Danny Goldberg named president and CEO of Mercury Records.been named president and chief executive officer of New York New York, state, United States New 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 based Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the US, its name and logo were now only used on back catalogue, country releases, and re-issues until recently. effective Nov. 1. This announcement was made today by Alain Levy, president & chief executive officer, PolyGram. Goldberg replaces Ed Eckstine who is leaving Mercury to start his own label which will be funded and distributed by PolyGram. During the last eight years, Eckstine has been one of the most successful A&R executives at PolyGram, overseeing releases by artists such as Lionel Richie, Vanessa Williams, Tony! Toni! Tone!, and Brian McKnight. Most recently, Goldberg served as chairman/CEO of Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is internationally known as WEA International Inc. from January until August of 1995. Prior to that, he was president of Atlantic Records, where he was responsible for the signing of Hootie and the Blowfish A secret key cryptography method that uses a variable length key from 32 to 448 bits long. It uses the block cipher method, which breaks the text into 64-bit blocks before encrypting them. , Juliana Hatfield, Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots (abbreviated STP) was a popular Grammy Award-winning American hard rock band in the 1990s and early 2000s, consisting of Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion). , Bad Religion and Liz Phair. During his tenure there, Atlantic grew to the number one ranking in terms of U.S. market share. Goldberg joined Atlantic in January of 1992 as a senior vice president and was promoted to president in January of 1994. Before joining Atlantic, Goldberg was the owner of Gold Mountain Entertainment where he co-managed such artists as Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Bonnie Raitt and Hole. He began his career as a music journalist writing for publications such as Billboard and Rolling Stone and later worked as a publicist for artists including Led Zeppelin. Additionally, Goldberg was the co-producer and director of the film, "No Nukes." He also is the president of the Los Angeles affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. . Levy said, "Danny Goldberg has a great track record as an artist friendly music executive with a keen feel for trends in the marketplace. I'm sure that he will fit well with the other PolyGram label presidents. I look forward to having him rebuild the existing artist roster and to have him discover and nurture new talent. "I'd like to thank Ed for his contribution to Mercury," Levy continued. "I'm thrilled he will continue working with us. He's an important executive in the PolyGram family whose creativity and insight I greatly value." Said Goldberg, "It's my immense good fortune that Ed Eckstine has decided to get back to the studio at a time when Mercury is breaking several new artists. I look forward to working with the artists and the staffs at Mercury and PolyGram." Commented Eckstine, "I have loved working at Mercury and I'll miss the people here. I'm very proud of the company and our artists. However, I will look forward to getting back to what I love best -- working in the studio in a hands-on creative manner, directing a small number of artists. I appreciate Alain Levy's support in helping me realize that dream." Mercury Records, which celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year, was formed in Chicago in 1947 and arose in the post-war era with an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. and country artists. Today, the Mercury legacy stretches from Dinah Washington, Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan to, among others, John Mellencamp, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and Vanessa Williams. The label has enjoyed recent successes with newcomers Joan Osborne and Rusted Root, as well as significant growth with such established acts as Brian McKnight, James and Tony! Toni! Tone! PolyGram, the global music and entertainment company, is one of the world's leading entertainment companies. Its world famous popular and classical record labels include A&M, Decca/London, Def Jam, Deutsche Grammophon, Island, London, Mercury, Motown, Philips Classics, Polydor, Rocket Records and Verve. Additionally, PolyGram is active in the areas of film development, production and distribution as well as video, merchandising and music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. . PolyGram's film companies include Interscope Communications, Island Pictures, Propaganda Films, Working Title Films, Gramercy Pictures, and PolyGram Film International. PolyGram acquired ITC Entertainment Group's film and television catalog and worldwide distribution operations in January of 1995. PolyGram is quoted on the Amsterdam and New York stock exchanges New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. 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