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PERSONNEL SHARMA JOINS FUTURE PUBLISHING’S METAL HAMMER FUTURE PUBLISHING
ROUGH TRADE
Rough Trade East manager SPENCER HICKMAN is set to leave his UK store for the US later this year to run the
indie retailer’s newest shop in Williamsburg, New York. Commenting on the move,
AMIT SHARMA has joined Future Publishing as features editor of Metal Hammermagazine. A graduate of the Academy Of
Contemporary Music, Sharma has previously worked for Warner Bros Records and Universal Music Group. Most recently he was live music executive at PRS For Music where he tracked setlists and secured live royalties for artists performing in the UK. As a journalist, Sharma
has written for Classic Rock Presents Prog, Total Guitar, M magazine and more. He is also a classically trained guitarist and experienced producer.
he said: “We’re looking for a manager to replace me at Rough Trade East. I guess I’m going to be called head of American retail operations.” As well as its music offering,
Rough Trade NYC will partner with New York based independent production company The Bowery Presents to set up a live performance area that will enable in-store gigs and double up as a music venue for intimate nighttime gigs. Finer details regarding the running of the new store are yet to be revealed. This follows the recent opening of a small pop-up store in Paris.
After almost three years as the 11th editor of NME, KRISSI MURISON is to step down from the role to join The Sunday Times Magazine as features editor. NME editor since September
2009, Murison has overseen the magazine’s work across print, digital, broadcast and various annual live events including the NME Awards ceremony and tour. In 2010 she was named British Society of Magazine Editors’ ‘New Editor of The Year’. NME publishing director Emily
Hutchings said: “Everyone at NME is obviously sad to see a talent like Krissi go, but due to her great achievements while working as
IPC MEDIA
editor she leaves NME in great health and the brand is stronger than ever. We have an immensely talented editorial team who will continue to push the brand forward and will carry on their success of creating first class content. We wish Krissi all the best in the future.”
LAST.FM The music recommendation service has appointed CHRIS PRICE as its new head of music. He will be based in London and report to
Tom Lisack, VP, content & artist relations for CBS Interactive Music Group. Price most recently served as
director of music programming for MTV UK’s music channels. Previously he worked for BBC Radio 1 on music strategy as well
as marketing and distribution for Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group.
SYCO ENTERTAINMENT Syco Entertainment has promoted COO CHARLES GARLAND to the role of worldwide CEO – a role that had been
unfilled since the departure of Ellis Watson more than a year ago. The new role adds oversight of
the company's global TV business to Garland's remit, which includes Simon Cowell's The X Factor and Got Talent franchises. Garland joined Syco in March
2011 from Crystal Entertainment, which he founded in 2007 and ran as CEO to connect talent and brands. Before that, he worked at American Idol producer 19 Entertainment for eight years.
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#26 Cosmo Lush, Senior VP Digital Business Development, EMI Music Week by week, build the best contact book in the business
Former Oxford University and INSEAD MBA graduate Cosmo Lush is an expert in strategy and business development in digital media and specialises in designing and launching innovative new consumer businesses. He is currently
responsible for licensing EMI content to digital music platforms globally, negotiating global and multi-territory distribution deals, and played a key part in developing the label’s innovative ‘Open EMI’ initiative. Prior to EMI, Lush
worked on a number of high-profile projects including the launch of 3G for Orange UK and commercial strategy for 4OD at Channel 4. Outside music industry
business, Lush is a piano, violin and trumpet teacher, one of the
MY BIG BREAK Carl Haley, Record Producer / Songwriter, The Fives/Warner Chappell
“I studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins. While there, a family friend who knew that my brother and I played instruments told us about a job in a local studio as in-house musicians. We felt we’d found our calling. For the next few years we blagged our way into studios, pretending we knew how to use the equipment and learning on the job. “We created a series of
demos to showcase our songwriting and producing and caught the attention of A&R exec Will Mills. He became our manager and got us our first work remixing for artists such as Lemar and Amy Winehouse. After Will we were managed by Danny D (Stargate) and Sarah Stennett (Ellie Goulding). “I met my publisher Wayne Hector through a friend who begged him for months to do a
founding governors of The West London Free School and a Prince’s Trust Business Mentor.
How UK luminaries arrived in the music industry…
TOP TIPBe extremely persistent and try to develop your networking skills - success in this industry is based heavily on the network of people you have at hand.
session with me. For the next eight months Wayne would call me anytime of the day and night asking for tracks. He eventually offered us a publishing deal and since then we’ve been working with artists such as Jessie J and Eliza Doolittle.”
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