Ashley Newton named CMG President

Former Columbia Records president Ashley Newton has been appointed Capitol Music Group president, as well as also becoming executive vice president of creative/special projects at Universal. The newly-created role will see the exec managing the label's day-to-day operations and working on film, TV and music projects. CMG chief Steve Barnett, who named Newton Columbia president while working as the label's co-chairman/COO in 2010, said: "Ashley is one of the most artist-friendly, committed and successful creative executives in music and ...