In one of early October’s music industry hires, promotions, and exits, Renato Vanzella (pictured) became FUGA’s LATAM GM. Photo Credit: Downtown Music
Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of October 4th, 2024.
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Downtown Music Holdings
Downtown has promoted Gareth Mellor to SVP of global marketing and communications, and the company’s FUGA subsidiary has elevated nearly six-year team member Renato Vanzella to LATAM general manager.
Believe
Believe has named Henri Jamet, previously with its AllPoints, naïve, and Animal63 labels, MD of France.
Newport Folk Festival
Newport has tapped Nathaniel Rateliff as the first appointee for its newly announced stewardship program.
iHeartMedia
Page Six’s Astra and “War of the Roses” co-host Marie have signed on to jointly host 103.5 KTU’s morning show in New York. Next, longtime iHeart team member Joe Albrecht has become SVP of programming for Alaska.
Lastly, in Texas, Christine Martinez-Escobar has rejoined iHeart in Austin as market president after approximately 16 years with Univision, while Rosie Perez (who’s been with the business for about 25 years) is now San Antonio’s market president and George Flora is SVP of sales for Dallas-Fort Worth.
Sony Music Publishing
SMP has boosted Antoine Dathanat, replacing the retiring Nicolas Galibert, to MD of France.
Sony Music Nashville
Multi-decade exec Randy Goodman is set to retire as chairman and CEO of Sony Music Nashville at 2024’s end.
MPG
The Music Producers Guild has made three additions to its executive board: Anu Pillai, AIR Studios mastering engineer Natalie Bibby, and Rak Studios manager Emma Townsend.
Recording Academy
Harvey Mason Jr. has inked a four-year deal to remain Recording Academy CEO.
Verve Label Group
UMG’s Verve has upped longtime team member Jamie Krents to president and CEO, besides bumping Dawn Olejar from GM to COO.
UMG Finland
UMG Finland has promoted nearly 15-year higher-up Petri Mannonen to CEO.
UMG Spain
UMG Spain has appointed as co-managing directors Alicia Arauzo (who’s been with the company for some three decades) and A&R exec Luis Fernández Sanz.
UMG UK
David Joseph is parting ways with Universal Music UK after over 25 years, and Dickon Stainer has been named as the CEO’s replacement.
CMT
CMT SVP of music and talent Leslie Fram is exiting after 13 years.
Spotify
Spotify global head of music Jeremy Erlich is stepping away after just shy of five and a half years. Also on the way out is VP and head of podcast business Sahar Elhabashi, who will leave at 2024’s end after roughly six years.
ADA
Warner Music’s ADA has brought on now-former TikTok/ByteDance music higher-up Corey Sheridan as global head of commerce and revenue.
Hallwood Media
Hallwood SVP of promotion and licensing Chris Moradi, who came aboard in 2022 after more than 22 years with Interscope, has departed the company.
