8 April 2008

NEW YORK (April 8, 2008) - Kobalt Music Group, the leading independent online music publisher, has appointed veteran A&R and publishing executive Bob Bortnick to the position of Senior Vice President of Creative, it was announced today by Willard Ahdritz, Founder and CEO. More...

1 April 2008

NEW YORK (April 1, 2008) - Kobalt is pleased to announce Merril Wasserman has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Business Development. Ms. Wasserman will report to Willard Ahdritz, CEO and Founder, and Michael Petersen, EVP, GM and General Counsel U.S. More...

2 June 2006

LOS ANGELES (June 2, 2006) - Publishing industry veteran and attorney Michael Petersen has been appointed Executive Vice President, General Manager and General Counsel - U.S., reporting to Willard Ahdritz, CEO and Founder of Kobalt Music Group. More...

7 March 2006

(March 7, 2006) LOS ANGELES - Kobalt Music Group, music publisher and global market leader of online publishing administration, has appointed Benjamin Groff to the position of Senior Vice President of Creative - West Coast, it was announced today by Willard Ahdritz, Founder and CEO. Groff, who leaves his Senior Creative Director post at EMI Music Publishing, will report to Ahdritz and Sas Metcalfe, Kobalt's Executive VP of Creative Affairs. More...

30 August 2005

LONDON, UK (AUGUST 30, 2005) - Sas Metcalfe has been promoted from Creative Director to Executive Vice President, Creative. Reporting to Willard Ahdritz, Metcalfe's new role includes managing the company's global creative affairs staff and artist/writer development, as well as pursuing new business. She is based in Kobalt's London headquarters. Metcalfe joined Kobalt in 2001 from EMI and was previously Head of A&R at Warner Chappell Music, where she signed such acts as Radiohead, EMF, David Gray, The Charlatans among others. More...

4 May 2004

The Kobalt Music Group, which launched three years ago and has become the world's fastest growing independent music publisher, has announced three new key appointments across its creative and administration departments. More...