LUKE WHAT'S HAPPENING (UPDATE)

Alex Luke has been named Senior Vice President, Digital Content for SiriusXM and Pandora, where he will lead programming for Pandora and editorial content on the Pandora and SiriusXM digital platforms.

Luke will also manage the Pandora Content Team that focuses on applying SiriusXM’s model of curation and programming to the Pandora platform.

“Alex is an expert in shaping the digital content experience for listeners, and we are excited to have him join us as we continue to advance and evolve how we create and present content for our listeners across our digital platforms,” said SiriusXM President and Chief Content Officer Scott Greenstein. “It is vital we ensure that the great content we produce today, as well as what we create in the future, is done in the most attractive and consumer-friendly manner so that it drives growth in usage across our digital platforms.”

Luke’s career in the music business began in terrestrial radio as an on-air talent in Dallas. He later programmed stations in St. Louis and Chicago and served as EVP of A&R at EMI Music, where he signed Capital Cities to Capitol Records, and worked with Katy Perry, David Guetta and Beastie Boys, among others.

His digital programming experience spans two decades and includes stints as VP of Music Programming and Label Relations at Napster, Director of Music Programming and Label Relations globally at Apple, and most recently Global Head of Programming and Content Strategy at Amazon Music.

He is and always has been every radio guy in the world to us.