30 Music Week 01.02.13 PEOPLE PERSONNEL JON TURNER STEPS UP AT ISLAND RECORDS ISLAND RECORDS
The Universal- owned company has named JON TURNER as its new managing
director. Turner steps up from his role as general manager at the label. In his new position, he will report into DARCUS BEESE, who recently became sole president of Island following TED COCKLE’s departure to Virgin Records UK. Beese said: “Jon has been a
vital player in the amazing success we have achieved at Island in the last few years and he truly understands what Island Records is all about as we saw with the incredible job he did during the Island 50 celebrations. “With Mumford & Sons arguably the biggest band in the world right now, and loads of exciting new music ahead of us, I can think of no-one better qualified to help drive Island to even greater heights.”
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#64 Max Hole, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group International (UMGI)
At the turn of 2013, Max Hole was appointed chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group International (UMGI), following playing a key role in the acquisition of EMI Recorded Music in September 2012, and its subsequent development and integration with Universal Music under his role as CEO.
Based in London, he is a member of UMG's Executive Board and is responsible for the company's global operations - encompassing business in more than 50 countries outside the US. In addition, Hole leads UMG's worldwide classical music business, including the Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics labels. Hole began his music
industry career as an independent artist manager and record producer. He joined Warner Music UK as A&R manager in 1982, progressing
to managing director of WEA Records and, in 1990, founding Managing Director of East West Records. He joined UMGI in 1998 as senior vice president, Marketing and A&R, moving on to executive vice president and COO in 2010 before his most recent appointment. Hole is also a board member of the English National Opera and is a member of the main board of directors of IFPI, which represents 1400 member companies in 66 countries.
PEERMUSIC
The publisher has
announced the promotion of MARY MEGAN PEER to the position
of president, Asia Pacific and Strategic Markets. The appointment will be effective March 20, 2013. She moves into the role after
two years service as managing director of Peermusic’s Buenos Aires office. Her new position encompasses leadership of the company’s offices, initiatives and partnerships throughout East and Southeast Asia and Brazil and pursuit of worldwide business development opportunities. Prior to joining peermusic in 2009, she was an investment banker in the media and entertainment groups of Piper Jaffrey, Jefferies and SG Cowen. Her career began in the music business, working with eMusic and then at Clive Davis' BMG Records.
VIRGIN RECORDS US RON FAIR has been named chief creative officer and executive VP of Virgin
Records in the US. Fair is charged with rebuilding the label across all contemporary music genres and will head an A&R team alongside marketing staff led by newly-appointed general manager ASHLEY BURNS. Capitol Music Group (CMG) chairman and CEO Steve Barnett said: “Ron Fair is simply one of the most accomplished music executives in our business.” Elsewhere within the Universal Music Group, GREG THOMPSON has been promoted to executive vice president of CMG in the US. CMG now encompasses elements of Universal’s acquisition of EMI’s recorded music division. Thompson will oversee Sales, Promotion, Marketing, Publicity, Creative Services &
Video Production, Digital Planning & Production, Strategic Research and Insight, and is also tasked with nurturing brand partnerships through the company’s in-house agency.
DECCA Universal has appointed ELIZABETH SOBOL as president and CEO of the Decca Label Group, US.
She will join the company on
April 15 with responsibilities for the Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Mercury Classics labels in the territory and will report to chairman and CEO of UMG International Max Hole, who said of the appointment: “I’m delighted to welcome Elizabeth to the Decca Label Group where her passion for music, innovation and creativity make her the ideal choice to develop the Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Mercury Classics’ labels in the US.”
THE ORCHARD
The global music and video digital distributor has appointed NAOMI MORAN as general manager of UK and Europe.
Based out of The Orchard’s
European headquarters in London, Moran will oversee all sales, marketing and distribution efforts throughout the UK and Europe whilst reporting to Colleen Theis, who is now based in New York as the company’s chief operating officer. Moran previously worked at MCPS Licensing in London, as licensing manager of the publishing catalogue at Rykomusic, and general manager at World Circuit. The Orchard’s CEO Brad Navin
said: “As a veteran of the European music industry, Naomi will help drive our established teams abroad and complement our existing presence in the EU and UK.”
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MY BIG BREAK How UK executives arrived in the music industry... JOSH RUBNER, Sony Music Entertainment, eCRM Assistant
“After University - studying Music Production at Leeds College of Music - I started interning at Anjunabeats, where I learned the basics of working in a label. I also began my life in digital marketing there. Soon after, I progressed into social media marketing for Union Events but I wanted to work for a major label.
“I then had the good fortune of meeting Olivia Hobbs (Polydor) who referred me to Universal Music HR. I got a job in the Commercial team working with Roxane Isal and Beverley Dean, where I learned all aspects of my craft including writing code, Photoshop design and data analysis to optimise the CRM service. “I’m now very proud to say that I work for
Sony Music, continuing my career in CRM with some of the best marketing teams in the music industry. My job is to build and send emails for all Sony labels to promote their artists. I build and monitor online competitions and also compile data analytics reports for the labels to help them decide the next steps for their digital marketing campaigns. Fairly unglamorous and geeky, but I love it.”
TOP TIP Trust in serendipity, meet loads of people, work your
tail off but have as much fun as you possibly can! You will succeed.
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