A&R Updates

• Multi-platinum producer/songwriter Tricky Stewart is expected to be named Head of A&R at Epic Records.

• Chris Anokute has been appointed SVP A&R at Island Def Jam.

• Word on the street is that Mike Caren (Co-President, Elektra Records, and EVP A&R, Atlantic) is leaving WMG for Universal.

• Shawn Holiday has been named SVP of A&R at both, RCA Records and Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Source: Crazed Hits