Newly-promoted EVP of BMG‘s Writer Services Thomas Scherer is to boss the division from Los Angeles, following the relocation of the hub of the department to the US.
Scherer (pictured), was previously SVP of International Repertoire Coordination at BMG, where he already oversaw the company’s Writer Services teams across 10 international offices.
He has been a key member of BMG’s core executive team since the company’s launch in 2008. He took on his work in LA this month and will continue to report to BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch.
Hartwig Masuch said, “Thomas Scherer is a linchpin of BMG’s Writer Services and his move to LA will further strengthen our ability to create opportunities for our writers in the centre of the worldwide entertainment industry.”
BMG has represented shares of every US Number One singles for the past two months, and has forthcoming cuts from the likes of Beyonce, Shakira, Anastacia, Jason Derulo, Kylie Minogue and Rihanna.
Thomas Scherer will continue to oversee BMG’s Writer Services teams in the Europe and the US, providing central coordination to deliver US opportunities for European writers and opportunities in Europe for US writers.
Said Masuch, “Our unique ‚one-company-many-offices‘ philosophy ensures BMG writers benefit from the most joined-up songplugging operation of any major music publisher, a function which Thomas Scherer literally built from scratch. I am delighted that Thomas is now taking his expertise to the heart of the world’s entertainment capital.“
Thomas Scherer has spent over 20 years with BMG and other Bertelsmann companies, with stints at the former BMG Ariola in A&R, marketing and as a producer and with his own label Dolce Vita through BMG Hansa.
Said Scherer, “We are very proud of the growing success of BMG’s songwriting roster. Contemporary songwriting is a collaborative art and BMG’s collaborative philosophy and our commitment to service, fairness and transparency really seems to strike a chord with writers. We are committed to establishing BMG Writer Services as the first point of call for labels and managements worldwide.”Music Business Worldwide
