NEWS June 27, 2016
KGRI has now retained the blue chip management team of Interact-TV Inc. (OTC-ITVI a Multimedia Company), who are veteran music and entertainment executives with over 40 years of combined experience specializing in strategic marketing, brand partnerships and original content solutions.
KGRI’s team also integrates influencer marketing technology such as KGRI’s T-List platform (www.tlistinc.com) as a tool to further assist both brands and artists to further monetize and develop out their existing platforms.
Team members include:
Diane Mayer
Diane is a veteran music and entertainment executive with two decades of experience in marketing, promotion, artist development, talent booking, and live events. She has worked for entertainment giants BMG, Universal and Disney, and was the Department Head in charge of television development, video promotion, and visual marketing at EMI Music - North America.
Mayer has created campaigns with MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Teen Nick, Bravo, BET, VEVO, Palladia/MTV Live, NBC, VH1 Classic, Telemundo, Univision, MeVee, ZUUS Media, Rdio, FUSE, and Austin City Limits Live, and has worked closely with a world-class roster of artists, including Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miguel, Beastie Boys, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Kylie Minogue, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bonnie Raitt, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Joss Stone, Lily Allen, Lecrae, Lenny Kravitz, Jane’s Addiction and Norah Jones. Mayer’s contributions have earned dozens of gold, platinum and multiplatinum records and have resulted in the sale of over 250 million albums worldwide.
Mayer’s extensive experience in Artist Development and Discovery has put her on the front lines of creativity and direction as she has worked side by side with talent to personally develop individual strategies and campaigns. Her profound instincts in creative direction are trusted and sought after by industry luminaries ranging from artist managers and label executives, to network presidents.
Diane is a graduate of Tufts University.
Neal Zamil
has 30 years of experience as a finance professional working at major multinational music and entertainment companies and more recently at smaller entrepreneurial startups. During that time, Neal has gained both corporate and divisional experience heading departments responsible for strategic planning and analysis, finance, operations and investor relations.
His career began at Capitol Records in 1986 where he worked as a financial analyst for various divisions within the Capitol-EMI Music Group in Los Angeles and then moving over in 1993 to EMI Records in New York. From 1997 to 2001, Neal served as Vice-President of Finance for Elektra Entertainment Group (a $300M division of Time-Warner) which included artists such as AC/DC, The Eagles, The Doors, Metallica, Busta Rhymes and many more.
Since 2002, Neal has been a financial consultant for various entertainment companies and from 2005 - 2008 was the CFO of Downtown Records, one of most successful startup independent record labels, achieving a #1 album with Gnarls Barkley in their first year of operation. From 2013-2015, Neal served as CFO at 300 Entertainment, a new startup label created by the former CEO of Warner Music Group, Lyor Cohen and recently achieved a #1 album with Fetty Wap in only their 2nd year of operation. Currently, Neal consults with independent artists and labels on a variety of issues from music publishing, distribution, marketing and management.
Neal carries an MBA in Finance and a BA in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin.
Contact….info@kgrigroup.com
