{"id":2886,"date":"2013-04-10T08:27:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T08:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/04\/10\/will-tanous-named-executive-vice-president-a-head-of-global-communications-for-universal-music-group\/"},"modified":"2013-04-10T08:27:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T08:27:14","slug":"will-tanous-named-executive-vice-president-a-head-of-global-communications-for-universal-music-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/04\/10\/will-tanous-named-executive-vice-president-a-head-of-global-communications-for-universal-music-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Tanous Named Executive Vice President &#038; Head Of Global Communications For Universal Music Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/entertainment\/15_unimusic_lgl.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" \/><br \/>Universal Music Group (UMG), the world&#8217;s leading music company, announced the appointment of Will Tanous as executive vice president and head of global communications, effective April 15, 2013.  <!--more-->  In this newly created position, Tanous will be responsible for managing the company&#8217;s worldwide internal and external communications and social responsibility. He will also supervise the interaction and coordination of the communications functions of UMG&#8217;s operating companies in more than 60 countries, and play an integral role in shaping and communicating the company&#8217;s business strategy. Tanous will report to UMG Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer Lucian Grainge and will be based at the company&#8217;s headquarters in Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n<p>In making the announcement, Grainge said, &#8220;Will is widely recognized for having been a trusted strategic advisor to many CEOs in the media industry. He has a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges related to the intersection of entertainment and technology, and as such, joins UMG at an important time in the evolution of our company. I&#8217;m looking forward to working closely with Will as we continue to lead the industry&#8217;s transformation and strengthen UMG&#8217;s standing as the most dynamic and innovative home for the world&#8217;s greatest recording artists and songwriters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d also like to thank Peter LoFrumento for his years of dedicated service to UMG,&#8221; said Grainge.<\/p>\n<p>The company wishes him all the best as he moves on to another opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Tanous joins UMG from Warner Music Group where he most recently served as Executive Vice President of Communications &amp; Marketing. Since joining WMG in 1993, Tanous has served in a variety of positions responsible for that company&#8217;s communications, investor relations, corporate marketing and branding, social responsibility and event efforts. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Universal Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Music Group (UMG), the world&#8217;s leading music company, announced the appointment of Will Tanous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}