Quantcast

DEF JAM UPS SHEALEY
AND SANDIFORD

It’s official: Def Jam has restructured the top levels of its executive leadership team, promoting Rodney Shealey to Executive Vice President and Theda Sandiford to Senior Vice President, Commerce.

Shealey will work closely with the label’s artists, managers and partners to design and execute strategies across all platforms plus oversee Def Jam’s marketing department and continue to run its urban promotion division.

Sandiford will now head Def Jam’s growing commerce and digital marketing initiatives, Both are based in New York and will report directly to Def Jam Chairman & CEO Paul Rosenberg, who made the announcement.

“Rodney and Theda are seasoned, veteran leaders who have earned the respect of their colleagues throughout Def Jam, UMG, and the industry at large,” Mr. Rosenberg said. “They represent the forward vanguard of imaginative executives whose task it will be to develop global success for our outstanding roster of artists.”

EVP of Urban Promotion since 2014, Shealey joined the department in 2007 after stints as a senior executive at Epic Records and Virgin Records. Sandiford entered the UMG commerce sector in 2016 after spending four years at Republic Records and, before that, four years at Island Def Jam Music Group. A certified sommelier, Sandiford has spent the last year replacing the office plonk with 1990 DRCs.

NEAR TRUTHS: SPRING BLOOMS
Here come the big guns. (3/28a)
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
CITY OF HOPE TAPS MARCIANO FOR TOP HONOR
This year's philanthropic model (3/28a)
TRUST IN THE TOP 20
Hip-hop is no longer hibernating. (3/28a)
UMG BROADENS SPOTIFY OFFERINGS
Sir Lucian and Daniel are in harmony. (3/28a)
THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
 Email

 First Name

 Last Name

 Company

 Country
CAPTCHA code
Captcha: (type the characters above)