EMI Publishing make US promotions
EMI Music Publishing has promoted Kristin Durie to VP Music Services & Licensing and appointed Jovanka Ciares Senior Director, as sister company EMI cuts US jobs.…
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CBS appoint former Xbox marketer as Last.fm CMO
CBS has hired former Xbox global marketing head Orlena Yeung as Executive VP and Chief Marketing Officer for Last.fm's US marketing.…
US media analyse SonyBMG executive changes
US media report that Charles Goldstruck was sidelined over ambitions to take Rolf Schmidt-Holtz's job, with Clive Davis and Goldstruck reportedly unaware of the shake-up until it happened.…
Xfm announce new weekend appointments
Xfm has appointed Rick Edwards to present Saturday breakfast and brought back Adam Longworth for the Friday evening Weekender slot.…
Velvet Revolver to hold online auditions for new singer
Slash says Velvet Revolver are considering online auditions to replace Scott Weiland, with guest singers planned for an upcoming Las Vegas gig.…
Operator Please lose keyboardist Sarah Gardiner
Operator Please keyboardist Sarah Gardiner has left the band, with the split described as amicable, and the band are auditioning for a replacement before European dates.…
Executive changes at SonyBMG
Barry Weiss has been named CEO of the BMG Label Group, replacing Clive Davis, while label president Charles Goldstruck and COO Tim Bowen are both departing.…
Brian May enrolled as university chancellor
Brian May has succeeded Cherie Blair as chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, a year after completing the astrophysics PhD he abandoned in the 1970s.…
Kangaroo gets BBC man as CEO
Ashley Highfield, currently BBC Director Of Future Media And Technology, has been appointed CEO of Kangaroo, the cross-network telly-on-demand venture backed by BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4.…
eMusic make new European appointments
eMusic has promoted Madeline Milne to MD Europe and recruited James Wheatley from Muze Europe as Director Of Business Development Europe.…
BBC Director Of Audio And Music Jenny Abramsky to step down
BBC Director Of Audio And Music Jenny Abramsky is leaving after nearly forty years to become chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, with Mark Thompson praising her contribution.…
Tourdates company appoints GiGi Dryer as commercial director
Cultural Times, behind tourdates.co.uk and London Tourdates magazine, has appointed former EMAP executive GiGi Dryer as commercial director.…