Hamburg based digital music aggregator finetunes has announced the appointment of David Balfour, formerly Editor of music industry news aggregation service Record Of The Day, as its UK Label And Retail Consultant. He will liaise with finetunes' existing UK label clients, recruit new labels to the service, and work with digital retailers to "ensure optimum exposure for finetunes' clients".
Confirming the appointment, finetunes MD Oke Göttlich told CMU: "finetunes is delighted to appoint David Balfour as its new UK representative. As an experienced music industry journalist, David has acquired a detailed knowledge of movements in the digital domain, and is equally respected as an expert on the UK music scene".
Balfour himself added: "I'm excited to be joining a company that offers really intelligent and accountable digital music services. In a world where many digital services seem to operate with a 'one size fits all' approach, I've been really impressed by the way that finetunes creates bespoke services that work for each of its individual labels. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in and helping to build finetunes' already-excellent offering".