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Sony Names New Top Digital Exec

January 11, 2012/by Sarah Skates

Kooker joined Sony Nashville to celebrate the New York kick-off of Miranda Lambert's tour in late 2010. Pictured with Lambert and Gary Overton

Sony has a new President of Global Digital Business and U.S. Sales. Dennis Kooker was promoted to the role from his previous post of Exec. VP of Operations/GM of Global Digital Business and U.S. Sales. His career in the music business began 17 years ago.

With the promotion, Kooker fills the vacancy left by the exit of Thomas Hesse who recently joined Bertelsmann.

Based in New York, Kooker will report to Sony Music Entertainment chairman/CEO Doug Morris.

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Sarah Skates has been a writer and editor in the music business since 2004. She is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
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