Kobalt Label Services has announced the appointment of Vincent Clery-Melin as MD of AWAL, the distribution and marketing services firm Kobalt acquired in 2011. Kobalt Music Group has announced the appointment ppointment of Sue Drew to the LA-based role of GM of Creative & Acquisitions for the US.
Mike Weatherley, the MP for Hove, and organiser of the annual 'Rock The House' music competition has been appointed as the Prime Minister's adviser on intellectual property, with a particular focus on "enforcement issues relating to the creative industries". Mike comes from a strong professional background in Intellectual Property for both music and film. Before his election to Parliament in 2010, Mike was the Vice President (Europe) for the Motion Picture Licensing Company and previously worked for music industry producer Pete Waterman.
Secondary ticketing company Seatwave has a new boss, with former Shazam Chairman Ajay Chowdhury becoming CEO. He replaces the company's founder Joe Cohen in the top job. Cohen had previously announced that he was taking a non-executive role at the firm at the start of the year
Pandora has announced the appointment of Brian McAndrews, a former Microsoft exec, to the role of President and CEO, replacing Joe Kennedy, who announced he was stepping down in March.
Kylie Minogue will be one of the new judges on the BBC's 'The Voice'. her sister Danii was a previous X-Factor judge on ITV and she tweeted “Big love and congratulations to my sister. #TheVoice coach Minogue style in action soon!” But there's more ..,,, 'The Voice UK' presenters Reggie Yates and Holly Willoughby have announced they are following the lead of judges /Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue and leaving the show. They will be replaced by 'Big Brother' presenter Emma Willis and Former JLS star Marvin Humes.
DJ Tim Westwood who has now left the BBC, has revealed that he is heading to Choice FM, having been given a gig by Global Radio chief Richard Park, the first man to hire the hip hop DJ.
With Columbus Nova Technology Partners becoming a "significant shareholder" in Rhapsody, CNTP's Jason Epstein and Andrew Intrater join the Rhapsody board as part of the finance vehicle's investment. Incumbent CEO Jon Irwin is stepping down, but will continue to advise the company, and CFO Adi Dehejia is out too along with 30 other staff members at the digital music platform.
Semetric has announced a number of new hires all involved in selling and further developing the firm's artist analytics platform Musicmetric Pro. Amongst the hires are former EMI and Clear Channel exec Emily Tabak as Director Of Marketing and former West One Music Group exec Rachel Menzies as Director Of Sales, while on the development side Andrew Sommerville becomes Director Of Data Science, Raymond Ottrun becomes Software Engineer and Andy Sykes becomes System Operations Manager.
The Radio Academy has confirmed the appointment of a new CEO, Paul Robinson, who worked at various local radio stations at the start of his career before taking management roles at what was then Talk Radio and the BBC.
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