Two Leave Sony:
Dirs./Southwest Regional Promotion Mark Janese and Rusty Sherrill – from the Columbia and Arista imprints, respectively – have exited Sony/Nashville. Janese has spent almost 30 years with the company in three different stints, joining most recently in 2016 from Curb (CAT 2/1/2016); reach him at 214-763-7816 or here. Sherrill has been with the company since 2012, taking the Arista role two years later (CAT 6/12/2014); he can be contacted at 615-744-9615. No word from Sony on the open positions, but the moves bring the Arista and Columbia promotion staffs into the four-regional alignment already employed by RCA.
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