VP Stripes For Sony Music Nashville’s Altone & Cost
• Sony Music Nashville has promoted Paige Altone and Liz Cost to the position of Vice President, Marketing. They report to SMN SVP of Marketing Jen Way, who said, “Liz and Paige are two of the smartest marketing executives I’ve ever had the privilege of working alongside. Their extraordinary leadership and creativity is vital to the ongoing success of Sony Music Nashville and our artists, and I’m so excited to watch them continue to thrive in their roles with these well-earned VP stripes.”
Randy Goodman, Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Nashville, commented, “I’ve looked forward to this day for a long time as it was my dream to be able to promote to the new positions from within SMN. The growth and leadership development of Liz and Paige, particularly in these unprecedented times, has been extraordinary and gratifying for me to see. Our future is in good hands.”
Paige Altone (left) joined SMN as Manager of Marketing in 2016 and was upped to Sr. Director of Marketing in 2019. She started her music business career in the promotions department of WKHX/Atlanta. In 2011, she was hired by Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Artists and moved to Nashville. In 2014, she joined AEG Presents. Altone can be congratulated at paige.altone@sonymusic.com.
Liz Cost (right) joined SMN in January 2017 as Manager of Marketing. She was upped to Associate Director, Marketing in August 2018 and Sr. Director, Marketing in June 2019. Cost started her music business career at the Ryman Auditorium working as a backstage hospitality coordinator and was later hired by Bigger Picture where she rose to Director of Marketing. She later worked for DigSin/Digmark as a project manager and as Director of Strategic Branding and Event Management at SESAC. Cost can be contacted at liz.cost@sonymusic.com. [Altone photo: Matthew Berinato; Cost photo: Cameron Powell]
