No official word, but promotion cuts underway at Sony Music Nashville include the departures of SVP/Promotion Lauren "LT" Thomas, Columbia Sr. Dir./Promotion Lauren Bartlett, Columbia Dirs./Promotion Paige Elliott and Lisa Owen, and SMN Assoc. Dir./Promotion & Artist Development Paul Grosser. The Columbia and RCA imprints and promotion teams will remain. No word on plans for the open positions.

Thomas joined SMN in 2009 and rose to her most recent position last year (CAT 6/18/24). Bartlett joined in 2018 from BMLG and was promoted in 2022 (CAT 5/2/22). Elliott joined in 2017 (CAT 7/5/17) after seven years at Capitol. Owen joined Arista as Mgr./Regional Promotion in 2016 (CAT 3/21/16), and Grosser's five-year career at SMN began as a promotion intern.