UMG East Adds VPs of Brand Mgmt

BANDS + BRANDS: UMG East has tapped Mauro DeCeglie and Jules Ferree as VPs, Brand Partnerships for Republic and IDJ, respectively. EVP, Brand Partnerships & Licensing for East Coast Labels Cynthia Sexton made the announcement. Ferree moves up from Senior Director, Digital Strategy and New Business, while DeCeglie arrives from Capitol Music Group, where he was Senior Director, Brand Partnerships. They've variously worked with brands like Samsung, Anheuser-Busch, JetBlue, Citibank, United Airlines, Patron, Diesel and Lipton—and such acts as The Rolling Stones, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Daft Punk and Janet Jackson. Meanwhile, we await word of a UMPG-GPen-Doritos tie-in deal. (7/15a)