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In one of March\u2019s music industry hires and promotions, Musicbed named Chris Lavarias (pictured) head of its newly launched film and television division. Photo Credit: Musicbed\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Entertainment Here\u2019s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of March 17th, 2023.<\/span><\/h2>\nIf you have a job shuffle to share, we\u2019re all ears. Send us a note to\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0If you\u2019d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0And, keep track of all the latest music industry shuffles\u00a0<\/span><\/em>here<\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nWarner Chappell Music (WCM)<\/h4>\n
Warner Chappell Music<\/a> has hired The Artist\u2019s Attorney founder Catalina Santa Pe\u00f1a as WCM Colombia\u2019s<\/a> managing director, while former Meta and Google music exec Arica Ng has signed on as president of WCM Asia Pacific.<\/p>\nArista<\/h4>\n
Veronica Sanjines, previously VP of marketing at Warner Records, has joined Sony Music\u2019s Arista Records as general manager.<\/p>\n
300 Entertainment<\/h4>\n
Warner Music\u2019s<\/a> 300 Entertainment has announced three promotions, upping seven-year company vet Ryan MacTaggart to SVP of artist development and lifestyle marketing, elevating former Columbia higher-up Gary Sargeant to VP of urban and rhythm promotion, and naming former UMG exec Michael McArthur VP of A&R.<\/p>\nBMI<\/h4>\n
Nine-year Broadcast Music, Inc.<\/a> team member John Coletta has been promoted to SVP and managing director, international.<\/p>\nMuserk<\/h4>\n
Muserk<\/a> has hired former Universal Music Publishing Group data professional Sophia Pin as music rights technical administrator.<\/p>\nScreencastify<\/h4>\n
LearnCore co-founder Vishal Shah is now CEO of Chicago-headquartered Screencastify. The self-described \u201cleading end-to-end video creation platform\u201d has also named Paul Ray (likewise a LearnCore vet and most recently an Amazon Web Services higher-up) CTO and promoted former EAB<\/a> VP Alex Stepien to president and CRO.<\/p>\nMusicbed<\/h4>\n
Fort Worth\u2019s Musicbed has tapped Hidden Track Music vet Chris Lavarias to head its newly launched film and television division.<\/p>\n
Ultra International Music Publishing<\/h4>\n
Ultra International Music Publishing<\/a> and its Helix Records<\/a> \u201csister company\u201d have brought on Vanessa Kanapin (previously with Budde Music) as director of A&R for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.<\/p>\nBelmont University<\/h4>\n
Brittany Schaffer<\/a> (who has for five years been Spotify\u2019s head of artist and label partnerships in Nashville) is poised to begin as dean of Belmont University\u2019s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business on May 1st.<\/p>\nKarta<\/h4>\n
Metaverse studio Karta, which launched in 2021, has officially announced former Hipgnosis<\/a> and EMI<\/a> exec Tony Barnes as its co-founder.<\/p>\nLatham & Watkins LLP<\/h4>\n
Former Greenberg Traurig<\/a> and iHeartMedia<\/a> attorney Gabe Fleet has joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in the firm\u2019s connectivity, privacy, and information practice.<\/p>\nAudoo<\/h4>\n
Publishing vet Nigel Elderton has become chairman<\/a> of music technology company Audoo.<\/p>\nUniversal\u00a0Music\u00a0Publishing\u00a0Group (UMPG)<\/h4>\n
Former BMI VP of creative for Europe Shirin Foroutan has joined UMPG<\/a> as SVP and GM for Europe, succeeding GM of European operations Simon Baker, who\u2019s set to \u201ccontinue at the company in a senior management capacity.\u201d<\/p>\nAdditionally, 21-year team member Jonas Wikstr\u00f6m is succeeding Martin Ingestr\u00f6m (who will retire in June) to become Universal Music Publishing Scandinavia\u2019s MD of the Nordics.<\/p>\n
First Artists Management (FAM)<\/h4>\n
