Wendy Griffiths has been promoted to EVP of synch & creative marketing for Position Music, an L.A.-based independent publisher, record label and management firm headed by president/CEO Tyler Bacon.
Griffiths joined Position Music in 2016 as SVP of creative marketing and is responsible for building and overseeing the pitching, sales and licensing teams to secure synchronizations for Position Music’s repertoire in advertising, film, TV, Trailers and video games. She monitors the company’s overall synch revenue which has subsequently grown by 40% during her first year at the company and has been instrumental in growing Position Music’s commercial division by securing numerous placements with Jeep, McDonald’s and Samsung, among others.
In her new position, Griffiths continues to work daily with Position Music’s composers and A&R staff as well as colleagues at major and indie music publishing companies to create original and cover music for pitching opportunities. She has brought in blanket deals for the company’s production music divisions and worked directly with TV shows such as America’s Got Talent and Dancing With The Stars for custom placements. In addition to Griffiths’ synchronization leadership role, she will begin to work with the roster of developing artists on the label side, building out branding and marketing opportunities.
Prior to working at Position Music, Griffiths was EVP of licensing & synch for BMG where she managed the marketing, synch and licensing efforts for all new clients, pulling from a catalog that included music from Kurt Cobain, Aerosmith, Johnny Cash, Soundgarden, Bruno Mars, Will.i.am and John Legend.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More