Another digital exec has departed the all new EMI. Morvan Boury joined the major last October to head up digital business development in the EMEA region, but following the departure of the major's top digital man, former Google exec Douglas Merrill, last month, Boury has now also quietly exited the record company.
The major says Paris-based Boury's departure has come about as a result of the closure of Merrill's digital unit. At the time of Merrill's somewhat sudden departure it was explained that digital had become such an important part of EMI's day to day operations in the last year that it no longer made sense having a separate digital unit and that, instead, digital distribution and marketing would be integrated with physical product distribution and marketing departments.
Boury's responsibilities in the EMEA region will be assumed by New York-based Mark Piibe in his role as Global Head Of Business Development.