BRANDING/MARKETING – Page 306 – RAMP

Thomas Upped To VP/Marketing, Def Jam

• Charlene Thomas, who began her career overseeing marketing for legendary rap label Loud Records and has been pivotal to Def

• RCA Records announced the elevation of Jamie Abzug to Senior Vice President and Head of Publicity. In this this

• Always good to hear from Jack Taddeo, VP/Market Manager of Cumulus Des Moines, IA, who is has put out

• Mike Sherwood has been appointed Executive Vice President of Global Commercial Marketing & Strategy for Capitol Music Group (CMG).

• iHeartMedia Greensboro has an immediate opening for a full-time Promotion Director for the five-station group who can also kill

• BMG has promoted Maximilian Kolb to EVP Repertoire & Marketing, Continental Europe. Kolb, who was previously Managing Director, GSA

• Two veteran broadcasting pros — John Shomby and Dave Paulus, have smartly pooled their combined 70 years of industry

• Cumulus Media’s Westwood One proudly announces the syndication rollout of Kincaid & Dallas, a four-hour morning radio show hosted

• iHeartMedia announced its annual iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour Presented by Capital One, with performances by some of this year’s