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Executive Turntable: Moves at BMG, Pandora, VidCon & More
BMG announced on Monday (Dec. 10) the hire of Eric Scott as svp, rights administration and royalty services. He will be in charge of BMG U.S.' publishing royalties, master royalties, mechanical licensing and copyright administration. Scott will report to Ben Katovsky, BMG chief operations officer, and Joe Gillen, evp and chief financial officer, North America. Scott previously worked as the vp, publishing royalties and client services, BMG U.S. where he was in charge of the U.S. publishing royalty department and has been with the company since 2011. Pandora announced on Tuesday (Dec. 11) the hire of Akim Byrant as top 40 coordinator for the company's curation team. He will work closely with Tiana Lewis, head of pop programing, and Alex White, curation programing chief. Bryant previously worked in programming at BET Soul. AWAL announced Tuesday (Dec. 11) the opening of a new office in Toronto, Canada, set to open in early 2019 with the aim of growing the company's North American…