Downtown Builds on Recent Successes with Six New Hires and Promotions at Nashville Office

Nashville, TN, June 28, 2018 -- Downtown Music Publishing today announced four new hires and two promotions in their Nashville office, growing their Nashville staff by fifty percent to build on all their recent success in country, Americana, and beyond. In the last year, Downtown Nashville had 11 singles on the country radio charts, including three number-ones, and celebrated a major signing with John Prine, the acquisition of catalogs from Major Bob Music, and the launch of Songwriters Without Borders, a new initiative to connect Downtown's global writers across continents and genres. The hires come in the midst of huge expansion for the company overall, with Downtown's global staff more than doubling in the last year.

Matt Turner has been hired as Senior Director A&R, Nashville, where he will be responsible for managing writing sessions and opportunities for our Nashville roster, securing songs placements for Downtown's songs, and signing and developing songwriters. He previously worked at Big Loud Publishing for 5 years and ole Nashville for 6 1/2 years, securing #1 singles by Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Kenny Chesney, and more. "We are so excited to have Matt Turner at Downtown Nashville," said Steve Markland, Senior VP of A&R, Nashville. " Matt brings very valuable and rich experience from his time at Big Loud Music. He is a champion of writers and will add a fantastic balance to our team."

Other Nashville hires are Garrett Stephenson as Office Coordinator, Caylan Hays as Sync Licensing Assistant, and Kyle Coker as Copyright Assistant.

On the promotions side, Natalie Osborne has been promoted to Director of A&R, Nashville. Osborne was hired in September 2015 as Creative Coordinator/Administrative Assistant and in 2017 was promoted to Creative Manager. Osborne since has signed Fancy Hagood and has continued to be a integral part of the creative support for the Downtown roster. In addition, Katie Roth has been promoted and joined the A&R team as Creative Coordinator. "We are so lucky to have Natalie and Katie at Downtown!" says Steve Markland, Senior Vice President, A&R. "Natalie is a total natural for working with songwriters and has amazing creative instincts, and we are excited to have Katie Roth joining our A&R team as well. I couldn't ask for better fits for Downtown and our writers."

Downtown's Nashville Office:
Steve Markland: Senior VP of A&R Nashville
Matt Turner: Senior Director A&R Nashville 
Natalie Osborne: Director A&R Nashville 
Katie Roth: A&R Coordinator Nashville 
Garrett Stephenson: Office Coordinator, Nashville 
Caylan Hays: Sync Licensing Assistant
Kyle Coker: Copyright Assistant
Emily Stephenson: Director, Global Client Services

About Downtown Music Publishing

Established in 2007, Downtown Music Publishing is one of the world's leading rights-management firms with offices in major music markets around the globe, including New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Paris, and Sydney. The company's catalog spans over seven decades of popular music, encompassing some of the world's most beloved songwriters and artists including The Beatles, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, Hans Zimmer, The Kinks, One Direction, Mötley Crüe, Robin Thicke, Naughty Boy, Hardwell, Sturgill Simpson, Santigold, Carla Bruni, and Social Distortion. Downtown Music Publishing is wholly owned by Downtown & Company, which also owns New York-based Downtown Music Studios and Songtrust, the world's largest technology platform for songwriting and music publishing royalties, which powers global royalty collection from over 120 territories and more than 20,000 unique income sources worldwide.