Smells Like Team Spirit: 

As reported earlier via Twitter and Facebook, veteran label exec Adrian Michaels has been named Dir./National Promotion for Team WEA, reporting to newly minted VP Jordan Pettit (Breaking News 5/28). Michaels was named President of TopNotch Entertainment early last year (Breaking News 1/2/13) after a decade with Curb, where he rose to SVP. Also joining the label are former 22-year Mercury West Coast Pat Surnegie in the same region, and Coord. Stephanie Holzer, a former Vanderbilt basketball player with a master's in Leadership & Organizational Performance. Congratulate Michaels here, Surnegie here and Holzer here.
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