Boom Town: Former MCA Nashville Dir./Southwest Promotion Kaileen Mangan Smith has joined publishing company Boom Music Group as Mgr./Creative. Smith departed MCA earlier this month (CAT 7/18) after two years in that position and a previous two years there as Coord./Promotion, with a year as Arista Dir./Midwest Promotion in between (CAT 7/16/21). Reach her here.
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