The Obamas’ Higher Ground Bolsters Audio Team With Hires & Promotions
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Higher Ground, the production company founded by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, has made a number of hires and promotions in its audio team.
This comes after it signed a first-look deal with Amazon’s Audible following its exit from Spotify. Mukta Mohan, who was previously a VP at the company, has been promoted to Head of Audio Content.
Spotify’s Corinne Gilliard joins Higher Ground as SVP, Documentaries, Pushkin Industries’ Nick White joins Higher Ground as SVP, Original Audio and Andrew Eapen has joined as Director of Audio Production.
This team reports to Higher Ground’s Head of Audio Dan Fierman. Gilliard was previously Senior Executive, Studios & Partnerships at Spotify, where he oversaw the music and audio streaming company’s partnerships including Higher Ground and Bad Robot.
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