Executive Vice President And Head Of Business & Legal Affairs, Global Digital Business Group
New York, Ny, Us
Lead negotiator and digital deal-making architect for Sony Music Entertainment's worldwide digital music licensing activities. Overseeing licensing and distribution deals for online and mobile delivery platforms, incorporating consumer-pay, subscription, hardware-content bundling and ad-supported business models. Development and implementation of leading-edge rights acquisition and distribution strategies for premium and user-generated audio and audiovisual content. Principal deal-making activities have included precedent-setting partnerships with Apple (iTunes), Spotify, Facebook, Google, YouTube, VEVO, MTV, NBC Universal, Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo, Walmart, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange, Nokia, Rhapsody, Deezer, Live Nation, CBS, Clear Channel, Pepsi, Honda and hundreds of additional distributors and services ranging from large multi-nationals to fledgling start-up operations.