Three Promotions At Warner Music Nashville As Katie Bright, Rick Young Leave The Company

Warner Music Nashville

WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE has promoted three people in its Radio & Streaming department as two longtime staffers announce plans to depart. Current WAR team Northeast/Midwest Mgr. ANNA CAGE shifts to the WMN team as National Dir. succeeding KATIE BRIGHT, who will be leaving at the end of JULY after seven years with the company. CAGE will report to VP/Radio & Streaming TOM MARTENS.

Former STONEY CREEK RECORDS Dir./National Promotion HEATHER PROPPER, who has been supporting the WAR team since APRIL, joins the company officially, replacing CAGE in the Northeast/Midwest region. She will continue reporting to WAR National Dir. JAMES MARSH. In addition, Team WMN Coord./Radio & Streaming JUSTIN NEWELL will become the imprint’s West Coast Mgr. He will succeed RICK YOUNG, who plans to depart in SEPTEMBER after nearly 20 years with the company.

“It has always been very important to us at WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE to foster and develop talent so that we have a strong team of leaders ready to guide us forward," said SVP/Radio & Streaming, KRISTEN WILLIAMS. "I am so pleased that we are continuing to champion that mission with JUSTIN’s promotion and officially adding HEATHER to the team. They each have an amazing drive and passion for our artists and I know that their transitions into these regions will be absolutely seamless.

“KATIE and RICK have been incredible assets for Team WMN," added WILLIAMS. "We are so grateful to have had them both fighting for our artists day in and day out. With her fierce personality, KATIE was the driving force behind nearly a dozen No. 1 singles for BLAKE SHELTON, and helped elevate artists like BRETT ELDREDGE and COLE SWINDELL to multiple chart-toppers. RICK’s unmatched, dogged mindset likes chasing airplay, but he's ready to be done chasing airplanes. After nearly three decades on the road, 14 of those with WMN, he deserves a break! We know they are both armed and ready for the next adventure and we are excited to champion them every step of the way."

Added MARTENS,“We’re looking forward to ANNA’s long-awaited return to NASHVILLE, where her reputation as a fearless advocate for artists precedes her. She has the enthusiasm and experience to make this role her own and take the team to new heights as KATIE did.”

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