The top three executives at Sony Music Nashville have been let go, Sony Music said Friday. President and CEO Allen Butler, executive vp and general manager Mike Kraski and executive vp Blake Chancey left their posts as part of the Sony Music's broad worldwide restructuring that has affected about 1,000 staffers. Sources indicated that president of Nashville-based DMZ Records, John Grady, will replace Butler and MCA Nashville executive vp A&R Mark Wright will take Chancey's role. Kraski is not expected to be replaced. Anouncements regarding key appointments will be made in the immediate future," a Sony Music spokesman said in a statement Butler was upped to president of Sony Music Nashville in 1997 by former Sony Music chief Thomas Mottola. Butler was credited with establishing the careers of such acts as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Loveless and Colin Raye.
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