New York, New York, August 13, 2007 – Tracy Zamot has been appointed Senior Vice President of Publicity and Media Relations for Universal Motown Records, it was announced today by Sylvia Rhone, President of Universal Motown Records and Andrew Kronfeld, General Manager of the label. Based in New York, Ms. Zamot will report to Ms. Rhone and Mr. Kronfeld.

In this new capacity, Ms. Zamot will be responsible for developing and implementing media strategies for Universal Motown’s diverse roster of artists, which includes Stevie Wonder, Akon, Chamillionaire, Lil Wayne, Lloyd, Erykah Badu, Mya, Shiny Toy Guns, and Blue October, among others.

“Tracy is an energetic and creative executive with unique team-building skills and keen instincts for identifying new platforms of exposure for our artists,” stated Ms. Rhone. “We are looking forward to her immediate contributions.”

“Everyone is delighted that Tracy is joining the Universal Motown family,” commented Mr. Kronfeld. “Her relationship with key media representatives and her proven track record of success will be invaluable as we continue to expand our company further.”

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to become part of Sylvia’s team and work closely with Andrew,” added Ms. Zamot. “The dynamic roster and quality of executives here are second to none.”

Prior to joining Universal, Ms. Zamot served as Vice President of Publicity at Virgin Records, where she developed and guided media campaigns for such artists as the Gorillaz, KT Tunstall, Lenny Kravitz, Dem Franchize Boys, We Are Scientists and Iggy Pop, among others. Formerly, Ms. Zamot advanced from a publicity assistant and tour publicist, to Vice President, East Coast Media Relations, at Atlantic Records. Between 1992 and 2002, Ms. Zamot’s duties spanned the label’s roster in the mainstream, adult, theatre, soundtrack and urban genres, and included developing media campaigns for such artists as Matchbox twenty, Phil Collins, Rush, Collective Soul, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Audra MacDonald and Nappy Roots.

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry’s largest global music publishing operations.

Universal Music Group consists of record labels Decca Label Group, Deutsche Gramophone, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Geffen Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Music Latino, Universal Motown Records Group, Universal South Records and Verve Music Group, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, a new media and technologies division, and Universal Music Mobile.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.

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