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Bkstg loses CEO and President
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 9 August 2016
Direct-to-fan app Bkstg has lost both its CEO and President in one fell swoop. Former AOL execs Ran Harnev and Erika Nardini both left the company last month, according to Billboard.
In the wake of their departures, James Sealey, who joined from the Three Six Zero Group in October last year, has been promoted to the role of COO, while founder Ori Birnbaum has taken on an undefined executive role. This news all arrives just over a year after Bkstg was trumpeting having raised $20 million of investment from the likes of Live Nation, Scooter Braun Projects, Modest! Management and the Three Six Zero Group.
The executive departures are not a sign that everything’s going down the pan though. So stop thinking that. The company told MBW that Harnev and Nardini’s departure was just because a “lack of music industry experience had become an issue”.
Meanwhile, speaking to Billboard, a spokesperson added: “We have been working hard to provide exciting and engaging fan experiences around some of the worlds greatest artists and are currently running multiple artist and fan activations both in the US and internationally”.
Everyone loves activations, don’t they? Though do please remember to wash your hands afterwards.
