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“Mike was invaluable in helping me define EMI Label Services’ unique blueprint, and he knows what’s important to independent labels and artists.”
——Dominic Pandiscia

EMI LIKES MIKE

Harris, a 13-year-EMI vet, Tapped as EVP of EMI Label Services and Caroline Distribution
EMI Music has named Mike Harris Executive Vice President/General Manager for EMI Label Services and Caroline Distribution, the company’s third-party artist and label unit. Harris will lead this division on a worldwide basis from his base in N.Y., reporting to Dominic Pandiscia, who since 2008 has led EMI Label Services’ expansion and was recently named EVP of EMI Music Services in North America.

In his new role, Harris, who has more than 17 years of music industry experience, will take on worldwide responsibility for EMI Label Services, which provides indie labels and acts with a global menu of services and access to an expanding range of revenue streams. Indie artists who work with EMI Label Services and Caroline Distribution include Slash, Barenaked Ladies, Broken Social Scene, The Cinematic Orchestra, Peter Gabriel, Hadouken, Heaven Shall Burn, Jet, Matt Nathanson, Raekwon, Twista, Trina and Bobby V. EMI Label Services works with such independent label groups as Black Hole Recordings, Century Media, Jack Ponti’s Merovingian, New State Entertainment, Secret City Records, Slip-n-Slide Records and Welk Music Group.

Said Pandiscia: “Mike was invaluable in helping me define EMI Label Services’ unique blueprint, and he knows what’s important to independent labels and artists. He’s the perfect guy to continue our expansion. Mike also has great relationships throughout the industry. He’s been a big part of building global careers for many artists and he knows what it takes to help labels excel on a worldwide stage.”

Commented Harris: “I’m really excited to work with the growing number of artists and labels who’ve responded to EMI Label Services’ flexible approach. What we offer is truly unique: a global, customized strategy and execution to support independent artists and label groups. I have worked with Dominic closely for many years. He’s built a great foundation that has really resonated with independent community, and I’m looking forward to extending our services to even more artists and labels around the world.”

Harris, who has worked closely with such artists as Norah Jones, Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg and Thirty Seconds to Mars, was most recently EVP/Finance Director, Global A&R Operations, overseeing business operations for EMI’s new music function. Prior to that, he was EVP/CFO, New Music North America, overseeing EMI’s labels including Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Latin, Capitol Nashville, Manhattan and Virgin. Before joining EMI in 1997, Harris worked at Relativity Records.

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