26 Music Week 07.12.12 PEOPLE PERSONNEL TAMS BOOSTS BPI’S INDEPENDENT MEMBER SERVICES TEAM
BPI The record industry trade body has appointed CHRIS TAMS as director of Independent Member Services and International. Tams joins from his role as
international marketing director at leading independent music and video distribution company The Orchard, where he led the sales and marketing drive for physical and digital content across Europe. BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor
said: “This is a pivotal role for the BPI and we are pleased to announce the appointment of Chris, who brings many years of in-depth commercial experience working for and with independent labels. “Chris’ strong background assisting indie labels with physical and digital distribution will significantly strengthen the services BPI provides to all our independent members.” Commenting on his
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global music priorities. Since joining MTV in 2005,
Karatziva has worked with artists from the globally high-profile to up-and-comers in its Brand New programme – the 2013 shortlist of which has just been announced with the winner to be revealed in January. She has also worked with
#58 Anna Karatziva, Head of Talent and Music, MTV, Viacom International Media Networks - UK, Australia, Central and Eastern Europe
Anna Karatziva heads up MTV’s Talent and Music (TAM) department for the UK, Australia and Central and Eastern Europe. She acts as primary liaison between MTV's music channels and the industry as a whole, working to deliver exclusive and unique content across all platforms. She also sits on MTV’s
International Music Council, which defines the organisation's
MTV's International Talent team to bring artists such as Linkin Park, Plan B and B.o.B to the MTV EMAs (European Music Awards), while further international projects include global video premières, MTV Worldstage live content, and pushing new acts across 60 territories. Karatziva started her career at
the BBC, working on live events for Radio 1, 1Xtra and the Concert Orchestra. Her seven years with The Beeb included the coordination and management of Radio 1's One Big Weekends, its Glastonbury stage, and floats at the Notting Hill and Trinidad Carnivals. She's also a keen violinist with her local orchestra, the Kew Sinfonia.
appointment, Tams said, “I’m delighted to be joining the BPI, especially at this crucial period in the evolution of the industry. Using my experience of eighteen years working in the indie sector I hope to further increase the voice for independent labels within the industry both in the UK and further afield.” Tams replaces Julian Wall who
left the company in September to become managing director of One Media iP Ltd.
7DIGITAL RAOUL CHATTERJEE has been appointed as senior vice president of music at the company. In the newly created role, he will
assume responsibility for driving relationships with record companies, publishers, managers and artists. Chatterjee has over 20 years
experience in the music and commercial entertainment
industry. Prior to joining 7digital he spent over three years at Warner Music, culminating in a position as senior vice president in the commercial division. Before joining Warner, he was managing director at Trinity Street Direct, a direct-to-consumer e- commerce business, and spent over six years at Ministry of Sound as director of sales and digital. Commenting on the appointment, Ben Drury, CEO of 7digital said: “Raoul is a brilliant addition to the growing 7digital team. He possesses the crucial combination of industry experience, commercial acumen and original-thinking that we need to drive our relationships with music labels, producers, management and artists.”
DUMMY MAGAZINE AIMEE CLIFF has been appointed as the new editor of Dummy magazine. She started working at Dummy
two years ago as an intern and progressed to staff writer, then weekend editor. When former
editor Charlie Jones moved on in October, Cliff was chosen as acting editor and, after six weeks, was appointed to the lead role permanently. Dummy’s managing director Paul Benney said: “Aimee is the perfect appointment to lead Dummy through its next, very exciting, phase of development. She is young, talented, focussed and hard working and we are sure that she will make an invaluable contribution to Dummy moving forwards.”
BBC RADIO 2 Producer LISA SMITH is leaving the Jo Whiley show and will start on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on December 10. MARK PLANT will be the contact for future Jo Whiley sessions.
AH2 MUSIC The music creator and publisher has named SCOTT JAMES VP of Business Development. He joins Ah2 after spending 31
years at Universal Music Publishing Group where he served as executive vice president of Film, Television, and Synchronisation - Worldwide. In this role he was responsible for marketing, clearance and licensing of compositions controlled by UMPG, representing songwriters such as U2, Coldplay, Prince, Mariah Carey, Paul Simon, Elton John, Bon Jovi, The Who, and Guns N’ Roses. The catalogue was also comprised of significant film and television music catalogues administered on behalf of NBC/Universal and Warner Bros., as well as the estates of Henry Mancini and Leonard Bernstein. Ah2 managing partner Mark T. Williams said: “We are thrilled to have Scott spearheading our business development initiative. With his combined vision, industry experience and business acumen, we are confident that Ah2 will continue to grow as a leading score music solution.”
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MY BIG BREAK How UK luminaries arrived in the music industry… Louis BloomHead of A&R, Island Records UK
“I did work experience at Island Records at university then, when I finished my course, I remember calling [Island co-president] Darcus Beese but couldn’t get through! I was lucky though, as it was a time people were hiring. I kept putting calls into labels and then Mike McCormack at RCA read my CV and employed me. Then after two weeks, he left and Richard Griffiths arrived and I was in a department of Simon Cowell, Nick Raymonde and Marc Fox. They were big powerhouse A&R people and it was a lot of fun. Our job is about spotting talent – and funnily enough, I remember thinking that Simon would go on to do something special. Love him or hate him, he's made a massive difference to the world.”
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