Crush Management hires Capone as VP of Radio Promotions
It was announced late last week that Crush Management and its founders Jonathan Daniel and Bob McLynn, have hired Garrett Capone to take the newly created position of VP of Radio Promotions. Capone will exit his role as PD of San Diego’s 91X alternative station at the end of February to join Crush, whose roster includes Train, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Travie McCoy & Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship, Sia,Wavves, Chiddy Bang and others. He will reportedly also be heavily involved with the relaunching of I.R.S. Records - it was announced last summer that EMI Music was reviving I.R.S. as a frontline label in partnership with Crush - working projects including the new release from Foxy Shazam among others.
In Through the Out Door: Pub Crawling at BMG, SONGS, UMPG & more
Taeko Saito joins SONGS
There has been much movement in the music publishing world over the last few weeks, including the move for Taeko Saito from working at producer management operation AAM, into the A&R department at SONGS Music Publishing. Also new to SONGS is Josh Feingold, who comes to the boutique pubco from SESAC’s Los Angeles office… Meanwhile, after unloading much of the creative staff absorbed in the takeover of Chrysalis, who truth be told were more than exemplary in their talent-spotting, development and artist relations skills, BMG Rights Management has added Jon Sidel on the west coast and Kate Hyman out east to their creative department. And of course Bertlesmann announced a change at the top, with Thomas Rabe succeeding as the new CEO… In related news, former Bug Music CEO John Rudolph left the company following BMG’s recent purchase of the publishing outfit, while elsewhere, former Chrysalis North American president Kenny MacPherson and A&R VP Jamie Cerreta are rumored to be eyeing the void left in the independent music pubco sector after all the recent acquisitions – be on the lookout for more moves from the veteran publishers… Last week came the announcement that Evan Lamberg is to take the helm at Universal Music Publishing Group in North America. Insiders share that Lamberg was gunning hard for the position, though he probably wasn’t the first choice, as it was no secret that the top Universal brass took their time after numerous meetings with other suitors… And on the digital side, J Scavo ankles his global marketing position at the seemingly more stable Disney Music Group for the revolving door position that is digital at Warner Bros. Records. The digital executive bailed for the rival label, a hop-skip and a jump across the river in Burbank, after barely 18 months working for the Mouse. It was Scavo, previously the GM at MySpace Records and a vocal champion for non-traditional label models, who with his decision to suddenly resign to work at Disney, provided the spark for News Corp. to initiate moves to lay off the label’s staff and shutter it as an ongoing operation. Robbie Snow has been named the new Head of Global Marketing for Disney’s music operations under Hollywood Records… And Brett Greenberg has joined Crush Management as VP of radio promotions.
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