300 Entertainment – Warner Music’s label, home to Gunna, Famous Dex and more – has made an appointment Az Cohen to vice president of A&R and research, Janelle Gibbs to VP publicity, and Tashana Ventura to VP of marketing.
Cohen will focus on identifying, signing and developing new acts, in addition to collaborating with talent on upcoming projects. Meanwhile, Ventura will lead marketing campaigns for artists across the label’s roster. Gibbs will spearhead media for all company artists and drive all PR campaigns.
Co-chairs Rayna Bass and Selim Bouab said: “Az, Janelle and Tashana embody the spirit of 300 Entertainment. They live and breathe music, dedicate themselves to their artists and tirelessly support their teammates. With their respective skills, diehard passion and bold ideas, they truly represent a new vanguard of music industry executives. They are essential to our future.”
Pictured above (L-R): Tashana Ventura, Az Cohen, Janelle Gibbs
+ Disney music group And AudioShake are working together to open up Disney’s music catalog to new creative and marketing opportunities. AudioShake’s sound separation and lyrics transcription technology will enable DMG to unlock new listening and fan engagement experiences for the Disney Music catalog.
“We were deeply impressed with AudioShake’s sound separation technology and were among its early adopters,” said David Abdo, senior VP and general manager of Disney Music Group. “We are excited to expand our existing voice separation work and integrate AudioShake’s lyric transcription system. AudioShake is a great example of cutting-edge technology that our artists and songwriters can benefit from, and the AudioShake team have been fantastic partners.”
“Vocals and lyrics are critical assets that labels and artists can use to open up recordings to new music experiences,” said Jessica Powell, CEO of AudioShake. “We are pleased to deepen our partnership with Disney Music Group and are honored to work with their extensive and iconic catalog.”
+ Universal music group‘s leading merchandise and brand management company, Bravotoday announced the appointment of Mallary birdsong as senior director of brand management. Birdsong will be based in Bravado’s Nashville office and will report to Brian Schechter, Bravado’s senior VP/head of brand management, artist relations.
Birdsong joins Bravado from Make Wake Artists, where she was director of merchandise. During her tenure, Birdsong included Luke Combs, Flatland Cavalry, Niko Moon, Cooper Alan, Josh Abbott Band, Hailey Whitters, Dillon Carmichael and many others.
+ Rimas Publishers has signed its global agreement with the Grammy-winning producer duo Súbelo NEO.
Freddy Montalvo (Freddy) and José Carlos Cruz (Phantom) won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop or Urban Album for Bad Bunny’s “YHLQMDLG” and received a historic Grammy nomination for Album of the Year for Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti.” ”
Called Variety Hitmakers in 2022, Súbelo NEO’s repertoire includes hits such as ‘Me Porto Bonito’, ‘Yo Perreo Sola’, ‘El Makinón’ and ‘Envolver’. Súbelo NEO has collaborated with artists such as Anuel AA, Anitta, Chencho Corleone, Karol G, Jowell & Randy, Nicky Jam, Ricky Martin, Tony Dize and more.
