Coming Out Of My Cave And I've Been Doing Just Fine: Columbia's Kameron Marlowe with his team at The Caverns Friday (4/10). Pictured (l-r) are the label's Caryl Atwood and Christy Garbinski, Marlowe, Red Light's Kaitlin Madewell and the label's Lauren Taylor, Liz Cost and Rachel Hobbs.
The Pitt: Atlantic/Warner/WRN's Bailey Zimmerman (in hat) with WDSY's Mark Anderson, WPGB's Mike Kasper and the label's Justin Newell (l-r) in Pittsburgh.
After Park: West To The Rest/Triple Tigers' Ian Munsick (c) with KUZZ/Bakersfield's Kenn McCloud, Brent Michaels and Ness Heraldez and the label's Dave Collins (l-r) at Boots in the Park.
Ain't A Plaid Life: Blue Highway's Thomas Rhett with the KEEY crew at Morgan Wallen’s Still the Problem Tour kickoff in Minneapolis. Pictured (l-r) are Gregg Swedberg, Rhett, Patrick Knight and Rich Davis.
Burning Humanitarian: MCA's Dierks Bentley is presented the 2025 CMA Foundation Humanitarian Award by CMA's Sarah Trahern during a CMA Songwriters Series show at Racket NYC in New York City.
Black River SVP/Promotion Bill Macky has exited after 13 years amid promotion department restructuring and is seeking his next opportunity. Macky joined Black River as VPP in 2012 and rose to helm the department for the second time two years ago (Breaking News 3/14/2024). Prior stops include Epic, Sony and MCA; reach him here.
Concurrently, Midwest regional Joe Carroll and West Coast rep Jim Malito have also exited. Carroll has been with Black River for 16 years (CAT 1/3/2008) after runs with Category 5, Equity and Rust; Malito was hired in 2024 (CAT 10/23/2024) after stops including Stone Country, BBR and Warner. Reach Malito here.
"We are incredibly grateful for the work and service of these great people," says Black River CEO Gordon Kerr. Details on the newly restructured promotion staff are coming soon.
