Country Music Amplification: The Country Music Association has hired Beck Media & Marketing's Amber Williams as VP/Communications & Talent Relations; M Street's Haley Steinbuchel as Coord./Strategic Partnerships; and Crowd Surf's Taylor Viegut as Coord./Digital. They have also promoted Catherine Blackwell to Sr. Dir./Marketing, Marty Filogamo to Specialist/Brand & Design and Tiffany Kerns to Dir./Community Outreach.