Natalie Kilgore has departed Big Machine Label Group, where she had been head of publicity for the Big Machine Records, The Valory Music Co., and Republic Nashville labels. She had been with the company for four years, and is leaving to join George P. Johnson's Entertainment Marketing Group, where she will create and lead a new public relations division for the Nashville-based company. With more than 23 offices worldwide, GPJ is an event marketing agency that works with a number of top brands including Coca Cola, RAM, Swarovski, Nissan, Blackberry and the Olympics. In the past year alone, GPJ's Entertainment Marketing Group has worked with such artists as Jason Aldean, Zac Brown Band, Jewel, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, wil.i.am, and Stevie Wonder.

At Big Machine Label Group, publicists Erin Burr and Nikki Burns remain on board and will run the BMLG publicity department jointly in the interim. They can be reached at: Erin.Burr@bigmachinemail.com and Nikki.Burns@bigmachinemail.com.