Jeffrey Remedios

Jeffrey Remedios is the president of Universal Media Canada. He also founded Arts & Crafts Records.[1] In 2015 he was named by Toronto Life as one of Toronto's 50 most influential people.[2]

Career

Arts & Crafts

In 2003, Jeffrey Remedios left EMI and launched Arts & Crafts Productions in 2003 with Daniel Cutler and Kevin Drew.[3] The goal of the new label was to create a vehicle to release and promote content from Kevin Drew's new group, Broken Social Scene.[4] Under Remedios' leadership, Arts & Crafts Productions collected 21 Juno wins.

Universal Music Canada

On September 21, 2015, Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge appointed Remedios as President and CEO of Universal Music Canada.

Education

He graduated McMaster University in 1998 with an Honours Commerce Degree and a minor in Music.[5] McMaster presented Remedios with its Alumni Gallery Award in 2013.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeffrey Remedios, Arts & Crafts Co-Founder, Named President of Universal Music Canada". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  2. ↑ "Toronto Life celebrates the most influential Torontonians of 2015 at an exclusive cocktail reception". Toronto Life. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  3. ↑ "Indie music maven Jeffrey Remedios goes mainstream". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  4. ↑ McLean, Steve. "Broken Social Scene". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  5. ↑ "McMaster Alumni Community - Jeffrey Remedios". alumni.os.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  6. ↑ JEFFREY REMEDIOS NAMED PRESIDENT AND CEO OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA, RANDY LENNOX DEPARTS FOR BELL MEDIA - UMG


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