Jobbing For Apple's:
TuneIn’s Joyce Rizer and Kacey Jo Biddy, former CMT writer Lauren Tingle, former Reviver Dir./Promotion Amara Hall, former Tige & Daniel Exec. Prod. Mari Mueller and former iHeartMedia/Nashville Dir./Creative Services Eric Elliott are among the dozens of industry veterans who have joined the newly launched Apple Music Country station (CAT 8/18). All are serving in Producer roles for various programming initiatives. Rizer and Biddy have worked together at both SiriusXM and TuneIn previously and can be reached here and here, respectively. Tingle departed CMT last year (CAT 7/31/19), and her prior experience includes Premiere Networks and Country Aircheck. Hall worked with Reviver from the inception of the label’s in-house promotion team (CAT 7/20/15), and her prior stops include HitShop. Mueller, who joined iHeartMedia/Nashville in 2011, departed in January amid cutbacks (CAT 1/14). Elliott spent 16 years with iHeart/Nashville prior to exiting in January.
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