Industry Ink (12/3/13)

CMT‘s Radio Prep service will end on Dec. 31. CMT Radio producer Curt Miller will stay on CMT’s staff as a producer for the recently announced CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan. On-air correspondent Samantha Stephens will stay with the company through the end of the year. Stephens is currently exploring her next opportunity, and can be contacted via email.

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Mike Kraski of Tenacity Management and Consulting.

Paula Kay Artist Management and Street Gypsy Management have merged with Tenacity Management and Consulting, according to Mike Kraski, president of Tenacity.

“Tenacity has continued to look at ways to grow our company and improve our services to our clients,” Kraski said. “The best way to do that is with talented and committed people. These companies bring expertise and relationships into our company that makes us a much stronger organization.”

“The entertainment industry is a selfish one — it gets most of our time, love and energy. I want to be part of a team that still puts the artist’s best interests first, and that’s what I found with Tenacity,” said Paula Kay Hornick.

“For me to join an organization it has to function like a family, with integrity, dedication and commitment,” said Patti Bernard of Street Gypsy. “And that is what Tenacity is. Our commitment doesn’t end at 5:00 and doesn’t stop where business ends.”

Tenacity formed in 2007. Tenacity offers, management, consulting, and label services including radio promotion and distribution. Hornick can be reached at paulakay@tenacitymanagement.com and Bernard at pbernard@tenacitymanagement.com.

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Pictured (L-R): Gilles Godard, VP, Corporate Affairs and Development; CEO Robert Ott; Billy Falcon and John Ozier, GM, Nashville Creative.

ole has signed a worldwide administration deal with singer, songwriter and producer Billy Falcon. The agreement includes multiple cuts on the 2013 Bon Jovi album, What About Now, including the lead-off single, “Because We Can.” Among the artists to have recorded songs by Falcon are Stevie Nicks, Cher, Manfred Mann, Sherrie Austin, Meatloaf, Trace Adkins and Faith Hill, whose recording of the song “Give In To Me,” co-written by Falcon’s daughter Rose and Elisha Hoffman, was heard on the soundtrack of the film, Country Strong.

Falcon, a native of Valley Stream, New York, moved to Nashville in the early ’90s. Since then he has spent time writing and producing, including production work for his own daughter Rose, and performing with the band The Sowing Circle.

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Sunset Grill, located in Hillsboro Village, is set to end its lunch service later this month as Chris Cunningham takes over as new executive chef and managing partner of the restaurant, according to the Nashville Post. Sunset Grill will offer its last lunches on Dec. 20. The restaurant’s late-night menu from 10 p.m. until midnight will continue on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Cunningham’s changes to the menu include a larger daily specials menu and more focus on local and regional farm-to-table fare.