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(l to r) Believe Japan MD Erika Ogawa-Arai, Believe APAC president Sylvain Delange, and Kazunari Imai, Believe Japan\u2019s chairman and strategic business relations senior executive director. Photo Credit: Believe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
If you have a job shuffle to share, we\u2019re all ears. Send us a note to\u00a0news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you\u2019d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to\u00a0noah@digitalmusicnews.com. And, keep track of all the latest music industry hires\u00a0<\/span><\/em>here<\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Warner Music Central Europe co-presidents Doreen Schimk and Fabian Drebes are exiting the company<\/a> as part of a wider reorganization, with Spinnin\u2019 Records head Niels Walboomers set to lead the division.<\/p>\n Live Nation\u2019s Ticketmaster has tapped<\/a> former Square CPO Saumil Mehta to serve as its global president effective November 1st, when existing president Mark Yovich will become chairman.<\/p>\n KiSML founder Kazunari Imai has joined Believe Japan<\/a> as the company\u2019s first chairman and strategic business relations senior executive director.<\/p>\n AXS<\/a> has brought on former Meta engineering exec Nikhil Bobde as CTO; Alex Hazboun, having occupied the post for about nine years, has transitioned to chief innovation officer.<\/p>\n Following a string of layoffs<\/a>, iHeartMedia has boosted nearly 30-year team member Rich Davis to programming SVP for Minneapolis and program director for KEEY FM.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Gregg Swedberg is stepping down from the programming helm after about 35 years with iHeart to assume \u201ca new strategic advisor role with the company.\u201d In the position, he\u2019ll \u201cfocus on assisting with iHeart Country projects.\u201d<\/p>\n Former SoundCloud, Vimeo, and Care.com higher-up Ben Stahl has started as Reverb\u2019s<\/a> CEO.<\/p>\n Jonathan Gordon\u2019s 1916 Enterprises has promoted director of publishing A&R and management Ruchir Mohan to partner.<\/p>\n London\u2019s Karma Artists Management has promoted Jess Miller, who\u2019s been with the company for about six years, to senior creative and operations manager. Additionally, Kobalt A&R vet Anne Sandig has formally signed on as senior manager.<\/p>\n Avex and S10<\/a> have opened a New York office and announced a number of appointments and promotions.<\/p>\n On the hires side, the company is adding<\/a> ex-Arista VP Zeke Silvera as SVP and A&R head; former beatBread publishing GM Spencer LeBoff is likewise joining as SVP, albeit while based in LA as opposed to New York and with a focus on publishing and acquisitions.<\/p>\n Also part of Avex are Republic vet Miles Beard and Tay James<\/a> as senior A&R consultants as well as Megan Timko, most recently an executive manager with a \u201cconfidential recording artist\u2019s company,\u201d as head of operations.<\/p>\n Regarding promotions, Avex has elevated Jessica Roxana and Claudia Schumann to senior marketing roles, besides upping Rory Sever<\/a> to chief of staff.<\/p>\n The Other Songs has welcomed former NQ higher-up Louis Brown as GM and Raju Watts (most recently with MDLBEAST) as financial director.<\/p>\n Nettwerk UK has officially announced former Universal Music Recordings A&R manager Owen Lloyd as its director of catalog marketing and development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWMG<\/h4>\n
Live Nation\/Ticketmaster<\/h4>\n
Believe Japan<\/h4>\n
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iHeartMedia<\/h4>\n
Reverb<\/h4>\n
1916 Enterprises<\/h4>\n
Karma Artists<\/h4>\n
Avex Music Group<\/h4>\n
The Other Songs<\/h4>\n
Nettwerk Music Group<\/h4>\n