APPOINTMENTSRalph W Peer has been named MD of Peermusic Australia. Not to be confused with Ralph S Peer, his grandfather, who founded Peermusic in 1927, or Ralph Peer II, his father, who is currently Peermusic’s Executive Chair. “I’m confident that Ralph will be a driving force in the continued development of the company’s Australasian operations, working to maintain high standards for the Peermusic song catalogue as well as to sign and develop contemporary repertoire”, says Peermusic Australia’s President Kathy Spanberger.BMG’s EVP Global Catalogue Recordings Peter Stack – who joined BMG after it acquired his Union Square company back in 2014 – has announced that he is stepping down at the end of the year. “Peter Stack is both a true professional and a real gentleman who has played a central role in the development of BMG’s successful catalogue operation”, says CEO Hartwig Masuch. “His place in BMG’s history is assured.

We wish him well”.Music business PR firm Fourth Pillar has hired Claire Turvey as a Managing Partner.

She joins from financial communications firm FTI Consulting, where she was Managing Director, and will boost Fourth Pillar’s mission to, among other things, provide “specialist corporate and financial communications” within the music industry. “Fourth Pillar is in a unique position to be able to assist organisations in navigating this often complex industry, and to craft and tell their stories to those they need to reach, be it investors, customers, employees or partners”, she says of her new role.NME Networks has promoted Thomas Smith and Sophie Williams to Commissioning Editor (Music) and Associate Commissioning Editor (New Music) respectively.

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