{"id":209443,"date":"2025-11-28T12:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/28\/executive-turntable-ascap-names-chief-of-staff-plus-soundcloud-and-ppl-add-to-c-suite\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:15:33","slug":"executive-turntable-ascap-names-chief-of-staff-plus-soundcloud-and-ppl-add-to-c-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/28\/executive-turntable-ascap-names-chief-of-staff-plus-soundcloud-and-ppl-add-to-c-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Turntable: ASCAP Names Chief of Staff \u2014 Plus, SoundCloud and PPL Add to\u00a0C-Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>ASCAP<\/strong> has named media veteran <strong>Marc Zelanko<\/strong> as chief of staff, reporting directly to CEO Elizabeth Matthews. In this newly created role, Zelanko will help drive ASCAP\u2019s mission to grow revenues and improve operational efficiency for its 1.1 million songwriters, composers, and music publishers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tZelanko brings more than 20 years of experience in business operations and transformation within IP-driven media and entertainment companies. Most recently, he served as senior vice president at Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS), where he led strategic initiatives to strengthen operations and streamline processes across global teams. His wins include organizing CEO-level leadership forums, managing the COVID Task Force to maintain operations for 15,000-plus U.S. employees, reducing liabilities through HR process improvements and coordinating the Viacom Marketing Council. <\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-align-items-center u-align-items-flex-start@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max u-width-710@desktop lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-u-margin-tb-1 u-margin-b-250@mobile-max u-margin-t-275@mobile-max u-margin-t-250@desktop u-margin-b-250@desktop u-margin-lr-n1@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-brand-secondary-dark lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-padding-tb-1  lrv-u-padding-tb-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-l-00@mobile-max u-grid-gap-18@desktop u-grid-gap-0@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 lrv-u-padding-a-050 u-padding-l-0625@mobile-max 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a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary a-font-accent-xl lrv-a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-border-color-brand-primary lrv-u-padding-b-075\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  c-title a-font-basic u-font-size-22@desktop u-font-size-16@mobile-max u-line-height-26px u-line-height-22px@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.625@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line@desktop a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-color-grey-dark:hover\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/publishing-deals-dynamite-mushroom-reservoir-bertie-higgins\/\" class=\"c-title__link lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-color-black:hover\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPublishing Briefs: Dynamite Adds Bangers From Avicii and Tinie Tempah \u2014 Plus,\u00a0Mushroom Finds New U.S.\u00a0Partner<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  lrv-u-display-none\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p>\n<ul class=\"o-article-byline \/\/ lrv-a-unstyle-list a-font-accent-m lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-word-spacing-n3px u-padding-t-0.875@desktop u-padding-t-00@mobile-max\">\n<li class=\"lrv-u-flex a-byline-color\">\n<div class=\"c-tagline  u-word-spacing-n3px a-children-link-color-black:hover a-truncate-ellipsis-2line\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/author\/marc-schneider-schneider\/\"><span>Marc Schneider<\/span><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn the aughts, he spent five year at MTV Networks, where he rose to senior vp of business operations and notably helped scale Scratch, a creative consultancy launched by the network. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier in his career, Zelanko worked in the Media &amp; Entertainment Group at Booz Allen Hamilton. He holds a degree from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMatthews praised Zelanko\u2019s appointment, stating: \u201cMarc is the perfect fit to help ASCAP deliver on our mission to grow revenues and drive efficiencies for the benefit of our more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers.\u00a0 He brings a wealth of experience working cross-functionally to lead\u00a0complex global initiatives, and we are excited to add him to our senior leadership team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tZelanko added: \u201cASCAP has a mindset of innovation and evolution to meet the changing needs of its members and licensees. I look forward to bringing my expertise to ASCAP\u2019s mission in support of improving the future for its songwriters, composers and music publishers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis announcement follows ASCAP\u2019s recent hire of John Pershing as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Pershing, formerly with What If Media Group, brings extensive experience in IT, product development, and data engineering, further strengthening ASCAP\u2019s leadership team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Check out a full rundown of this week\u2019s staffing news below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__figure u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__text u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__text-small u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__content u-gallery-app-shell__content-1 u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__content u-gallery-app-shell__content-2 u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__content u-gallery-app-shell__content-3 u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-gallery-app-shell__content u-gallery-app-shell__content-4 u-gallery-app-shell u-gallery-react-placeholder-shimmer\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/music-industry-jobs-ascap-soundcloud-sphere-ppl-executives\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASCAP has named media veteran Marc Zelanko as chief of staff, reporting directly to CEO Elizabeth Matthews. In this newly created role, Zelanko will help drive ASCAP\u2019s mission to grow revenues and improve operational efficiency for its 1.1 million songwriters, composers, and music publishers. Zelanko brings more than 20 years of experience in business operations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}