London - 14th September 2017 - Elections to the board of the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) have seen digital entertainment services Google and SoundCloud, and independent music store Vinyl Tap, join the board of the association which uniquely represents both global media companies and traditional physical stores.
Google has joined via its hugely successful music and video services Google Play and YouTube. Google will be represented on the ERA board by Google Play and YouTube Music Content Partnerships Manager (UK/IE) Eduard Castello.
Music streaming service and sharing platform SoundCloud will be represented by Director of Content Partnerships (Europe) Raoul Chatterjee. Raoul previously held a position on the ERA board representing 7digital and acted as ERA Chairman from 2014 to 2015.
Also new to the ERA board is independent record shop Vinyl Tap in Huddersfield, represented by store owner, Tony Boothroyd. A keen participant in the ERA-organised annual event Record Store Day and active contributor to ERA’s independent member division.
ERA CEO Kim Bayley said, “For 29 years ERA has represented entertainment retailing in all its diversity. As we enter our 30th anniversary year, I am delighted to welcome three new and significant members to our board.”
The ERA Board now comprises:
Company Board Representative
7digital Ed Kershaw
Amazon Paul Firth*
David’s Music Ashlie Green
Deezer Phil Moore
ERA Kim Bayley*
Game Paul O’Sullivan
Google Eduard Castello
HMV Rudy Osorio*
Isotope Graham Lambdon
Proper Distribution Drew Hill
Quirksonline Paul Quirk*
Reflex Alan Jordan*
Resident Natasha Youngs
Sainsbury’s Pete Selby*
Sister Ray Phil Barton
Sky James Morton*
SoundCloud Raoul Chatterjee
Spotify Kevin Brown*
Tesco Mark Green
Vinyl Tap Tony Boothroyd
*Executive Board Member
For more information, please contact ERA:
Megan Page - Tel: 020 7440 1596 megan@eraltd.org
Lynn Li – Tel: 07500 817835 lynn@eraltd.org
About ERA
ERA is the trade association representing the vast majority of retailers and digital services offering music, video and games in the UK. Its members range from independent record shops (Reflex, Sister Ray) to digital services (Spotify, Sky, Deezer, Google) to internet retailers (Amazon) to specialist High Street operators (HMV, Game) and supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Morrisons)