In her new role, she will report to Kobalt founder and CEO Willard Ahdritz and will head up the company's new corporate communications department, where her duties will include global PR and media relations, corporate marketing and branding strategy, social marketing and online communications.

Ahdritz said Alperin "has a deep knowledge of music publishing and the entertainment business and has consulted to us for nearly seven years to help Kobalt educate and promote the unique value of our business model, ...