In one of early November’s music industry hires and promotions, WK Records named Azucena Olvera (pictured) general manager. Photo Credit: WK
Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of November 8th, 2024.
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SongVest
SongVest has brought PledgeMusic co-founder Jayce Varden aboard as chief strategy officer.
WK Records
SiriusXM and Pandora vet Azucena Olvera has signed on as WK Records’ general manager.
Warner Chappell Music Benelux
Lekeisha Irion, who joined WCM Benelux in early 2023, has been elevated to A&R head.
iHeartMedia
Despite moving to lay off hundreds of employees, iHeartMedia is also adding upper-level team members: Steve DeLusant (a longtime iHeart sales exec) has been tapped as region president for New York, and Adam Kurtz (who’s been Chicago’s SVP of sales for about seven years) is holding the same role in the Windy City.
Musixmatch
Musixmatch has promoted both Vevo founder Rio Caraeff (previously chief business officer) and Uber vet Marco Paglia (formerly chief product officer) to co-president.
AEG Global
AEG Global Partnerships has enlisted former OUTFRONT Media sales higher-up Brenda Cruz to serve as senior director of global partnerships for out of home.
Sony Music Publishing
Sony Music Publishing’s Racheal Conte, who’s been part of the company since 2012, has been upped to VP of sample clearance, legal, and business affairs.
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Nile Rodgers has been reelected as chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which has also confirmed CFO and treasurer Tom Kelly, secretary Mary Jo Mennella, and deputy secretary Linda Buckley to fresh terms.
Lastly, SVPs David Israelite (NMPA), Elizabeth Matthews (ASCAP), and Mike O’Neill (BMI) have likewise been reelected.
Gigantic Tickets
The U.K.’s Gigantic Tickets has made three promotions: nine-year exec Simon Carpenter is now co-CEO and a board director, lead web developer Joe Lilley is officially co-CTO, and Kelly McKinney has been bumped from event manager to operations head.
Deezer
Deezer has boosted content director Pedro Kurtz to operations director for the Americas.
Reliant
Reliant Talent Agency has hired former Paradigm booking agent Keith Richards as a festival agent.
Additionally, the firm has promoted senior agents Ron Kaplan and Garry Buck to EVP, while booking coordinators Robert Baugh, Cole Speed, and Kailey Edgerton have become agents.
Atlantic Music Group
Homemade Projects president Alana Dolgin has joined Atlantic Music as its first president of digital marketing.