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Hue to take the reins as Nevrkla shakes up VPL. (News).
PPL chief Fran Nevrkla has followed his radical shake-up of the rights organisation last year, with the most extensive overhaul of VPL since its launch 17 years ago.
VPL consultant director Roger Drage -- who helped to set up the video performance body in 1984 -- has left, while Nevrkla has promoted PPL e-business head Colleen Hue to the new position of head of VPL
Nevrkla, who joined PPL and VPL as chairman/CEO from Warner Music in October 2000, has implemented the review at the video organisation some 10 months after bringing in sweeping changes at its sister audio body. This included overseeing the departure of the chief executive and managing director, along with the arrival of several key people, including one-time Sony strategic marketing vice president Tony Clark as PPL/VPL licensing director.
"When I arrived here my priority was PPL, but in due course I always wanted to look at VPL too," he says. As part of his restructuring across the two organisations, Nevrkla says one of his priorities has been ...