Musical Chairs: March 1
Image: Andy Garvey
CAITLIN WELSH NEW MANAGING EDITOR FOR TMN
Caitlin Welsh has begun as Managing Editor for The Music Network. A music and pop culture journalist who was a staff writer for The Brag, her byline has appeared as a freelancer in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, Junkee Media, Mess+Noise,Cosmopolitan,and street press nationally.
Her new role is actually a return to TMN, as she was a regular contributor and in its print days. It also marks a return to full-time music journalism after 3 ½ years as a content editor at consumer not-for-profit CHOICE, where she worked on the organisation’s digital transformation and several new online initiatives, as well as sneaking hip hop puns into headlines about food labelling legislation.
“TMN has been around for over two decades, reporting on and supporting an industry that changes incredibly quickly – the last time I worked here, only a couple of years ago, Spotify was just about to launch in Australia, and we still put out a print magazine!” Welsh says.
“I’m beyond stoked to have the opportunity to shape its future and keep it going strong as a crucial resource for the incredibly hard-working, devoted people who make up this industry – and I’m keen to hear what our readers and subscribers really want out of TMN right now.”
She can be reached via [email protected].
SONY ELEVATES KELLEHER TO COO
Sony Music elevated Kevin Kelleher to Chief Operating Officer from April 1. Kelleher who joined Sony in 1992, is currently Executive VP/CFO and been an integral decision-maker in all of Sony’s acquisitions and mergers since – including the Sony/BMG joint venture in 2004, the BMG acquisition and putting together Sony ATV with Michael Jackson in 1995.
ANDY GARVEY JOINS MIX UP AS PRODUCER
Sydney DJ and tastemaker Andy Garvey has joined triple j as Producer for its Saturday night dance show Mix Up. As part of her curating activities, DJ/producers Alison Wonderland, UK’s Snakehips and Melbourne’s Roland Tings are appointed as Mix Up Residents. Curated alongside these residents are guest mixes from Toro y Moi, Soul Clap, Mila, Chanel and Fishing.
WESTER TO A&R AT WARNER CHAPPELL
Broadcaster, journalist and booker Anna Wester will bring her electronic dance music tastes to Warner Chappell UK as an A&R Manager. She joins from Boiler Room TV, the global online music broadcasting platform.
IAN ROGERSON TO HELM 2CH DRIVE
2CH Sydney’s new owner EON Broadcasters made its first appointment after acquiring Macquarie Media in January. Ian Rogerson takes over the Drive shift from March 13.
Rogerson began a triple j on The Jono and Dano Show with Jonathan Coleman, then went to Triple M Melbourne for a successful run and afterwards expanded to TV.
EON group CD Rod Brice said, “2CH knows that the 50+ Sydney audience is looking for a musical home with personalities that understand the music and the life they live, and we intend to give them one.”
PANDORA NAMES CHOPRA AS CFO
TiVo interim CEO and CFO Naveen Chopra began this week as CFO at Pandora Media. “Naveen is a talented business leader whose deep knowledge and background in consumer-oriented technology companies make him the right choice as our new CFO,” said Pandora co-founder and CEO Tim Westergren.
SCA SHARES DRIVE IN BRISBANE, GOLD COAST
Southern Cross Austereo has resolved the Drive vacancy in two of its markets – by broadcasting The Luke Bradnam Show with Libby Trickett and Dobbo on Triple M Brisbane (starting February 27) and Gold FM on the Gold Coast (starting Monday March 13).
Luke Bradnam said of his return to Brisbane this week: “Twenty years ago I scored my first gig in radio handing out icy cold cans of coke at the back of a B105 Black Thunder; I’m stoked to be back in Brisbane! The fact that I get to provide my two favourite cities with a local FM drive show is like a dream!”
FRANK OCEAN ON BEATS 1
Frank Ocean launched a surprise new radio show on Apple Music’s Beats 1. On Blonded, Ocean presents while his collaborators Vegyn, Roof Access and Federico Aliprandi are selecting the music.
HIT ADDS COLLECTIVE NOUN TO LATE NIGHTS
Hit Network has added social media and digital names Collective Noun to national late nights (11pm – 1am) on Mondays to Thursdays directly after Ash London Live. Collective Noun (Dom Fay, Zach Mander, Michael Parente)’s sketch videos have given them 60 million online views and a Facebook following of almost 100,000.
ANDREW CAMERON JOINS ARTSPACE BOARD
Prominent Sydney arts advocate Andrew Cameron AM is appointed to the Artspace board. In 2014, he was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia for significant services to visual and performing arts and for philanthropy.
NEW MUSIC PRODUCER AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Sydney producer Alister Hill has joined the Contemporary Music team at the Sydney Opera House as Senior Producer, working under Ben Marshall, Head of Contemporary Music to produce the year-round Contemporary Music program.
He began working with the Opera House for Vivid LIVE 2012 as Artistic Associate and went on to produce the festival. He brought in Dead Can Dance and The Drones’ Wait Long By The River…10th anniversary to the SOH’s music program.
BAY FM RE-ELECTS TWO BOARD MEMBERS
After months of internal turbulence at Queensland’s Bay FM 100.3, station members have re-elected President James Harling and Secretary Marcus Fitz-Gerald. Both were swept out of their roles by a group of committee members aligned to the Friends of Bay FM.
NEW COMMS EXEC AT WARNER BROS
Long time music, film and TV publicist Bobbie Gale has joined Warner Bros Records as VP of Communications & Media. She was also Senior National Director of Publicity at Capitol Records from 2001 to 2008.