Press Release
| FAI Names Frank Rittman Regional Director. |
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FOX AGENCY INTERNATIONAL NAMES REGIONAL DIRECTOR Rittman Tapped for Asian Post New York, NY -- Fox Agency International, Inc. (FAI) President and Chief Executive Officer Edward P. Murphy announced the appointment of Frank S. Rittman as its new Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific. Rittman will be based in the FAI office in Singapore. FAI is a special purpose subsidiary of The Harry Fox Agency, Inc., the licensing division of the National Music Publishers' Association, Inc. Launched in 1994, FAI operates as a professional trade association acting on behalf of music publishers, and further serves as the mechanical licensing agent for more than 4,000 U.S. music publishers and several European authors' societies. In addition to its regional headquarters in Singapore, FAI operates a second branch office in Taiwan and maintains formal relations with local collecting societies in five other Southeast Asian territories. Rittman, who will report directly to Murphy, has served as NMPA/HFA's International Business Administrator since 1989. "I'm pleased that Frank will play such an important role during the next phase of FAI's operations," said Murphy. "His contributions have been instrumental in getting FAI off the ground and bringing us to where we are today. His legal background and international experience should be especially helpful in his new position. I am confident in his ability and wish him the best of luck." NMPA, founded in 1917, works to protect and advance the interests of the music publishing industry. With more than 600 members, NMPA represents the most important and influential music publishing firms throughout the United States. HFA, founded in 1927, represents more than 17,000 music publishers and serves as an information source, clearing house and monitoring service for licensing music copyrights. |
