On the A&R front, veteran A&R Executive Joie Manda joins Warner Bros. in California after leading the Independent Label Group for Warner Music in New York. Tim Byrne moves to SYCO LA from London to be Creative Director and to help launch X-Factor. At Sony’s two main labels, there’s been a bit of activity in A&R with the addition of Ankur Malhotra who joins Epic from Capitol, while Andrew McInnes & Omar Grant both exit the department and Jay Harren exits Columbia and Renee Bell exits Sony Music Nashville. Over in the UK, Simon McCulloch & Alastair Webber both join Island, while Adrian Jolly joins Mercury.
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We’ll be at the Warped Tour in San Diego on August 10th and Pomona on August 11th – stop by the Concrete Wave/BambooSK8 booth and pick up your passport to be redeemed for free prizes ranging from bamboo skateboards to patches to sticker packs to shirts and much more.
