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ACM Welcomes Three New Pros

• The Academy of Country Music® (ACM) announced three new hires: Rory Levine joins as Vice President, Digital Strategy &

• Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the appointment of Richelle Parham as President of Global E-Commerce and Business Development, effective

• Digital music distributor TuneCore has tapped Dan Rutman as Director, U.S. & Canada. In his new role, Rutman will

• Rhino Entertainment, the catalog division of Warner Music Group (WMG), has upped Eric Franklin to Vice President of Digital

• SummitMedia, LLC announced the appointment of Tom Scott as Vice President of Engineering, overseeing engineering for all SummitMedia markets

• The Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), an artist-run nonprofit fighting for a healthy creative economy and fair treatment for all

• Audacy and Osiris Media announced a joint venture to create music-themed podcasts. The partnership launches with Breaking Waves: Seattle,

• Audacy has named Spike Eskin as Vice President of Programming for WFAN/New York and CBS Sports Radio. Eskin, who

• SoundCloud announced the appointment of Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood as Chief Content and Marketing Officer, effective June 1. Reporting to Michael

• Atlantic Records announced some well deserved upgrades in its Rhythm Promotion Department — Motti Shulman has been promoted to