Bob Tamburri
PJ Bloom
Bob Tamburri has been named Product Manager for Ashly Audio. In his new role, Tamburri will oversee and direct the full life cycle of Ashly products, from conception to launch, through market position, support and maturation. With forty years of pro audio experience, Tamburri will help Ashly maintain the vitality of its core business and leveraging strengths to expand into adjacent markets. Tamburri will report directly to Ashly CEO Jim Mack. Tamburri previously held product management positions at Sony and TOA, and served as a sales representative for Sennheiser, and an A/V designer and integrator at Manny’s Music. For additional information, contact Anthony Errigo at ae@ashly.com.
Warner Bros. Records has appointed PJ Bloom to Senior Vice President, Film & Television Music and Soundtracks. Bloom will oversee the placement of WBR’s roster in television, movies and evolving areas of visual media, as well as spearhead the acquisition of soundtrack properties on behalf of the label. He will be based in the company’s Burbank headquarters, reporting to Peter Gray, Warner Bros. Records EVP/GM. Bloom has created soundtracks for more than 1,000 episodes of television and 50 films, as well as video games, advertisements and amusement park rides. He is a two-time Guild of Music Supervisors Award winner, two-time ASCAP Pop Award winner, and four-time BMI Award winner. Contact liz.morentin@wbr.com.
Michael J. Fiorile
Gary Kelly
Michael J. Fiorile, Chairman and CEO of the Dispatch Printing Company and Chairman and CEO of Dispatch Broadcast Group, has been named Chairman of the Board of Directors of BMI. Fiorile was most recently Vice Chair of the BMI Board. He succeeds Paul Karpowicz, President, Meredith Local Media Group, who was elected Presiding Director. Fiorile joined the BMI Board in 2010. He also serves as a member of the following Boards: CBS Television Affiliates Board, the Television Bureau of Advertising, National Association of Broadcasters, Television Operators Caucus and the Broadcasters Foundation of America. For additional information, contact Liz Fischer at fischer@bmi.com.
Interscope Geffen A&M has promoted Gary Kelly to Executive Vice President/ Chief Revenue Officer. In his new role, Kelly will lead a team that’s comprised of the revenue, digital marketing, and production areas. Kelly’s team will also oversee all playlisting activities for IGA, including the newly created position of Director of Playlisting, which has been specifically created to meet the demands of the new paradigm in music streaming. Kelly began his career as a college marketing rep in the Sony Music system. He left Sony for a position at the Universal Music Group and joined Interscope in April 2010 as Head of Sales. For more, contact Dennis Dennehy at d.dennehy@umusic.com.
Alison Smith
Chris Grajewski
BMI has promoted Alison Smith to EVP, Distribution, Publisher Relations & Administration Services. Smith will work closely with BMI’s publishers on their royalty distributions and administration needs. She will continue to oversee all of BMI’s domestic and international royalty distribution and administration services to its more than 750,000 members. Smith began her career working as an assistant in BMI’s Nashville office company. In her previous role as SVP of Operations, Distribution & Administration Services, Smith has overseen record royalty distributions to BMI’s affiliates. For more, contact jthomas@bmi.com.
Chris Grajewski has been named Director of Sales for Italian Speaker Imports. Grajewski has over 22 years of experience in the industry and brings extensive sales experience to the role. In addition to sales, audio engineering and installation experience, Grajewski holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Business. He owns his own production company, Jersey Sound, and continues to run it part-time. A classically trained saxophone player who also plays the drums, he’s worked with sound, both on stage and off, allowing him to see things from the perspective of both the musicians and sound technicians he now services. For more information, contact lisamariewe2@gmail.com.
Sam Selolwane
Mike Steinberg
Sam Selolwane has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Urban Promotion at RCA Records. Selolwane recently held the title of Vice President, Urban Promotion and will remain in the company’s New York headquarters. Selolwane is a graduate of Morgan State University and holds a B.A. in Mass Media Communications, with a concentration in Radio & Television Production. Selolwane started her career as a radio programmer and on-air personality, later transitioning to promotion executive 12 years ago with Jive/RCA Records/Sony. As Vice President of Urban Promotion, Selolwane developed successful national radio campaigns for artists on the RCA rosters. Contact Meghan.Kehoe@rcarecords.com.
Mike Steinberg, SVP of Licensing, has been promoted to EVP, Creative & Licensing at BMI. Steinberg will lead the newly named Creative group, which will encompass BMI’s songwriter and composer teams in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Puerto Rico and London, as well as the company’s Strategic Partnership division. He will continue to oversee BMI’s Licensing organization, driving all of BMI’s domestic revenue. He joined the company in 1996 as the Assistant Vice President of Business Affairs and Licensing. Prior to BMI, Steinberg held positions in television distribution and the private practice of law after earning his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. Contact jthomas@bmi.com.
Product Manager Ashly Audio
Chairman of the Board of Directors of BMI BMI
EVP, Distribution, Publisher Relations & Administration Services BMI
SVP Urban Promotion RCA Records
SVP, Film & Television Music and Soundtracks Warner Bros. Records
Executive Vice President/Chief Revenue Officer Interscope Geffen A&M
Director of Sales Italian Speaker Imports
EVP, Creative & Licensing BMI
July 2017
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