www.musicweek.com ‘IT IS LOVE SNEAKING UP ON YOU’ MILLS CHAIRMAN, [PIAS] AND !K7 GAIN ELECTED REPS New Merlin Board announced Horst Weidenmueller
LABELS n BY TIM INGHAM
M
erlin, the global rights agency for the independent label
sector, has announced the results of its biennial board election. The vote attracted the highest
ever number of candidates, with Merlin members determining the make-up of the 15-seat board. Seats are divided into three
territorial blocs,with equal representation given to North America, Europe and ROW. Among those reappointed are
Beggars Group founder Martin Mills who will continue as Merlin chairman, as well as a range of senior executives from world- renowned independent companies as listed. Meanwhile Erik Gilbert
(Essential Music & Marketing USA) and Ashley Whitfield (Evolution Music Hong Kong) both join the board for the first time. Non-voting observers added
Martin Mills
to the North America and Europe blocs are Kris Gillespie (Domino Recording Co, USA), Darius Van Arman (Dead Oceans/Jagjaguwar/Numero Group/Secretly Canadian, USA) Emmanuel de Buretel (Because Music, France) and Oke Goettlich (Finetunes, Germany). No observers have currently been added for the ROW. The board will sit for two
years. Alison Wenham, president of WIN represents companies in all ROW countries not represented on the board (right). “That this election attracted
such strong candidate numbers, representing some of the world’s most important music companies, is testament to Merlin’s standing within the independent community,” said Merlin CEO Charles Caldas. “We were founded as a truly global operation, a fact reflected in the make-up of our board, and I am honoured to lead an organisation that draws together such experience and expertise.”
EUROPE: nErik Brataas – Phonofile (Norway) nMichel Lambot – PIAS Group (Belgium) nMartin Mills – Beggars Group (UK) nFlorian von Hoyer – Altafonte (Spain) nHorst Weidenmueller – !K7 (Germany) Non-voting observers: nEmmanuel de Buretel – Because Music (France) nOke Goettlich – Finetunes (Germany)
NORTH AMERICA nGlenn Dicker – Redeye Distribution and Yep Roc Records - (USA) nErik Gilbert – Essential Music and Marketing (USA) nDave Hansen – Epitaph (USA) nGeoff Kulawick – IDLA (Canada) nTom Silverman – Tommy Boy (USA) Non-voting observers: nKris Gillespie – Domino Recording Co (USA) nDarius Van Arman - Dead Oceans/Jagjaguwar/Numero Group/Secretly Canadian (USA)
ROW: nColin Daniels - Inertia (Aus) nHilton Roth – African Dope – (South Africa) nLuciana Pegorer – Delira Musica (Brazil) nAshley Whitfield – Evolution Music (Hong Kong) nAlison Wenham – WIN
WE MOURN THE HUMBLE GUITAR HERO
PETE HAYCOCK
Frontman of Climax Blues
Band, Guitarist of ELO Part 2, Guitar Partner with Phil Lynott, Rory Gallagher, Ike
Turner, Robbie Krieger, Part of Night Of The Guitars Tour, Hans Zimmer Guitarist on Thelma and Louise, K2, One
False Move, Drop Zone and so many more...
Sony joins careers portal
Sony Music has become one of 13 new partners of
GoThinkBig.co.uk - a career development portal for 16-24 year olds, launched by O2 and Bauer Media in October 2012. Sony has offered young
people the opportunity to apply for year-long internships in seven of their departments, including marketing, promotions, digital sales and international brand partnerships through the
GoThinkBig platform. Other new companies signed
up to the platform include Santander, BBC, EY, Feref, Freuds, Cedar, Go ON UK, IPG Media Brands and more. Emma Adler, head of global
talent acquisition for Sony Music Entertainment UK, said: “Sony Music partnered with GoThinkBig this year to advertise our internship programme to ensure we had maximum reach to a diverse
population of young talent well suited to a creative career. The results of this partnership generated a very high volume and quality of applications and so far looks to have been a resounding success.” GoThinkBig was setup by
O2 and Bauer with £5 million in funding and a commitment that the two businesses would help make 30,000 experience and skills opportunities available over its first three years.
Pete died suddenly on 30 October, 2013
far too soon at the age of 62 WE MISS YOU SO MUCH!
Wolf Urban, Matthias Atrott, Dirk Bottcher, Michael Stark & especially your Great Love Alex
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MUSIC WHICH WE WILL CONTINUE TO CHERISH...
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