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Kobalt appoints GM for new artist services division
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 21 February 2012
Kobalt Music Group has announced the appointment of former IODA UK MD Pete Dodge to the role of General Manager of its new artist and label services division. He will report to Paul Hitchman, confirmed as chief of the new Kobalt unit last month.
Confirming the new hire, overall Kobalt boss man Willard Ahdritz told CMU: “The future is now, and in response to our clients’ needs we are investing on many levels including the hiring of top experienced and dynamic executives such as Pete Dodge and Paul Hitchman. We are committed to empowering artists and labels with the same high level of transparency, creative, technology, accuracy and efficiency for their recording rights as Kobalt has successfully provided to songwriters and other owners of copyrights”.
Dodge himself said: “I am looking forward to joining the Kobalt team and working with the management team at AWAL. Artists, labels and managers want fair, transparent and effective routes to market, as well as global reach and expertise in dealing with the representation of their rights. These are the principles on which Kobalt has built its business and I’m excited to help the team expand the Kobalt approach into artist and labels services”.
