Terra Firma is finally making substantive changes to EMI's organization. FMBQ has some information on changes to Capitol Music Group's organizational structure. In addition to the promo group changes mentioned below, some staffers were laid off.

What transpired today is the assemblage of one central promotion team by which (EVP of Promotion Greg) Thompson will continue to oversee. Again, the composition of this central group, which includes a national executive team for every radio format and a field staff, has yet to be officially unveiled by the company. The function of this central promo team will be to service the following labels: the Capitol Music Group including Capitol and Virgin; all the imprints in the Bluenote Label Group including Bluenote, Angel, Manhattan, MetroBlue and Back Porch; the Caroline Music Group and Astralwerks. The team will also work in conjunction with the Nashville office for country crossovers and the EMI Christian Music Group for crossover artists as well. The U.S. Latin label is not part of this initiative.

Greg Thompson will continue to report to President Lee Trink, and he and his team will support and service all of the promotion efforts for the aforementioned label groups.

Billboard.biz named names:

Among those let go were Virgin Records VP of promotion Dave Reynolds, Virgin director of promotion operations Jordan Rosenblatt, Virgin Boston regional James MacDonald, Capitol Chicago regional Amy Kaplan and Capitol Florida regional Ric Austin. Additionally, several assistants have been let go from the Los Angeles office, including Jen Kelly.