1. Ged Doherty is a British film and music industry executive.
12 Facts About Ged Doherty
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Ged Doherty was recruited by Epic Records in 1992; based in New York, he worked with artists including Michael Jackson, Oasis and Pearl Jam as the head of international marketing for the label.
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Ged Doherty was promoted to president of Arista's parent company, the BMG Music Group, in 2001.
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Ged Doherty was widely credited for the revitalization of artists and repertoire at BMG, and when it merged with Sony, he was named president of Sony BMG UK.
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Ged Doherty was appointed chairman and CEO of Sony Music UK in 2006.
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Ged Doherty negotiated the "all important" 2010 global joint venture with Simon Cowell and Syco.
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Under Ged Doherty's watch, Sony was the first major to restructure its promotional teams to reflect the way new media blurs boundaries between print and broadcast, and some of his senior appointments have been radical.
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Ged Doherty was appointed chairman of BPI and the BRIT Awards in December 2014.
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Several days after the awards, Ged Doherty published an open letter in The Guardian acknowledging that the organization needed to address the issue, stating that the responsibility to diversify the BRITS voting membership sat firmly in his lap.
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Ged Doherty stepped down in July 2022 after 7 years in the role to focus on Raindog Films.
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On November 6,2020, Ged Doherty was credited as a producer on New York Will Eat You Alive, the American film based on the Chinese webcomic Zombie Brother, with Colin Firth and Victor Ma set to star.
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In 2022, Ged Doherty resigned as the chairman of BPI and the Brit Awards to focus full time on Raindog Films.