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UMG’s East Coast Labels Reorganize as ‘Republic Corps’ Under New Structure

Universal Music's East Coast labels have been restructured as Republic Corps, under Monte Lipman, Avery Lipman and Jim Roppo.

teams, will be in charge of the shared services division that will work across each of the labels, with former Republic head of global commerce Kevin Lipson becoming his “chief lieutenant,” with an expanded role that will encompass revenue strategy at the group. On the legal side, two executives that previously worked for parent group Universal Music on behalf of all of the East Coast labels will retain their titles under the new Republic Corps. Both companies have been undergoing extensive layoffs as part of the reorganization, which included the combining of many labels’ promotions and publicity staffs into shared services divisions, among other moves.

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