Jay Cruze And Others Rejoin Big Machine/Nashville Harbor
Cruze Liner: Blue Highway National Dir./Radio Strategy Jay Cruze has joined the Big Machine/Nashville Harbor promotion team as National Dir./Promotion & Marketing. Cruze had been with Blue Highway since the breakup of Hybe America's BMLG (Breaking News 2/12), where he held a similar post. He segued from iHeartMedia National Programming Group Country PD to Big Machine Dir./Southeast Promotion & Marketing in 2023 (CAT 2/9/23). Also rejoining Big Machine/Nashville Harbor are former intern Carly Leach, now Coord./Promotion & Marketing, and former Label Coord. & Executive Asst. Christina Hunt, now Mgr./Digital Marketing. New to the team is Claudia Deters, who takes on Hunt's former role. No word on plans for the position at Blue Highway. Reach Cruze here, Leach here, Hunt here and Deters here.
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