Helen Murphy He is no longer the CEO of Anthem Entertainment, according to company representatives. Jason KleinPreviously served as senior vice president of commercial affairs and general manager of Canada, will take over as interim CEO.
Anthem Entertainment was formerly known as ole Media Management. The rebranding took place in 2019, reflecting the organization’s expanding scope from a music publishing company to more.Over the course of several years, it acquired recordings (including hurry catalog), music production company and audiovisual secondary rights business, Murphy describe As “the second largest collector of audiovisual secondary rights in the world, second only to the Motion Picture Institute of America’s collections for the major studios”.
Murphy was named CEO in November 2018, a little over six months after ole became Anthem. She previously served as CFO at PolyGram Records, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Warner Music Group.Anthem “is a joyous name,” she Tell billboard 2019. “Everyone knows what the national anthem is.” Murphy was named billboardThe Power Rankings for 2019 and 2022 and billboardThe same year’s Women in Music list.
In 2019, Anthem acquired publishing rights to 50,000 songs from more than 400 songwriters.During Murphy’s tenure, the company grew through the purchase of a 50% stake in the Wrensongs, the song catalog from the Boardwalk Music Group, and the acquisition of Kelly Archer song catalog.archer helps write country hit Travis Denning“After A Few” and justin moore“Somebody Else Will,” both on billboardCountry Airplay leaderboards for , and Brett Young“Sleep Without You,” which hit No. 2.
Last March, source told billboard Anthem is for sale. “This is a very exciting time for Anthem as we look to strategically expand our opportunity globally,” Murphy said in a statement at the time. “Anthem has hired an investment bank to help it evaluate all strategic growth options. The company has emerged from the worst phase of the COVID-19 pandemic strong with growth in all areas of its business and we look forward to continuing to leverage our momentum.”