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Sony/ATV appoints new co-president for US business

By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 3 March 2015

Music publishing powerhouse, composition-deliverers supreme, and the most mighty of all the song engines, the one, the only, Sony/ATV (who are welcome to licence that snappy slogan I just wrote from them if they’d like), yesterday announced the appointment of Rick Krim to the role of Co-President of its US operations.

Krim, who previously worked with Sony/ATV boss Marty Bandier at EMI Music Publishing, and who also spent a chunk of his career at MTV and VH1, will now lead the publisher’s American A&R activities alongside its other Co-President Danny Strick, as well as pursuing “the expansion of the company into new areas of business”. Like snappy slogan licensing, perhaps.

Confirming the new hire, Bandier told reporters: “Rick is a true music industry professional with deep relationships with the best artists, talent managers and industry executives. He truly knows songwriters and will be a great asset to an already strong team. Given his time at MTV and VH1, he will also bring to us a number of additional skills to complement his immense A&R capabilities. Not least, helping us select a new snappy slogan for the company”.

Meanwhile Krim himself added: “I cannot wait to get started in this role as I am not only returning to music publishing, but will be reunited with Marty Bandier who I learned so much from during my time at EMI. It is so exciting and such an honour after all these years to get a chance to work with him again, especially at a company as dynamic as Sony/ATV that is blessed with so many great songwriters and artists. If only it had a new snappy slogan, this would be the greatest company ever”.

In addition to my snappy slogan creation services, I’m also available if you want sneaky sentences added to the end of official quotes.