On Thursday (May 7) Kobalt announced the promotion of London-based executive Kenny McGoff to head of A&R, U.K. at Kobalt Music publishing.
He was previously senior vp, creative.McGoff arrived at Kobalt from Songs over two years ago. His first publishing job was at EMI, followed by Sony, followed by Ultra.
Over the years, he has signed and worked with artists including Calvin Harris, Paul Epworth, Kasabian, Eric Prydz, Bloc Party and Arctic Monkeys.Since joining Kobalt, McGoff has signed Gerry Cinnamon, SlowThai, JEM Cooke, Eloise and Joesef.
Venue development, advisory and investment company Oak View Group has named Hewan Teshome as senior vp and general counsel at the New Arena at Seattle Center, the company and Seattle Hockey Partners.