Jamie Cerreta, who’s become Peermusic’s president, U.S. and Canada. Photo Credit: Yulissa Mendoza
Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of August 8th, 2025.
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Sound Credit
Sound Credit has brought on former Warner Music and Pandora exec Tony Brooke as president.
Warner Music APAC
PCCW vet Lo Ting-Fai (aka Lofai) is set to begin as president of Warner Music APAC on August 11th.
Additionally, the overarching Warner Music has announced fresh staffing shifts at 10K and Atlantic.
Pophouse Entertainment
With Oak View Group International president Jessica Koravos set to join as CEO in January 2026, Pophouse has now promoted commercial director Jon Spalding to chief commercial officer.
Futureshirts
Self-described “independent entertainment merchandising company” Futureshirts has upped Matt Pih, who’s been with the company since 2019, to partner and president.
MCA
Music Corporation of America has welcomed Apple and Borman vet Sarah D’Hilly (SVP of digital marketing and strategy) as well as Interscope marketing manager Brad Krause (senior director of digital strategy).
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has announced two hires and a pair of promotions. On the former front, Erin Osmon has come aboard as writer-editor, with Heather Reed joining as facilities director.
Regarding promotions, four-year team member Marie Bradshaw has been elevated to director of institutional giving, while marketing manager Crystal Mann has been boosted to associate director of revenue marketing.
Symphonic
Symphonic Distribution has named Ed Poston (previously with Concord and Creative Titans Music) head of A&R.
Peermusic
Peermusic has tapped former Hipgnosis Songs Group EVP Jamie Cerreta to serve as president, U.S. and Canada.
AWAL
AWAL has promoted longtime exec Matt Riley from MD to president and bumped SVPs Victoria Needs and Sam Potts, the latter two of whom joined Sony Music well before its AWAL acquisition, to co-managing directors.
Kobalt
Kobalt has upped Derek Cournoyer from VP to SVP of global digital business.
Duolingo
With an eye on music-instruction gamification, Duolingo has “acqui-hired” the team behind Beatstar creator NextBeat.
Big Machine Label Group
After nearly 11 years with Big Machine, Nicole Flammia has been upped from VP to SVP of creative video and photo production.
Dynamic Talent International
Dynamic has added three professionals to its team: junior agent Tim Fogg, agent Gemma Milroy (formerly with International Talent Booking), and senior agent Chris Swartz.
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