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Basden Named Pres., Sandbox Entertainment

• Respected Nashville PR pro Jake Basden, who spent the past dozen years with Big Machine Label Group as SVP

• Columbia Records has promoted Jenifer Mallory to President of the label. Mallory has served as Columbia’s EVP/GM since 2018,

• Motown legend Barrett Strong, who co-wrote some of the era’s most iconic hits, like “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone,”

• Oak View Group (OVG) has hired John Page as Senior Vice President of the new Acrisure Arena, the AHL’s

• Bertelsmann announced that Thomas Coesfeld will become the new CEO of BMG, succeeding Hartwig Masuch, effective Jan. 1, 2024.

• Bonneville Denver announced the appointment of Jeff Clewett as Director of Sales. Clewett earns the promotion and transfer from

• iHeartMedia announced an exclusive long-term agreement with Radio Hall of Famer Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton to renew his already long-term

• Cumulus Savannah has elevated DJ Rax from Interim to permanent Operations Manager for the four-station group — Urban WEAS

• Sending our congratulations, a balloon bouquet and a hearty handshake to Craig Venn & Mike “Lucky” Luck, who are

• American University’s WAMU/Washington has named Kara Kearns as its new Chief Operating Officer. Kearns was most recently Director of