MCA Consolidation: As reported earlier via Breaking News, the consolidation of the four radio promotion departments in the newly rebranded Music Corporation of America (formerly UMG/Nashville) to two has led to the departure of seven promotion staffers:

• UMGN Dir./Promotion & Radio Marketing Nick Kaper, who joined in 2015.
• Capitol/Southwest Mara Sidweber, who re-joined the label in 2016 after an initial run from 2005 to 2008. Prior stops include Bigger Picture and Southern Ground.
• EMI Nashville/Northeast Mike Krinik, who had been with the label for 14 years. He was previously with Capitol from 2005 to 2009 and PD of KBWF/San Francisco in between stints.
• Mercury/West Coast Sally Green (20 years with the label group).
• Mercury/Southwest Jill Brunett, who had been with the company 18 years.
• Mercury Coord. Sean Dolan (two years with the company). 
• Capitol Coord. Christopher Raphael-Reily, who joined in January.

SVP/Promotion Damon Moberly continues to lead the overall MCA promotion department, and VP/Promotion & Strategy David Friedman, Dir./Promotion Katie Bright and Dir./Radio Marketing Houston Gaither will work under the umbrella of parent MCA. The new promotion staffs are:

Capitol/MCA, led by Miranda McDonald:

• Donna Jo Passuntino
• Annie Sandor
• Shannon Hogan
• Ashley Knight
• Katelyn Lester
• Megan Youngblood
• Kenzie Couch (Coord.)

EMI/Mercury, led by Jimmy Rector:

• Jack Christopher
• Trudie Daniell
• Summer Harlow
• John Trapane
• Briarman Whitfield
• Joslyn Richardson (Coord.)