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Skyville Records President Kevin Herring Departs
Kevin Herring has departed his position as president of Nashville-based Skyville Records after almost a year on the job. He tells Radio-Info,com, "Skyville was not the right fit for me, but I'm happy for the knowledge gained and friends made." He can be reached at Kevin.herring@comcast.net and by phone at 615-308-1103.With more than 20 years of exp…
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Hot Country Topics From 10 Years Ago Still Resonate
Continuing consolidation, station wars and the impending arrival of Arbitron’s PPM methodology were among the hot topics facing country radio and the music industry 10 years ago. That is, until Sept.
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New Artists Still Have A Tough Time Breaking Through
In last Thursday’s Stark Country, we started to answer a reader question about how many of the new artists being introduced this year would have careers that lasted into next year. In part one of that story, which you can read here if you missed it, we took a look at the artists introduced in 2008 and discovered that of the 71 new country acts la…
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People Skills Key To Making The Transition From Radio And Promotion To Label Head
In last Thursday’s Stark Country, we introduced you to several former record promotion vets who recently took on new jobs actually running new labels as the head honcho. In today’s issue, we continue our conversations with them, and find out some of the key skill sets they learned in record promotion—and in radio before that—that are helping them n…
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Promo Vets Now Running The Show At Some Labels
We’ve known them for years as some of Nashville’s top record promotion executives. In recent months, however, a number of them have moved up to new jobs as label presidents, with responsibilities well beyond the scope of promotion.
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Theresa Ford Becomes First Promotion Hire At Skyville
Former Lyric Street Records Southeast regional promo rep Theresa Ford joins Skyville Records as the label’s first promotion team hire. Ford will bring her more than 15 years of radio promotion experience to the label as it establishes a promotion team to work the band Stealing Angels, and all future Skyville artists, to country radio. Ford’s new ro… Read More
Skyville Records Hires Herring As President
Kevin Herring has been named president of Skyville Records, announced managing partners Paul Worley, Glen Morgan and Wally Wilson.Herring’s first priority at the label will be hiring and guiding a promotion staff to work Stealing Angels and all future Skyville artists to country radio. With more than 20 years experience in radio promotion, includin… Read More
Lyric Street Promotion Team To Exit Aug. 20
As expected following Rascal Flatts’ move from Lyric Street Records to Big Machine Records, the Lyric Street promotion team has been laid off, effective Aug. 20. Read More
Disney Shutters Lyric Street, Promo Team Stays On For Now
Disney Music Group (DMG) made the surprise announcement today that it is closing operations at its Nashville-based label, Lyric Street Records, which was in its 13th year of operation. The closure will be phased, with most of the label’s promotion team kept in place for the time being to continue to market and promote the label’s current records.…
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Leymon Exits Lyric Street
Renee Leymon has resigned from her senior director of promotion post at Lyric Street Records, where she has worked for 12 years. Today is her last day with the label.
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