Amanda Ghost Named President of Epic Records

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Amanda Ghost has been appointed President, Epic Records, it was announced today
by Rob Stringer, Chairman Columbia/Epic Label Group.

Ms. Ghost will join the company effective February 16, 2009 and be responsible
for overseeing the overall management and creative direction of Epic Records.

She will be based in New York and report directly to Mr. Stringer.

"I am delighted that Amanda has chosen to bring her creative vision and flair to
the Epic label. In the changing environment of the music business record labels
undoubtedly need to be complete partners with the artistic community and Amanda
will be the perfect executive to meet that challenge," said Mr. Stringer.

"I`m very excited to be working with Rob Stringer and joining a label as iconic
as Epic," commented Ms. Ghost. "Epic historically has stood for pop music in as
broad and exciting a sense as possible."

"I`m not a conventional choice as an executive in the music business, but it is
testament to the new mood at Sony where content is now king and the music
business is being put back in the hands of creative talent such as myself. I`m
here to draw on my experiences as an artist, songwriter and producer to make the
new and existing artists signed to Epic as brilliant and successful as
possible," she continued.

Ms. Ghost`s most recent acclaim has come as a Grammy-nominated songwriter,
working with artists such as Beyoncé, James Blunt, Jordin Sparks, Kanye West,
Shakira, Jay Z and many others. She has recently been nominated alongside
Beyoncé for a Golden Globe for the song `Once in a Lifetime` the theme song for
Cadillac Records.

Her songs and compositions have sold over 25 million records in the last three
years. Her credits include James Blunt`s "You're Beautiful"; Beyoncé & Shakira`s
"Beautiful Liar" and Jordin Sparks "`Tattoo."

As a popular artist and performer in her own right, Ms. Ghost released her major
label debut album "Ghost Stories" (Warner Bros.) in 2000 and later went on to
release records in the UK on her own record label, Plan A records which was
distributed through Universal Records. During that time she also started a
publishing label and music production company where she signed new and
developing artists, most recently, Hugo Chakra, who is licensed through Jay Z`s
record label Roc Nation.

Press:
Epic Records Publicity
Sarah Joyce, 310-272-2242
Cell: 646-872-5345
Sarah.Joyce@sonymusic.com

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