Halemane & Jackson Executive Action

• iHeartRadio recently named Kavi Halemane as the General Manager of Digital Programming. In his new position Halemane will work closely with iHeartRadio’s marketing, editorial and sales teams to connect music fans, partners and artists with exclusive iHeartRadio Original Stations, playlists and podcasts. He will report to Chris Williams, Chief Product Officer for iHeartRadio, and will oversee a team of expert programmers as well as Bill Cahill, Senior Vice President of Programming and Chris Peterson, Senior Vice President of Podcasting for iHeartRadio.

Halemane makes the transition from Premiere Networks, where he has served as Vice President of Digital Media since May 2015, leading the revamp of Premiere’s digital network, an effort that helped to more than double Premiere’s digital audience in 2016. He also worked as Executive Vice President and Head of Digital for The Collective, VP of Marketing for YouTube, and he held a variety of digital, marketing and product management roles at Interscope Geffen A&M Records.

• Vevo has appointed Will Jackson as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Operations. In this newly created role, Jackson will have broad responsibilities in supporting Vevo’s leadership team in defining and executing on the company’s long-term growth strategies. Jackson joins Vevo from Pandora, where he most recently served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy and International Development. He previously led strategy and business development for Intel’s Internet TV efforts. Jackson earlier held senior positions leading strategy for BBC Radio and Music and as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Will Jackson to Vevo in this critical role,” said a clearly thrilled Erik Huggers, Chief Executive Officer of Vevo. “Will’s broad digital media experience and expertise in aligning organizations around achieving ambitious long-term goals will be integral to our ability to deliver on Vevo’s growth potential in 2017 and beyond.”