In the immediate wake of the news breaking that Universal Music Group Nashville CEO Cindy Mabe was gone from the company’s top role, UMG moved quickly to announce two new appointments, with Mike Harris moving into the Nashville company’s CEO post, along with renowned producer Dave Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell) being named the label group’s chief creative officer.
Harris had previously served as Universal Nashville’s COO and EVP, before leaving the company last September, only to rejoin five months later. Cobb, for his part, has long worked as one of Nashville’s top independent producers — and is a nine-time Grammy winner — but had not served in executive
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