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Listen Up opens US office
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 30 January 2015
Now listen up, people. Which might be an abrupt way for me to start, but wait until you see why that opening is undeniable comedy gold. Well, middling smile-inducing amusement. Actually I’ve set the bar way too high here. Forget I mentioned comedy. It’s just very clever word play. Forget I mentioned clever word play. Look, this story is about a company called Listen Up and I said “now listen up, people”. And that’s a thing. There you go. Let’s all agree that that is definitely a thing.
Anyway, London-based music press and promotions company Listen Up has announced it will open a new LA office on 2 Feb, right there on Sunset Boulevard. Nice. The American side of the business will be headed up by Cecilia Doreng-Stearns, former Director Of Publicity at Dim Mak Records.
Confirming her new role, Doreng-Stearns told reporters: “I’m very excited to be joining Listen Up during this new phase of the company’s international development. I’m greatly looking forward to building off the strong foundation that James Mack and Luke Neville have established in the UK and beyond”.
Meanwhile the there mentioned Listen Up directors delivered some words too. Neville said of their decision to open up Stateside: “We’ve been travelling to America regularly for the last few years, having meetings with labels, management, artists – so we have such a good infrastructure of contacts in North America to establish ourselves firmly”.
Mack added: “With the sheer size of North America and the press opportunities it presents, to be to be able to exceed your clients expectations you need to have a firm base out there”.
