Spotify Names Erlich Head Of Music Strategy
• Veteran music industry executive Jeremy Erlich has joined Spotify as Head of Music Strategy. Erlich will be based in Los Angeles and reports to Nick Holmsten, Spotify’s Global Head of Music and he joins a Spotify Music team that also includes Global Head of Artist & Label Marketing Marian Dicus and Head of Artist & Talent Relations Chaka Zulu.
Erlich initially broke his own news on Instagram, as he posted, “I’m very happy to announce that I’m joining Spotify as the Head of Music Strategy. I’ll be responsible for the North American Editorial & Global Curation Strategy teams, as well as the Music team’s strategy and operations, and work to further strengthen Spotify’s relationships in the creative community. I’m excited that my efforts will remain focused on artists, songwriters, producers, labels and publishing partners. Thanks to Daniel [Ek], Dawn [Ostroff] and Nick for the amazing opportunity.”
According to various published reports, Erlich was most recently CFO/EVP Business Development for Interscope Records. Before that he ran corporate development for UMG and was heavily involved in the acquisition of EMI Records. [Photo from Twitter]
