Thania Garcia BMG has laid off an estimated 40 employees amid changes impacting its international and theatrical departments.
Music Business Worldwide reports CEO Thomas Coesfeld shared the news in a company-distributed memo addressing BMG consolidating its New York and Canada-based recorded music operations into its Los Angeles office.
The New York-based theatrical productions will also cease along with any of its future ventures in film. “These are tough but necessary decisions,” Coesfeld wrote about the eliminations that target its international marketing department for recordings as well as its Modern Recordings label based in Berlin.
In addition, Executive Vice President of Global Repertoire Fred Casimir and Senior VP of Global Repertoire Jason Hradil were also let go along with affected employees in its Berlin, New York, and Los Angeles offices. “Much like our distribution alliance with Warner Music/ADA struck in 2016, our previous international set-up – established around the same time – was the right decision back then,” said Coesfeld in the memo. “It allowed us to grow and was the ideal structure for the time.
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