Industry Ink: Elaina Smith, Richlynn Group, Baby Robot Media

Westwood One Launches With Elaina

Elaina Smith

Westwood One has announced the launch of With Elaina, a new weekend entertainment show featuring Elaina Smith. She is co-host of the network’s NASH Nights Live weeknight program, host of the Women Want to Hear Women podcast, Westwood One Backstage red carpet host, and voice of the Academy of Country Music Awards. With Elaina is a two-hour program debuting Saturday, March 2.

Richlynn Group Honored

Nashville’s Richlynn Group kicked off the year by being named one of the world’s Top Creative Agencies of 2019 by designrush.com, based on prior work, leadership, reviews, services, pricing structure and more.

“We are thrilled to be recognized in this way,” said partner Kate Richardson. “I am proud of the agency we have built and the relationships we have been able to form in the entertainment industry and beyond during our decade in business.”

Richlynn Group handles marketing, PR, social media, and influencer relations for clients including The Doobie Brothers, Robert Earl Keen, Martin Guitar, LR Baggs, and Morris Lighting & Sound.

Baby Robot Media Hires Lorie Liebig

Lorie Liebig

Baby Robot Media has tapped former Wide Open Country Managing Editor Lorie Liebig as the latest addition to it music publicity team.

In addition to working her way up the ranks at Wide Open Country, Liebig has written for Rolling Stone Country, NPR Music, No Depression, and the Nashville Scene, and acts as an A&R Scout for Elektra Records.

Founded in 2012, Baby Robot Media is a music publicity and media service agency with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, and New York.

Liebig can be reached at lorieliebig@babyrobotmedia.com.