Somerside becomes Columbia's GM

Sony's Columbia division has appointed Angie Somerside as General Manager. Somerside previously did the same job for Sony's Red Ink and Epic UK units, though most recently headed up the UK operations of artist management company Q Prime who manage, among others, Universal-signed Snow Patrol. Confirming the appointment, Music Week quote Columbia MD Mike Smith thus: "We worked together while Angie was at Red Ink, and obviously the fact that she was general manager of Epic previously is perfect". "For me it is great to have somebody coming in who has been working on the management, and understands what they are faced with, and also somebody that has been working with Universal so we can learn from how they are doing things, good and bad".