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Legal execs shift around the majors
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 18 December 2013
Incoming Warner Music UK chief Max Lousada has made his first key hire it seems, as he prepares to take over at the mini-major’s UK division, having been sharing the CEO role with the departing Christian Tattersfield since September.
And the first hire is seemingly legal man James Radice, previously SVP of Business & Commercial Affairs for the Polydor wing of Universal Music, who insiders say will now become top business affairs man for Warner UK.
Although all this is yet to be confirmed, it’s thought Radice will likely take over from Jonathan Cross, who stayed on as VP Business Affairs after the rejig that occurred at Warner UK earlier this year following the integration of its Parlophone acquisition.
The hole at Polydor will be filled by Julian French, who only joined BMG back in September, but who has now been poached by the mega-major, where he will be reunited with some of his former colleagues from EMI, he having spent seventeen years at the British record company before its absorption by Universal.
So, that’s a nice little game of musical chairs to get you in the festive party mood.