Arc de Triomphe: Saying the company "exists to be warriors for creators and protect artistry," former UMG/Nashville Chair & CEO Cindy Mabe has launched and staffed Joan of Arc Music, as reported this morning via Breaking News. 

An "origin story" penned by Mabe for the company's website says, "New York and Los Angeles believe they know better. Successful executives and superstars see how special this [country] genre is; and suddenly, this is new ground to plunder  ... Realizing how little any of the incoming dealmakers understood about the history or cared about the music, I left my job as the head of Universal Music Group Nashville. The music meant too much to me to participate in separating the music from its roots, its generational fans and the lives it’s always reflected." 

Joining the Nashville-based company's all-female leadership team are former UMGN EVP/Marketing Lori Christian, former UMGN SVP/Digital Business & Creative Development Dawn Gates, former Grae Area Records/ONErpm artist/songwriter Harper Grae, former UMGN Mgr./Marketing & Artist Development Leigh Morrison, and Allison Winkler, CEO/founder of Beverly Hills, CA-based i3. Reach Mabe here, Christian here, Gates here, Grae here, Morrison here and Winkler here.