BREAKING: Jon Loba Further Expands Role At BMG
Pictured (L-R, front row): JoJamie Hahr, Jon Loba, Dan Gill and Tim Reid; (L-R, back row): Cyndi Lynott, Shane Cosme, Sean Heydorn, Jecoure Lamothe and Zarah Ortiz. Photo: Sonny Alvarez
Less than six months after being promoted to President of Frontline Recordings for North America, BMG has upped Jon Loba again to President of Frontline Recordings for The Americas. The Nashville-based industry veteran will lead a team of executives across the United States, including Los Angeles, Miami and Nashville, as well as Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
The news comes as part of BMG’s efforts to refresh the organizational structure. The label group will be responsible for overseeing new music releases across a wide range of genres including pop, rock, R&B/hip-hop, country and Latin.
JoJamie Hahr, Executive Vice President of Recorded Music at BMG Nashville, will oversee all day-to-day management of Nashville powerhouse BBR Music Group and its imprints. She joined BMG in 2017 following the acquisition of BBR Music Group and will continue to report to Loba.
Based in Los Angeles, Dan Gill, Executive Vice President of Recorded Music West Coast, will oversee BMG’s recorded music genre leads for pop, rock, R&B/hip-hop and international outbound repertoire. He reports directly to Loba.
Based in Los Angeles, Cyndi Lynott, Senior Vice President of Marketing, will lead BMG’s recorded frontline pop strategy with a roster of artists. Los Angeles-based Sean Heydorn, Senior Vice President of Rise Records, will now lead recorded frontline rock, including pioneering metal and hard rock label Rise Records. Based in Nashville, Tim Reid, Senior Vice President of Repertoire & Marketing, is responsible for leading the development and focus of R&B/hip-hop, and oversees L.A.-based hip-hop/rap label RBC Records. Los Angeles-based Shane Cosme, Senior Vice President of International Marketing, will serve as the point person responsible for all marketing efforts of outbound global releases from the US-based repertoire to BMG’s international territories. All directly report to Gill.
Jecoure Lamothe, Vice President of A&R and Marketing, oversees the day-to-day operations for hip-hop/rap label RBC Records. Based in Los Angeles, he reports to Reid.
Based in Miami, Zarah Ortiz, Vice President of Repertoire & Campaign Management, will now oversee the developing LATAM repertoire strategy in Mexico and Brazil. In Canada, Bryan Columbus now joins BMG as its newly appointed VP, Recorded Music tasked with leading the company’s frontline recording efforts from its office in Toronto. Both report to Loba.
