Bruce Shindler Appointed Vice President of National Promotion for Mercury Nashville

KATIE DEAN PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT OF RADIO MARKETING FOR UMG NASHVILLE

Nashville, Tennessee, October 3, 2007 - UMG Nashville has appointed Bruce Shindler to Vice President of National Promotion for Mercury Nashville and Katie Dean has been promoted to Vice President of Radio Marketing for UMG Nashville. Both Shindler and Dean will be based in Nashville and report to Bill Catino, EVP of National Promotion for the company.

Bruce Shindler has been with Universal Music Group for over 10 years. Prior to joining UMG, he had his own independent promotion/marketing company, Shindler-Turner Promotions. His background also includes previous positions with RCA Records and MTM Records. Shindler has worked a combined 35 years in radio promotion.

“Bruce is no stranger to radio promotion. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to an already amazing promotion team at Mercury Nashville,” stated Catino

Katie Dean has been with UMG for over two years where she was originally employed as Director of Radio Marketing. Prior to joining UMG, Dean worked in promotion at Lyric Street Records as well as Director of Label Sales and Service, at Mediabase.

“I am thrilled Katie Dean is part of our promotion team. Her enthusiasm and professionalism extends to every aspect of radio promotion. She has a huge future in this business, “ stated Catino.

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group Nashville is comprised of MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville and Lost Highway Records, and is a division of Universal Music Group, the world\'s largest music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries.

Universal Music Group consists of record labels Decca Label Group, Deutsche Grammophon, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Geffen Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Music Latino, Universal Motown Records Group, Universal Records South and Verve Music Group, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, a new media and technologies division, and Universal Music Mobile.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.

Source: Universal Music Group

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