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# The A&R Merry-Go-Round Spins Faster
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the_ar_merrygor/
- Published: 2007-02-03T01:31:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-02-03T01:31:00.000Z
- Description: According to The A&R Registry, the recent reorganization at Sony has resulted in two of their divisions closing (Sony Urban and Sony Classical) and over eleven A&R staffers in Los. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/02/the_ar_merrygor.html]
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According to The A&R Registry, the recent reorganization at Sony has resulted in two of their divisions

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closing (Sony Urban and Sony Classical) and over eleven A&R staffers in Los Angeles, New York and Nashville being let go. At Sony Urban, Anton Marchant & Jennifer Gray exit the A&R Dept. while the other members of the A&R Dept. move over to Columbia. Additionally, Michael Caplan and Jay Landers move to Columbia from the Sony Label Group while Keith Naftaly joins Epic from Sony.

There were also recent A&R departures at Universal. Universal South has been restructured and Tim DuBois and Tony Brown will both be exiting Universal South.