Astro-logy: Mercury's Tucker Wetmore plays The Astro outside Omaha. Pictured (l-r) are KXKT's Hoss Michaels, the label's Katie Bright, Wetmore and KZKX/Lincoln's Rob Kelly.
Signage: Singer/songwriter Jaid Joice signs with WME. Pictured (front, l-r) are WME’s Lindsey Hastings, Joice and F13 Music Group’s Keith Hoffman; (back, l-r) WME’s Lance Roberts, Geoff Turner, Jon Folk and Braeden Rountree.
Complicat'd: The Core/Mercury's Josh Ross (c) with the label's Katie Bright and WKLI/Albany's Pete Kelly at the station's The Cat Presents Stripped Sessions.
Hall Of Shane: Triple Tigers' Shane Profitt with WPOC/Baltimore & WMZQ/Washington D.C.'s Jeff Kapugi and the label's Chris Palmer (top) and WMZQ/WPOC's Michael J (bottom).
Boots On The Ground: Columbia's Megan Moroney (holding Boots) with KMLE's Drew Bland, radio vet Lois Lewis and the label's Larry Santiago (l-r) at the Desert Diamond Arena outside Phoenix.
iHeartMedia President/Global Music Marketing Alissa Pollack has been promoted to President/Mediabase at RCS Worldwide, and will continue her role with iHeart. Pollack will "lead Mediabase's strategic direction, global expansion, product innovation and commercial growth," according to a company statement.
"Alissa has spent her career at the intersection of music, data, and relationships, which is exactly where Mediabase lives," says RCS Worldwide President/CEO Susan Larkin. "This promotion is a recognition of everything she has already built and a reflection of our confidence in where she will take Mediabase next."
Adds Pollack, "As one of my first initiatives, I'm thrilled to make more Mediabase chart data publicly accessible through our newly updated Mediabase.com site. Music fans, industry professionals, and artists can now view the Top 50 charts across every format in both the U.S. and Canada, providing greater visibility into music performance and trends across North America."
