After Park: West To The Rest/Triple Tigers' Ian Munsick (c) with KUZZ/Bakersfield's Kenn McCloud, Brent Michaels and Ness Heraldez and the label's Dave Collins (l-r) at Boots in the Park.
Ain't A Plaid Life: Blue Highway's Thomas Rhett with the KEEY crew at Morgan Wallen’s Still the Problem Tour kickoff in Minneapolis. Pictured (l-r) are Gregg Swedberg, Rhett, Patrick Knight and Rich Davis.
Burning Humanitarian: MCA's Dierks Bentley is presented the 2025 CMA Foundation Humanitarian Award by CMA's Sarah Trahern during a CMA Songwriters Series show at Racket NYC in New York City.
Linkin Bark: Warner Records/WRN's Warren Zeiders (and Teddy) with the label's Anna Cage (l) and iHeart/Kentucky's Rachel Elliot.
Chapter Booked: Stoney Creek's Atlus visits the Nashville Chapter of The Recording Academy. Pictured (l-r) are publicist Jay Jones, the Academy’s Kenyon Glenn and Alicia Warwick, Atlus, the Academy's Sydney Verge and Riot Music Group's Andrew Perlowich.
Black River SVP/Promotion Bill Macky has exited after 13 years amid promotion department restructuring and is seeking his next opportunity. Macky joined Black River as VPP in 2012 and rose to helm the department for the second time two years ago (Breaking News 3/14/2024). Prior stops include Epic, Sony and MCA; reach him here.
Concurrently, Midwest regional Joe Carroll and West Coast rep Jim Malito have also exited. Carroll has been with Black River for 16 years (CAT 1/3/2008) after runs with Category 5, Equity and Rust; Malito was hired in 2024 (CAT 10/23/2024) after stops including Stone Country, BBR and Warner. Reach Malito here.
"We are incredibly grateful for the work and service of these great people," says Black River CEO Gordon Kerr. Details on the newly restructured promotion staff are coming soon.
