Wise Apple: Apple Music Dir./Editorial Operations & Audio Production
Michael Bryan has been promoted to Global Head/Country Music. He joined the company in 2020 as Dir./Apple Music Country Radio (
CAT 8/18/20), and rose to his most recent position in 2022. Before that, he had been a Talent Agent/Artist Development Lead at CAA following a radio programming career that included the role of SVP/Programming for iHeartMedia from 2012-2016. Of his new position, Bryan shares on
LinkedIn, "I'll also be responsible for supporting our Christian and Gospel teams as well as the artists who make Music City so special, no matter the genre." Reach him
here.
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