ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHING NAMES PETER VISVARDIS DIRECTOR, CREATIVE (POP, ROCK)

NEW YORK (By Jennifer/ BMG) - David Mantel (President, Zomba Music Publishing) has announced the appointment of Peter Visvardis to Director, Creative (Pop/Rock). He will be based in the company's New York office and report directly to Mantel.

In his new role, Visvardis will be responsible for signing new Pop/Rock songwriters and artists to Zomba Music Publishing. He will also handle catalogue exploitation and work with the company's hit roster of Pop/Rock acts.

Visvardis joins Zomba from Columbia Records where he was Director, A&R Research since 2002 and played a key role in the signings of John Legend and Coheed and Cambria. Prior to Columbia, Visvardis spent three years at Universal Records in the A&R Market Research and Marketing/Promotion departments. He has also held Sales and Product Marketing positions with Rampage Music and RED Distribution.

Zomba Music Publishing is a division of BMG Music Publishing Worldwide. With 34 offices in 24 countries around the world, BMG Music Publishing (www.bmgmusicsearch.com) is the world's largest independent Music Publisher and the third largest among all Music Publishers. With over one million copyrights in its diverse catalogue, BMG Music Publishing represents music in every genre from some of the world's hottest songwriters including Coldplay, Nelly, Justin Timberlake, Maroon5, R. Kelly, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Christina Aguilera, Shania Twain, Chingy, Korn, Joss Stone and Keane.
BMG Music Publishing is a unit of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's leading media companies.