success they’ve already had.” Petropoulos can now be reached at Nick.Petropoulos@Aristarecordings.com.