MCA Nashville Impacted By Universal Music Group Layoffs

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MCA has reportedly laid off eight employees in the Nashville office, according to Country Aircheck.

Those affected in the layoffs include COO Rob Femia; SVP/Promotion & Regional Marketing Miranda McDonald; VP/E-Commerce & Business Development Taylor Viegut; Directors of Regional Promotion John Trapane, Donna Jo Passuntino, Ashley Knight and Shannon Hogan; and Director of Radio Marketing Houston Gaither.

Femia joined UMG Nashville in 2013 as VP of Business & Legal Affairs, was upped to SVP in 2018 then rose to EVP in 2023. He was named COO in 2025. He is a graduate of Rutgers Law School with prior work history at Sony BMG, Virgin Records/Capitol Music Group/EMI Music North America, and Atlantic Records.

McDonald was elevated to Senior Vice President, Promotion & Regional Marketing earlier this year. In her role, helmed promotion for the MCA Nashville roster and played a pivotal part in obtaining multiple No. 1 singles.

Viegut was named as the as the first-ever Vice President, E-commerce & Business Development in 2025 after five years with the company. Prior to MCA, she worked at CMA where she led DSP relationships and expanded mobile growth.

MCA has not returned a request for confirmation.

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