Universal Music

KATIE DEAN PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT OF RADIO MARKETING FOR UMG NASHVILLE

Nashville, Tennessee, October 3, 2007 - UMG Nashville has appointed Bruce Shindler to Vice President of National Promotion for Mercury Nashville and Katie Dean has been promoted to Vice President of Radio Marketing for UMG Nashville. Both Shindler and Dean will be based in Nashville and report to Bill Catino, EVP of National Promotion for the company.    » read more »

Miami, Florida, October 1, 2007 – Hector Almaguer has been named Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for Universal Music Latin America, it was announced today by Jesus Lopez, Chairman and CEO of Latin America and Iberian Peninsula.

“We are delighted to have an executive of Hector’s caliber join the Universal Music family,” stated Mr. Lopez. “He possesses a real track record of success, and we’re looking forward to his immediate contributions.”    » read more »

PATRICK BUSSCHOTS APPOINTED MD, UNIVERSAL MUSIC BELGIUM

London/Brussels, September 24, 2007 – After more than 31 years of independence, Belgian record company ARS Entertainment is becoming part of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company.

The acquisition was concluded by Patrick Busschots, ARS Entertainment founder and Managing Director, and Vico Antippas, Senior Vice President, Universal Music Group International (UMGI), and President, Nordic, Central & Eastern Europe, UMGI. Terms were not disclosed.    » read more »

Amazon.com launches public beta of Amazon MP3, a digital music store offering customers earth's biggest selection of a la carte DRM-free MP3 music downloads

Santa Monica, California, September 19, 2007 - Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), the centralized U.S. catalog division of market leader Universal Music Group (UMG), has promoted Sujata Murthy to Senior Vice-President of Public Relations, it was announced today by Mike Davis, General Manager, UMe.    » read more »