Sony Music Nashville Moves
• Sony Music Nashville announces two personnel moves, starting with Mallory Opheim, who joins the company as Southwest Regional for
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Lovell Named EVP of WEA Europe
• Emmy Lovell has been promoted to Executive Vice President of WEA Europe, part of the global artist and label services arm
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Portnow Stepping Down In 2019
• The Recording Academy™ announced that President/CEO Neil Portnow has chosen not to seek an extension on his current contract, which
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Promotion City At Def Jam
• Def Jam Recordings announces several key staff changes — the upward movement begins with Mundo Garcia (left), who has been
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Vevo Turning Away From Civilians
• As Forbes reports, “Vevo, the YouTube-style video platform owned by most of the major record labels in the music industry,
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Adelson Now EVP/A&R At Republic
• Republic Records has advanced Ben Adelson to Executive Vice President, A&R, as announced by Rob Stevenson and Wendy Goldstein. Not bad for a
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Beese Named Pres. of Island Records
• Universal Music Group (UMG) announced that Darcus Beese OBE, has been named President of Island Records and will join
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‘The Voice’ Crowns Youngest Winner
• Fifteen-year-old vocal phenomenon Brynn Cartelli became the youngest-ever winner of NBC’s The Voice during Tuesday night’s two-hour finale. As The Boston Globe reports,
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Thompson Named SVP, Rhythm/Crossover @ Epic
• Dontay Thompson has been appointed Senior Vice President, Rhythm/Crossover Promotion for Epic Records. In his new post, Thompson will report
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Sony To Own 90% Of EMI Music Publishing
• Sony Corporation of America has reached an agreement with Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company to purchase the consortium’s approximately
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