Gary Kelly and Jason Kawejsza have been elevated to major positions on the newly unveiled Interscope Capitol Labels Group (ICLG).
Kelly has been appointed Chief Income Officer and Normal Supervisor, and Kawejsza has been named Government Vice President, Head of Enterprise & Authorized Affairs for the corporate.
The information arrives a day after the announcement that Common Music Group‘s frontline label teams within the US, Interscope Geffen A&M and Capitol Music Group, are actually formally consolidated below the brand new identify of Interscope Capitol Labels Group (ICLG).
ICLG is comprised of all artists, labels, and personnel inside the firms previously named Interscope Geffen A&M and Capitol Music Group.
Interscope Capitol Labels Group is headed up by Chairman & CEO, John Janick.
In accordance with the newest announcement on Friday (March 8), in his new place, Kelly oversees quite a few firm departments, and is charged with “attracting and interesting followers throughout myriad markets, whereas constructing numerous income streams”.
Kawejsza is liable for overseeing the ICLG enterprise and authorized affairs division which constructions, negotiates, and drafts all offers for ICLG and its labels.
Previous to his promotion, Kelly was Normal Supervisor of Interscope Information having been elevated from his position as World Head of Streaming & Technique to that place in 2023, and including to his obligations as Government Vice President and Chief Income Officer of Interscope Geffen A&M that he had held since 2017.
Kelly started his profession as a university rep at Sony Music Distribution and Epic Information, subsequently working in numerous advertising and marketing and gross sales positions at these firms’ New York, mid-Atlantic and Los Angeles areas.
He left Sony in 2007 for a place at Common Music Group, and joined Interscope in 2010 as Head of Gross sales.
Kawejsza was most lately Government Vice President, Head of Enterprise & Authorized Affairs at Interscope Geffen A&M, a place he held since 2016.
He joined Common Music Group’s company authorized division in 2003, transitioning to Interscope Geffen A&M in 2010 and holding a lot of positions of accelerating accountability there.
Kawejsza graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Virginia Tech and earned his Juris Physician diploma from the American College Washington Faculty of Legislation and likewise holds a Masters of Enterprise Administration from The Kogod College of Enterprise at American College.
“I do know that everybody within the firm joins me in congratulating Gary and Jason on these well-earned promotions.”
Commenting on Gary Kelly and Jason Kawejsza’s promotions, Janick stated: “Gary and Jason have every been making invaluable contributions to our firm for practically 15 years, and each mix robust enterprise acumen with an entrepreneurial mindset that can proceed to be essential to my management crew and to ICLG’s success within the years to come back.
“I do know that everybody within the firm joins me in congratulating Gary and Jason on these well-earned promotions.”
”The creation of ICLG is a milestone second for our firm. I’m thrilled to be a part of John’s management crew that can oversee our development and evolution as we set the usual for what a modern-day music firm must be.”
Gary Kelly
Kelly added: ”The creation of ICLG is a milestone second for our firm. I’m thrilled to be a part of John’s management crew that can oversee our development and evolution as we set the usual for what a modern-day music firm must be.
“I sit up for working with everybody within the firm who will make the most of their best-in-class talent units, relationships and experience to ship on our mission of offering artists with a house to create nice music and construct their international manufacturers to succeed in the widest attainable viewers.”
“I’m so excited to work with John and our complete management crew at Interscope Capitol Labels Group as we transfer ahead and redesign the corporate to most successfully assist our superb artists and label companions.”
Jason Kawejsza
Kawejsza added: “I’m so excited to work with John and our complete management crew at Interscope Capitol Labels Group as we transfer ahead and redesign the corporate to most successfully assist our superb artists and label companions.”
Preliminary particulars of the restructuring of Common’s labels within the US have been introduced by UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge final month.
As reported then, below the brand new mannequin, John Janick and Republic Information‘ Monte Lipman are rising the variety of labels below their command on the West Coast and East Coast, respectively.
In Los Angeles, Janick will present assist and management to Blue Notice, Capitol, Geffen, Interscope, Motown, Precedence and Verve as Chairman & CEO of what we now know is the consolidated ‘Interscope Capitol Labels Group‘ firm.
In the meantime, in New York, Lipman will take accountability for Def Jam, Island, Mercury and Republic.
Since that announcement, UMG has confirmed {that a} “re-designing” of its international organizational construction is underway, which it stated will generate EUR €250 million (USD $270 million) in annual price financial savings.Music Enterprise Worldwide
