Elektra Music Group In The News

Gregg Nadel promoted to President of A&R at Warner Records Group

Nadel was most recently Co-Chair & Co-President of Warner Music Nashville, now Warner Records Nashville

Sylvia Rhone to exit as Chairwoman/CEO of Epic Records

News was confirmed in a note sent to Sony Music employees globally on Monday (September 22) and obtained by MBW

The importance of rejection – and being told ‘that’s impossible’: 5 things we learned from Elliot Grainge’s commencement speech

Atlantic Music Group boss gave commencement speech for graduates at Northeastern University over the weekend

Ned Monahan promoted to President at Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings; Jacob Fain named Head of A&R

Fain comes to Encore from Elektra, and is known for signing artists such as Bailey Zimmerman and Leon Bridges

Dennis Reese appointed SVP, Radio Marketing and Promotion at Sony Music Nashville

Appointment follows Taylor Lindsey's recent promotion to Chairman and CEO of Sony's Nashville division

Takeshi Okada appointed President and CEO of Warner Music Japan

Okada joins Warner Music from EMI Records Japan, where he served as Managing Director since 2018

Eric Wong upped to Head of Global A&R, Recorded Music at Warner; Jessica Keeley-Carter promoted to Chief Marketing Officer

Both execs report directly to WMG CEO, Robert Kyncl

From TikTok Music’s shutdown to Atlantic Music Group’s new leadership team… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…