Vanessa Picken

TEG has dismantled the team behind its country music division just six months after announcing plans to expand its presence in the booming genre.

Ticketek Entertainment Group has unveiled a major evolution of TEG Live, as well as several senior hires including Vanessa Picken.

Sony Music Australia and New Zealand CEO and Chair, Vanessa Picken, has announced that she is leaving the company.

It is "inevitable that there will be hurdles to overcome in the workplace,” reads a statement from Sony Music Entertainment.

Massive Records is a joint venture between Six60 and Sony Music NZ, and is said to be a passion project and “labour of love” for the band.

Why Sony Music Australia's incoming CEO, Vanessa Picken, is the perfect person to lead and represent the business into the future.

With Vanessa Picken heading over to major-label land, a new structure is implemented at Comes With Fries, TMN can reveal.

TMN reached out to key executives for comment on this game-changing moment for Sony Music and the wider industry.

In an announcement Wednesday morning (June 15), Picken was named CEO and chair of Sony Music ANZ, with effect from September.

New speakers added include Renee Hermsen, Keith Tan and Mel Cheng.