FAM has hired Zoe Hart (who joins from Faber Music) as an agent in its European office and elevated Hailey Flame (who\u2019s been with the company for more than two years) to the same position in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Warner Music<\/h4>\n
Following the departure of Warner Music CEO Stephen Cooper<\/a>, EVP and CFO Eric Levin has announced that he\u2019ll retire later this year.<\/p>\nSoundCloud<\/h4>\n
Warner Chappell Music (WCM)<\/h4>\n
Warner Chappell Music<\/a> has hired The Artist\u2019s Attorney founder Catalina Santa Pe\u00f1a as WCM Colombia\u2019s<\/a> managing director, while former Meta and Google music exec Arica Ng has signed on as president of WCM Asia Pacific.<\/p>\n Veronica Sanjines, previously VP of marketing at Warner Records, has joined Sony Music\u2019s Arista Records as general manager.<\/p>\n Warner Music\u2019s<\/a> 300 Entertainment has announced three promotions, upping seven-year company vet Ryan MacTaggart to SVP of artist development and lifestyle marketing, elevating former Columbia higher-up Gary Sargeant to VP of urban and rhythm promotion, and naming former UMG exec Michael McArthur VP of A&R.<\/p>\n Nine-year Broadcast Music, Inc.<\/a> team member John Coletta has been promoted to SVP and managing director, international.<\/p>\n Muserk<\/a> has hired former Universal Music Publishing Group data professional Sophia Pin as music rights technical administrator.<\/p>\n LearnCore co-founder Vishal Shah is now CEO of Chicago-headquartered Screencastify. The self-described \u201cleading end-to-end video creation platform\u201d has also named Paul Ray (likewise a LearnCore vet and most recently an Amazon Web Services higher-up) CTO and promoted former EAB<\/a> VP Alex Stepien to president and CRO.<\/p>\n Fort Worth\u2019s Musicbed has tapped Hidden Track Music vet Chris Lavarias to head its newly launched film and television division.<\/p>\n Ultra International Music Publishing<\/a> and its Helix Records<\/a> \u201csister company\u201d have brought on Vanessa Kanapin (previously with Budde Music) as director of A&R for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.<\/p>\n Brittany Schaffer<\/a> (who has for five years been Spotify\u2019s head of artist and label partnerships in Nashville) is poised to begin as dean of Belmont University\u2019s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business on May 1st.<\/p>\n Metaverse studio Karta, which launched in 2021, has officially announced former Hipgnosis<\/a> and EMI<\/a> exec Tony Barnes as its co-founder.<\/p>\n Former Greenberg Traurig<\/a> and iHeartMedia<\/a> attorney Gabe Fleet has joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in the firm\u2019s connectivity, privacy, and information practice.<\/p>\n Publishing vet Nigel Elderton has become chairman<\/a> of music technology company Audoo.<\/p>\n Former BMI VP of creative for Europe Shirin Foroutan has joined UMPG<\/a> as SVP and GM for Europe, succeeding GM of European operations Simon Baker, who\u2019s set to \u201ccontinue at the company in a senior management capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n Additionally, 21-year team member Jonas Wikstr\u00f6m is succeeding Martin Ingestr\u00f6m (who will retire in June) to become Universal Music Publishing Scandinavia\u2019s MD of the Nordics.<\/p>\n FAM has hired Zoe Hart (who joins from Faber Music) as an agent in its European office and elevated Hailey Flame (who\u2019s been with the company for more than two years) to the same position in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n Following the departure of Warner Music CEO Stephen Cooper<\/a>, EVP and CFO Eric Levin has announced that he\u2019ll retire later this year.<\/p>\nArista<\/h4>\n
300 Entertainment<\/h4>\n
BMI<\/h4>\n
Muserk<\/h4>\n
Screencastify<\/h4>\n
Musicbed<\/h4>\n
Ultra International Music Publishing<\/h4>\n
Belmont University<\/h4>\n
Karta<\/h4>\n
Latham & Watkins LLP<\/h4>\n
Audoo<\/h4>\n
Universal\u00a0Music\u00a0Publishing\u00a0Group (UMPG)<\/h4>\n
First Artists Management (FAM)<\/h4>\n
Warner Music<\/h4>\n
SoundCloud<\/h4>\n