Lots of digital news today folks. First up, digital appointments news, and those recent sudden departures in the world of major label digital divisions kind of came full circle yesterday when EMI announced a new appointment.
As previously reported, senior EMI digital execs Ted Cohen and Adam Klein both exited the company last month. Then, soon after, Universal's digital man Barney Wragg quit, somewhat abruptly. It has now been confirmed that he has, in fact, jumped ship, and will take on the top digital post at EMI forthwith.
EMI confirmed that Wragg was its new Head Of Digital yesterday. He will report directly to EMI Music's CEO Alain Levy and Vice Chairman David Munns. Levy said yesterday that Barney was a "highly experienced and respected digital music executive" who would help the company enter its "next phase in the evolution of our digital strategy".