Publisher
HOWARD APPELBAUM
Group Editorial Director
BILL WERDE
EDITORIAL:
SENIOR EDITORS:
Jonathan Cohen
Ann Donahue
SPECIAL FEATURES EDITOR:
Thom Duffy
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU CHIEF:
Mark Sutherland
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTENT AND PROGRAMMING FOR LATIN MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT:
Leila Cobo
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTENT AND PROGRAMMING FOR TOURING AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT:
Ray Waddell (Nashville)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTENT AND PROGRAMMING FOR DIGITAL/MOBILE:
Antony Bruno (Denver)
SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS:
Susan Butler (Legal & Publishing)
Ed Christman (Retail)
Paul Heine (Radio)
Gail Mitchell (R&B;)
Chuck Taylor (Pop)
Tom Ferguson (Deputy Global Editor)
CORRESPONDENTS:
Ayala Ben-Yehuda (Latin)
Mike Boyle (Rock)
Hillary Crosley (R&B;/Hip-Hop)
Cortney Harding (Indies)
Mitchell Peters
Ken Tucker (Radio)
INTERNATIONAL:
Christie Eliezer (Australia)
Steve McClure (Asia)
Wolfgang Spahr (Germany)
Robert Thompson (Canada)
BILLBOARD.BIZ NEWS EDITOR:
Chris M. Walsh
BILLBOARD.COM EDITOR:
Jessica Letkemann
ONLINE EDITORS:
Mariel Concepcion (Billboard.com); Katie Hasty (Billboard.com)
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER:
Rich Kaplinksi
COPY CHIEF:
Chris Woods
COPY EDITOR:
Christa Titus
SENIOR COPY EDITOR, SPECIAL FEATURES:
Wayne Robins
ASSOCIATE EDITOR, SPECIAL FEATURES:
Evie Nagy
CONTRIBUTORS:
Jim Bessman, Larry Blumenfeld, Fred Bronson, Ramiro Burr, Chuck Eddy, Juliana Koranteng, Kerri Mason, Deborah Evans Price, Paul Sexton, Steve Traiman, Anastasia Tsioulcas
SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER: Kristina Tunzi
DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY:
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:
JOSH KLENERT
ART DIRECTOR:
Christine Bower
SENIOR DESIGNER:
Greg Grabowy
PHOTO EDITOR:
Amelia Halverson
CHARTS & RESEARCH:
DIRECTOR OF CHARTS/SENIOR ANALYST:
GEOFF MAYFIELD (L.A.)
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR:
Silvio Pietroluongo
SENIOR CHART MANAGERS:
Raphael George (R&B;/Hip-Hop), Wade Jessen (Bluegrass, Country, Christian, Gospel; Nashville)
CHART MANAGERS:
Bob Allen (Boxscore; Nashville), Keith Caulfield (Cast, Compilations, Digital Albums, Internet, Pop Catalog, Soundtracks; L.A.), Anthony Colombo (Rock, Spotlight Recaps, Video), Mary DeCroce (Blues, Kid Audio; Nashville), Geoff Mayfield (The Billboard 200, Heatseekers; L.A.), Gordon Murray (Comedy, Electronic, Jazz, New Age, Reggae, World), Silvio Pietroluongo (The Billboard Hot 100, Pop 100, Hot Digital Songs), Paul Pomfret (Hits of the World; London), Jose Promis (Latin, Dance; L.A.), Gary Trust (Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40)
ANALYST:
Keith Caulfield
CHART PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Michael Cusson
ASSOCIATE CHART PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Alex Vitoulis
BILLBOARD RESEARCH MANAGER:
Gordon Murray
INTEGRATED SALES & MARKETING:
VICE PRESIDENT, INTEGRATED SALES/ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER:
BRIAN C. KENNEDY
NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR/DIGITAL & CONSUMER:
Derek Sentner
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & EAST COAST SALES:
Cindy Mata, West Coast
ADVERTISING DIRECTORS:
Ryan Bleich, Diane Johnson, Aki Kaneko; Nashville: Lee Ann Photoglo (Labels); Cynthia Mellow (Touring)
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR DETROIT:
Nancy Cole
ACCOUNT MANAGER:
Charles Perez
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR EUROPE/U.K.:
Frederic Fenucci
INSIDE ACCOUNT REP:
Jeff Serrette
MANAGING DIRECTOR/LATIN:
Gene Smith
LATIN AMERICA/MIAMI:
Marcia Olival
ASIA-PACIFIC/AUSTRALIA:
Linda Matich
JAPAN:
Aki Kaneko
ADVERTISING COORDINATORS:
Mirna Gomez; Alexandra Hartz
MARKETING DIRECTOR:
STACEY GROSS
MARKETING MANAGER:
Nicole Carbone
SALES/MARKETING DESIGN MANAGER:
Kim Grasing
ASSOCIATE MARKETING MANAGER:
Amy Gavelek
LICENSING, EVENTS & REPRINTS:
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & LICENSING:
ANDREW MIN
andrew.min@nielsen.com
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CONFERENCES & SPECIAL EVENTS:
MICHELE JACANGELO
SPONSORSHIP SALES DIRECTOR:
Karl Vontz
SPONSORSHIP SALES MANAGERS:
Michelle Fine
SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR:
Margaret O'Shea
SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER:
Lisa DiAntonio
EVENT CLIENT SERIVCES COORDINATOR:
Courtney Marks
EVENT MARKETING DIRECTOR:
Lila Gerson
ART DIRECTOR, MARKETING & SALES:
Melissa Subatch
SPONSORSHIP/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER:
Cebele Marquez
DIRECTOR, LICENSING & CUSTOM MEDIA:
Diane Driscoll
GROUP FINANCIAL DIRECTOR:
Barbara Grieninger
MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL LICENSING & SALES:
Angeline Biesheuvel
MAGAZINE REPRINTS:
Doug Kline, 1-800-290-5460 Ext. 133 or
BB@theYGSgroup.com
AUDIENCE MARKETING:
AUDIENCE MARKETING DIRECTOR:
FRANCES DAVIS
AUDIENCE MARKETING MANAGER (Group):
