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The Orchard Hires Industry Veteran David Hazan To Lead Brand Entertainment Group
NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- The Orchard, a global leader in digital music, video, and new media services, today announced that David Hazan has been named as Head of Brand Entertainment. Hazan will lead the recently-launched Orchard division and use music, video, data, and new technologies to help brands achieve their business objectives.
With over 18 years of entertainment marketing experience, Hazan was previously Senior Vice President of US Concepts, a leading event marketing agency. He has also held senior positions at Warner Music Group, MTV Networks, and Wind-up Records where, as Executive VP of Sales and Marketing, he directed the launch and roll-out of multi-platinum Grammy winners Evanescence, as well as Creed, Seether and other major rock artists.
"David brings experience, enthusiasm, and a deep knowledge of music to The Orchard's brand and agency clients. His leadership and experience in this arena, which we view as a vanguard of the 'new' music industry, will drive tremendous value to our corporate and music clients," said Greg Scholl, President and Chief Executive of The Orchard.
Current Orchard brand clients include Proctor & Gamble, Hard Rock Cafe, Hallmark, Madison Square Garden and many others. Through its synch licensing platform, The Orchard has also garnered recent song placements for Jaguar, Target, British Airways, and Tide, among others for film, TV and advertising spots.
About The Orchard(R)
The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD, formerly DMGI) represents an unparalleled catalogue, with over 1,000,000 music recordings available for sale and over 4,000 of hours of video content under management, from artists, labels and producers around the world, spanning every genre and era. With operations in 29 countries, The Orchard distributes and markets its catalogue to global digital retailers and mobile operators, works with leading brands on digital entertainment programs, and licenses music to the film, television and advertising industries. The Orchard is headquartered in New York. For more information, please visit us at www.theorchard.com.
The Orchard is the trade name for Digital Music Group, Inc, a Delaware corporation, (DMGI). On November 13, 2007, The Orchard Enterprises Inc. merged into a wholly-owned subsidiary of DMGI and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of DMGI. The Orchard is a registered trademark and The Orchard logo is a service mark of The Orchard Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, information regarding this addition to The Orchard's management, our plans for our recently announced Brand Entertainment operations and its anticipated value to our corporate and music clients) that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the results of The Orchard to differ materially from management's current expectations. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of many reasons including risks and uncertainties due to a number of factors including, among others, the matters described in DMGI's most recent filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report for 2006 on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2007, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 filed with the SEC on November 13, 2007, and its proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on October 10, 2007. We assume no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this release.
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