Black Music Marketing Expands Press Area Coverage
, By Cynthia Bell
Post Staff Writer
Black Music Marketing hag
expanded its press area cover
age announced by Win Wilford
who is Director of Press In
formation and Artist Affairs.
The expansion will provide a
more comprehensive and effi
cient media coverage for
Black artist recording under
the Columbia, Epic, and asso
ciate labels.
Several promotions resulted
from the expansion. George
Wana maker has been appoint
ed Associate Director of Press
Information and Artists Af
fairs and will report directly
to Win. Carolyn Van Brunt
has been appointed General
Publicist in charge of Press
Information and Artist Affairs
for the West and she will
report to George Wanamaker.
Alicia G. Johnson
has been promoted to the
position of Tour Publicist with
duties in Press Information
and Artist Affairs. She will
also report to George Wana
maker. George Wana maker’s
duties involves putting to
gether the West Coast based
black artist and artist affairs
and getting local and national
press coverage for them.
Before joining the fine staff at
CBS Records, George was
Associate Editor of Record
Review magazine and a fre
quent contributor of features
and reviews to Phonograph
Record magazine, Soul, Black
Stars, anc The L.A. Free
Press.
General Publicist in charge
of Press Information and Art
ist Affairs, Carolyn Van
Brunt, will secure print, radio,
and television coverage for
Black artist on the labels as
well as developing and im
plementing- extensive publi
city campaigns. Carolyn has
a wealth of experience in the
communications field ac
quired partly through her
prior work as Assistant to the
President of Global Entertain
ment Industries, Inc.
Alicia G. Johnson is respon
sible for tour publicity for
West Coast artist. Prior to
coming to CBS. she worked as
a free lance production co
ordinator for the Omicron and
Crusin Rosen Production
companies. Since her employ
with CBS as of July, 1977. she
o
worked as secretary to the
Associate Director of Press
Information and Artist Affairs
on the West Coast until her
promotion.
museum Upens summer Exhibition
The Mint Museum of His
tory, 3500 Shamrock Drive,
announces tbe opening of its
major summer exhibition
entitled “Smoke Signals:
Tobacco Merchandising in
America,” on June 3.
The exhibition which runs
until October 1, features toba
cco products and advertising
items from 1875 to tbe present.
-Examples of tobacco pro
ducts from plug to plastic
pouch illustrate tbe progres
sion of tobacco marketing
from the days of tbe Duke
Tobacco Factory in Durham
to tbe use of Volkswagens as
billboards. Included are post
ers, banners, signs and adver
tisements which promoted tbe
sale of tobacco products.
Featured are five full-size
cigar store figures.
The exhibit will be educa
tional for those interested in
the three-dimensional arti
facts of the history of tobacco
merchandising. Antique col
lectors, particularly of adver
tising items, will find the
exhibit a unique collection of
tobacco collectibles. The pub
lic will surely recognize items
that their fathers, grand
fathers, uncles and brothers
once smoked or chewed.
The Mint Museum of His
tory is open from 10-4, Tues
day through Friday and 1-4 on
Saturday and Sunday.
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after graduating from Secood Ward High School and I
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Employment Security Commission for 3 years. From I
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Electronics with his last job position being the 9
Regional Director for 4 states. In 1977 he was Athletic I
Director of all intra-extra mural sports at Central I
Piedmont. Chuck has been a member of the Batch 9
Tennis Club since 1973 and served as director in 1974. • 9
The Batch Tennis Club promotes and aids junior teens §1
in Charlotte. Chuck, his wife Benetta, and their taro I
daughters Julie and Terry are members of St Lake ■
Baptist church and live at 1300 Georgetown Drive. 1
Foiger Buick is proud that Chuck has become a 9
member of our sales organization. 9
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