Michele Larsen
INTERNATIONL AUDIENCE MARKETING DIRECTOR:
Stephanie McNamara (London)
Subscriptions: 818-487-4582 (U.S./Canada) 44-1858-438887 (International)
PRODUCTION:
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR:
TERRENCE C. SANDERS
ADVERTISING PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Chris Dexter
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION Supervisor/QPS ADMINISTRATOR:
Anthony T. Stallings
SYSTEMS/TECHNOLOGY SUPERVISOR:
Barry Bishin
SENIOR COMPOSITION TECHNICIAN:
Susan Chicola
COMPOSITION TECHNICIAN:
Rodger Leonard
ADVERTISING GRAPHIC ARTISTS:
Ray Carlson, Ken Diamond
OPERATIONS:
VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER:
ANDY BILBAO
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR:
BILL FINTON
DIRECTOR, MARKET DEVELOPMENT:
ERIC WARD
MANAGER, MARKET DEVELOPMENT:
Justin Harris
LEGAL COUNSEL:
MARK MILLER
DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR:
Lou Bradfield
BILLING:
Liza Perez
CREDIT:
Shawn Norton
VICE PRESIDENT, MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION:
Jennifer Grego
VICE PRESIDENT, AUDIENCE MARKETING:
Joanne Wheatley
BILLBOARD OFFICES
NEW YORK: 770 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10003
Phone: 646-654-4500
Edit. Fax: 646-654-4681
Adv. Fax: 646-654-4799
NASHVILLE: 49 Music Square W., Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-321-4290
Fax: 615-320-0454
LOS ANGELES: 5055 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: 323-525-2300
Fax: 323-525-2394/2395
MIAMI: 101 Crandon Blvd., Suite 466, Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Phone: 305-361-5279
Fax: 305-361-5299
LONDON: Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Ave., London WC2H 8TJ;
Phone: 011-44-207-420-6003; Fax: 011-44-207-420-6014
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT THE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
GERRY BYRNE
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Jessica became editor of Billboard.com in June 2007 after heading Premiere.com. She was previously on the editorial staff of Spin magazine for several years. The Chicago native with an NYU journalism B.A. started out by self-publishing music zines and interning at the Chicago Tribune in the '90s. Jessica has also been an editor at Circus magazine, helped research music books from Vibe and Michael Azerrad, and has written for a variety of pop culture publications. She also co-founded Pearl Jam fan site TwoFeetThick. 
Jonathan grew up in Akron, Ohio, where by age three he was playing several instruments and absorbing all types of music. The Indiana University graduate has anchored Billboard.com's news and reviews section since late 1999 while also contributing regular artist features to Billboard magazine. In the spring of 2005, he took on the additional responsibility of editing the magazine's album reviews page, and in the summer of 2006, was named senior editor of Billboard.
Katie joined the Billboard team in the summer of 2004 after graduating from Northwestern University. A native Kansan, Katie freelanced for a variety of publications three years prior to her hire at Billboard Radio Monitor magazine as online editor. She joined Billboard.com in August 2005. She is also a musician who performs with Brooklyn's Numbers and Letters.
Mariel Concepcion grew up in Harlem, N.Y., and joined Billboard.com in
February 2007. The former Vibe online editor graduated from the New
School University in 2002 with a B.A. in journalism. Her byline has
appeared in such publications as Vibe, Vixen, Scratch, the New York
Post, Upscale and Billboard magazine.
As Billboard's Editorial Director, Bill Werde leads the editorial strategy and vision for the brand, which includes the weekly publication, websites (Billboard.com and Billboard.biz) and other digital content offerings, as well as industry-leading conferences and events. Werde joined Billboard in July 2005 as Senior News Editor and has steadily climbed the ranks of the organization, having been promoted to Deputy Editor and later Executive Editor of the brand. Prior to Billboard, Werde was the Associate Editor for Rolling Stone. Before that he worked as a freelance journalist for a number of publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Village Voice and Wired Magazine on matters of culture, politics and technology.
As Billboard VP/Publisher, Howard manages all aspects of the Billboard
business including editorial, charts, digital and mobile initiatives,
advertising sales, and face-to-face events. He also continues to oversee
Nielsen Business Media's Licensing Group. Since 2005, Howard has served as
Vice President of Licensing and Events for Nielsen Business Media, where he
launched 16 new events, expanded Billboard's presence internationally and
developed innovative agreements with global powerhouse companies. Howard
came to Nielsen in 1998 as Associate Publisher of Marketing for Billboard.
Prior to joining Nielsen, he was a music industry entrepreneur who spent
most of his career as a principal of the Washington D.C. based record
retailer Kemp Mill Music. 
