Diaz Named Hey Now VP/Promo
Former Big Machine National Dir./Promotion & Marketing Brooke Diaz has joined the recently announced Hey Now Records as VP/Promotion. Additionally, former Big Machine Sr. Dir./West Coast Promotion & National Strategy Bill Lubitz and Dir./Promotion & Marketing/Midwest Jane Staszak have been named National Dirs. for the West and East Coasts, respectively, and former BMLG Sr. Mgr./Streaming Anna Scott Welch has joined as Dir./Streaming. “Brooke is the most passionate person I know when it comes to this business,” says Pres./Co-Founder Kris Lamb. “Her unmatched work ethic sets a level of intensity that inspires everyone around her." Hey Now launched last week (CAT 3/17). Reach Diaz here, Lubitz here, Staszak here and Welch here.
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