BREAKING NEWS

» Veep Leap: Mercury SE regional Van Haze has been named VP/National Promotion for MCA/Nashville. Concurrently, Bruce Shindler becomes VP/Field Promotion for UMG/Nashville, and will handle Southeast for Mercury, reporting to Mercury VP Damon Moberly. Shindler was previously VP/National Promotion for MCA/Nashville. Haze joined Mercury in January from Capitol, where he was Midwest rep, and has prior stops at Universal South and WMSI/Jackson, MS. "Van has quickly proven to all of us that he is deserving of this position," says UMGN SVP/Promotion Royce Risser. "His creativity, genuine nature, and constant desire to win make him a perfect leader for this staff. Bruce is an integral part of this entire team and we are proud to have him. I feel that we can best utilize his skills given this structure. His relationships run deep and he knows this business well. He is more than ready to take on this new role for Team UMG."