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Warner Chappell appoints new chief
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 6 January 2011
Warner Music has announced that Cameron Strang, the founder of New West Records and Southside Independent Music Publishing, will take over as CEO and Chairman of the major’s publishing company, Warner/Chappell. Strang became CEO of Warner/Chappell as of 1 Jan, and will now work alongside the outgoing CEO and Chairman David H Johnson, who will stay on in his latter role until July.
Bigging up his new man, Warner Music top man Edgar Bronfman Jr told CMU: “Cameron’s impressive track record of identifying and signing some of the industry’s most successful emerging songwriters and catalogues, and his proven success as an entrepreneur, make him the ideal executive to lead Warner/Chappell. He has that rare combination of business smarts, operational experience and creative instincts, and I’m confident he’ll be a great fit for the progressive and entrepreneurial culture that exists within WMG”.
Edgar also found time to say how fab-dab-tastic Warner/Chappell’s outgoing CEO was too, adding: “During his tenure, Dave has delivered excellent results at Warner/Chappell, including dramatic growth in both synch and digital revenue, and assembled an industry-leading music production business through the acquisition of the Non-Stop, V, Carlin, GrooveAddicts and 615 Music libraries. Dave has proven to be a versatile and highly capable executive who can succeed in a variety of roles, and I can’t thank him enough for his significant contributions to Warner/Chappell and WMG”.
