Andrea Ganis Named Atlantic Executive Vice President.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Andrea Ganis has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Atlantic Records  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , based at the
company's New York New York, state, United StatesNew York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of headquarters. The announcement was made by Atlantic Group Co-Chairman/Co-CEO Val Azzoli, to whom she reports. Ms. Ganis, who joined Atlantic Records in 1980, had been the label's Executive Vice President of Promotion since January of 1996. This new post recognizes her greater role in the overall senior management of the company. In making the announcement, Val Azzoli commented: "A long-standing member of Atlantic's senior executive team, Andrea has played an indispensable role in the label's growth and continued success. Her accomplishments in the radio promotion world are truly legendary, and she has assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. and nurtured the number one promo pro·mo n. pl. pro·mos Informal A promotional presentation, such as a television spot, radio announcement, or personal appearance. team in the business. Beyond that, she has increasingly brought her invaluable experience and insight to bear on an array of company issues. It gives me great pleasure to recognize her wide-ranging role at the company with this much-deserved appointment." Atlantic Group Co-Chairman/Co-CEO Ahmet Ertegun commented: "It has been our extraordinary good fortune to have Andrea on the Atlantic staff for close to two decades now. In the 50-year history of Atlantic, there have been those special people whose contributions have truly shaped the course of the label, and Andrea is certainly one of them. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , she is one of the most intelligent, warm, and gracious gra·cious adj. 1. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy. 2. Characterized by tact and propriety: responded to the insult with gracious humor. 3. human beings I have ever known. I am very happy to join Val in acknowledging Andrea's important place in our senior management with this new post." Andrea Ganis commented: "It has been a rare gift to be able to work at Atlantic Records, which is without a doubt the greatest label in our business. This is a company which truly nurtures and develops long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. careers, of its artists and its executives alike. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my great promotion staff for their tremendous achievements, year in and year out. Most of all, I would like to thank Val and Ahmet for their phenomenal encouragement and support, and for giving me this wonderful new opportunity." Andrea Ganis joined Atlantic Records in 1980 as Director of Secondary Pop Promotion. She was subsequently named Associate Director of National Singles Promotion, Director of National Singles Promotion, and Senior Director of National Singles Promotion. In 1988, Ms. Ganis was appointed Vice President of National Promotion, followed by her promotion to Senior Vice President two years later. In January of 1996, she was named Executive Vice President, Promotion. Prior to joining Atlantic, Ms. Ganis held national promotion posts at Polydor Records Polydor Records is a record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Company history Beginnings Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. and Infinity infinity, in mathematics, that which is not finite. A sequence of numbers, a1, a2, a3, … , is said to "approach infinity" if the numbers eventually become arbitrarily large, i.e. Records. In 1995, Ms. Ganis was inducted into the YWCA's prestigious Academy of Woman Achievers, the nation's largest and most visible tribute to women of outstanding professional accomplishment. |
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