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Konowitch To Exit As MCA's Exec VP

By Chris Morris, L.A.
Publication: Billboard Bulletin
Date: Tuesday, September 12 2000
Abbey Konowitch is to exit as executive VP of MCA Records, most likely this week. The move is due to "philosophical differences," according to a label spokeswoman. No replacement has been named. Konowitch, second-in-command under president Jay Boberg, joined MCAin 1996 from Maverick, where he was VP/GM;

he was previously MTV's senior VP of talent and music.

In other news, MCA has named Joel Mark as VP of A&R. Mark?who was an A&R exec at Wind-Up Records, where he worked closely with Creed?is based in Santa Monica, Calif., and reports to senior VP of A&R Gary Ashley.

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