Spirit Music Chief Creative Officer & Spirit/Nashville CEO Frank Rogers has been promoted to global CEO. He has been CEO of the Nashville division since 2019 (CAT 5/3/19), adding CCO duties for the whole company in 2022 (CAT 9/12/22). He continues to serve as Pres. of joint venture Fluid Music Revolution (CAT 2/18/16). Rogers says, "I am honored and excited to lead Spirit Music into its next chapter. I look forward to continuing to work with all of our talented writers and staff to build the best independent music publisher in the world.”
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Going For Madds: MCA's Madden Metcalf (c) with KEEY/Minneapolis' Rich Davis (l) and Pat Knight.
Opry-tunity Of A Lifetime: Sony Music Nashville’s Zach John King (top) and McCoy Moore make their Grand Ole Opry debuts. Pictured (l-r) are the Opry's Audrey McGrady and Lexi Lampkin, the label's Fred Rubenstein, Lauren Kilgore and Lauren Taylor, Hyphen Media Group's Kayla Hoffman, King, Hyphen's Matt Reed and Drake Kennedy and the label's Liz Cost, Nathan Thomas and Christy Garbinski; (bottom, l-r) The Neal Agency’s Evan Kantor, Track Mgmt's Drew Magid and Troy “Tracker” Johnson, Moore, the label's Taylor Lindsey and Ken Robold, The Neal Agency’s Ryan Beuschel and Worktape Music’s Travis Gordon.
Signage: Songwriter Jimmy Robbins signs with Warner Chappell Music. Pictured (front, l-r) are WCM's BJ Hill, Robbins and WCM's Bethany Mako; (back, l-r) attorney Matt Cottingham, Mailbox Money's Sarah Robbins, WCM's Austen Adams, Mailbox Money's Sophie Moll Ziegler, WCM's Julie Hess and Katy Wolaver and attorney Austin Wells.
Signage: Jo Dee Messina signs with CAA for booking and Mtheory for management. Pictured (l-r) are CAA's Julie Sturdivant and Kylen Sharpe, Messina and Mtheory's Cameo Carlson.
Signage: Singer/songwriter Tyla Rodrigues (c) signs with Vincent Torrez Management's Emily Vincent and Alex Torrez.
Heavens To Bets: Blue Highway's Jackson Dean (in hat) with Hard Rock's Brian Jennings, the label's Adam Burnes and KWEN's Karla Cantrell (l-r) at Hard Rock Casino Tulsa.
Jock Market: LoCash's Chris Lucas (l) and Preston Brust (r) with WQIK/Jacksonville's Scot "Froggy" Langley (reppin' the brand) and Galaxy's John Lessard at Starkey Market.
Drift Kit: Riser House's Mitchell Tenpenny (in hat) with KOLC/Reno, NV's Robbie Owens and JLynn, and the label's Roger Fregoso (l-r) at the station's Drifter's Festival.
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Rogers Rises To Global CEO At Spirit Music
Spirit Music Chief Creative Officer & Spirit/Nashville CEO Frank Rogers has been promoted to global CEO. He has been CEO of the Nashville division since 2019 (CAT 5/3/19), adding CCO duties for the whole company in 2022 (CAT 9/12/22). He continues to serve as Pres. of joint venture Fluid Music Revolution (CAT 2/18/16). Rogers says, "I am honored and excited to lead Spirit Music into its next chapter. I look forward to continuing to work with all of our talented writers and staff to build the best independent music publisher in the world.”
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