26MusicWeek 01.06.12
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PEOPLE PERSONNEL PRODUCTION DUO EXIT BBC SHOWS TO RUN START-UP
considerable editorial credits for Dummy & DJ mag and a expertise in specialist music.
SHERIDANS
PAUL O’DOWD has joined media and entertainment law firm Sheridans, as a partner.
Having spent the last nine years
GRAPE Former Radio 1 and Somethin’ Else producers RACHEL BARTON and TOM KOENIG have launched Grape, a new multi-media production company that creates audio and video content for social media, as well as on traditional broadcast channels. Barton is an established former
BBC producer, who has worked across shows such as Pete Tong, Annie Mac, Kissy Sell Out, Jaymo & Andy George, Dave Pearce, Annie Nightingale and more. Koenig recently left Somethin’
Else, where he was a senior producer, running much of the company’s Radio 1Xtra output, as
well as producing the likes of Judge Jules and In New DJ’s We Trust. Grape has already won a
contract to produce a number of weekly BBC Radio 1 shows. This is the first BBC Radio 1 weekly contract to be awarded to an independently owned company for several years. Grape took over production of Annie Nightingale and Rob da Bank, and launched bass music pioneers Skream & Benga’s new show, from the start of April. ELE BEATTIE has also recently
joined the team, bringing BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra documentary production experience, as well as
at Bird & Bird LLP – O’Dowd regularly advises on a range of legal issues connected with sport and the media, and the protection of intellectual property rights. He will work closely with Morris
Bentata, head of the Sports Group at Sheridans, to maintain and develop long-standing relationships with a number of organisations, companies and individuals across the sports and media industry. Managing partner at Sheridans,
Howard Jones said: “Paul’s outstanding experience in the sports, media and entertainment sectors makes him a perfect fit for Sheridans. “Not only is he a technically
excellent lawyer, but he also has exceptional understanding of sport as a business and brings that commercial insight to bear in his work with clients. We are delighted to welcome him here.”
IMPRESSIVE PR
SACHA TAYLOR-COX has returned to the company as head of PR after a year out working on
experiential brand events. She will be joined by a new team, BILLY WILLIAMS-BURRELL who joins as a music publicist from Sainted PR, and LEE PUDDEFOOT who will take over regional PR and joins from Universal. Taylor-Cox began her career as
a music publicist and became head of press at Slice PR throughout the Nineties before moving on to become head of
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press at XFM and Hollyoaks. She also worked at Cake, Splendidcomms and Get Involved on brand PR & music event campaigns.
Q Music journalist AL HORNER is leaving his post as staff writer at the title and will now work freelance. He has contributed music reviews and features to a number of print and online music publications, including Drowned In Sound, the Brighton Argus newspaper and The 405.
NEED TO KNOW #31 Jeremy Marsh, Vice Chairman, Warner Bros Records UK
Week by week, build the best contact book in the business
MY BIG BREAK Steve Guest, Founder / Director, Guesty PR
How UK luminaries arrived in the music industry…
“When I graduated from Sheffield Hallam university, Richard Hunter left and I got the job as entertainments manager. We booked very early gigs by unknowns like Oasis and Radiohead. “I then worked at Revolution with Ned
Reynolds promoting bands like Muse, and Fatboy Slim. Ned is no longer with us but I always think of him. “Steve Homer [now VP of Promotions at
Jeremy Marsh is an accomplished music executive, with a track record breaking British artists and developing international acts. He was appointed CEO of
management and marketing consultancy JML Partnership in 2004 before being recruited by Warner Bros Records UK as vice chairman in 2009. Marsh previously held
positions as managing director of Virgin Records (Associated Labels) and WEA Records UK, where he worked with names such as Seal, Enya, Madonna and Prince.
In 1992 he became
managing director of RCA Records, launching the careers of Take That, M-People and Annie Lennox. He rose to president of BMG’s UK Music Division in 1997, overseeing the RCA, Arista and Deconstruction imprints and assisting in the development of Syco. From 1999 - 2004 he was managing director of Telstar Music Group. Marsh’s CV also includes
posts as vice-chairman of the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy charity, and as a council member of the BPI.
Live Nation] had also left Sheffield and we both moved to the Mean Fiddler, ‘til we both left there and went to work at Clear Channel [now Live Nation]. “I started in marketing, then PR working
on tours and festivals with all of the promoters who I owe a lot. “I worked on tours, events and festivals
TOP TIP Fill your little black book until its bursts… don’t trust iCloud.
for most artists from Jay Z, James Brown, Rihanna and Kasabian to Spinal Tap.
“After nearly 10 years, I left last year to set up Guesty PR (
GuestyPR.com) - my very own
PR company providing publicity for artist tours, events, records, DVD’s, personal publicity and films.”
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