Adam Parness will join Pandora in July as Head of Publisher Licensing and Relations. Parness will be responsible for leading Pandora’s relationships with songwriters and music publishers, including the development of broader product rights and internationalization in order to increase revenue, retention and customer engagement.
Parness has over 15 years of digital music experience. He was Principal Content Acquisition Manager at Amazon where he led the company’s global music publishing initiatives and helped launch Prime Music. Before that Parness served as Vice President of Music Licensing at Rhapsody where he played a pivotal role in the acquisition of Napster.
