EMI Publishing Ups Faxon To CEO

EMI has promoted Roger Faxon to the post of Chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing. He succeeds Martin Bandier who resigned after 17years at the the company.  For the past year Faxon has been president and co-CEO of EMI Music
Publishing, and prior to that president and COO of the division.

Publishing is a bright spot in EMI’s gloomy landscape. The division celebrated a record haul at the Brit awards recently with EMI writers winning in six of the 12 categories – The Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse, the Fratellis, Nelly Furtado and Take That members Jason Orange and Howard Donald. At the Grammys successes included awards for Beyonce, John Legend, Stevie Wonder, The Flaming Lips, Pharrell Williams and Madonna.