Andy Fixmer, a veteran media and entertainment reporter for Bloomberg News, has moved to the PR realm as VP of global communications for Universal Music Group.
Fixmer exits a nine-month stint as special projects editor for Mashable, following eight years covering the Hollywood beat for Bloomberg in Los Angeles.
For music giant Universal, he covers corporate, policy, financial and internal communications under EVP and global head of comms. Will Tanous.
Universal, part of Vivendi, includes record labels like A&M Records, Capitol Records, Def Jam Recordings, and Virgin Records, among others.
Fixmer was a staffer for the Los Angeles Business Journal and Times of Trenton (NJ).
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Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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