BMG Rights Management, you know, the new music business owned by former SonyBMG partners Bertelsmann, have announced the appointment of Fred Casmir, a former major label man most recently heading up music projects for media giant Fremantle, to the job of MD Germany. He will report into Hartwig Masuch, who is global CEO of the music rights management agency.
Masuch sauys this: "Fred Casimir is outstandingly well networked in both the German and international music business and has many years of experience in all the segments of importance to us - especially in the traditional music industry and TV segment. Fred's commitment to BMG Rights Management is a clear indication of our increasing status in the market and highlights the promising outlook for our company".