Sara Nemerov Named Senior Vice President of Consumer Products and Brand Licensing at Frank Sinatra Enterprises and Rhino Entertainment

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - July 30, 2009) - Sara Nemerov has been hired as Senior Vice President of Consumer Products and Brand Licensing at Frank Sinatra Enterprises and Rhino Entertainment. She will be charged with handling the consumer products program for Frank Sinatra Enterprises, and similarly for Rhino-affiliated artists. The announcement was made jointly today by Rhino Entertainment President and FSE Co-Chairman Scott Pascucci and FSE Co-Chairman Robert A. Finkelstein.

As head of Consumer Products and Brand Licensing, Nemerov will be identifying and securing new opportunities featuring Frank Sinatra's name and likeness, as well as expanding existing FSE efforts. Nemerov will also handle licensing with respect to other artists within Rhino.

Nemerov joins Rhino and FSE from The Trump Organization, where she was most recently Vice President of Global Licensing. In that capacity, she oversaw Trump's worldwide licensing business, directing an array of successful initiatives, including apparel and accessories, toys, mobile games and home furnishings (the Trump Home program that she created won License! magazine's Best Brand Extension award in 2007). An eight-year veteran of the licensing industry, Nemerov has also served at The Joester Loria Group, The Beanstalk Group, and the Jones Apparel Group.

"Bob and I are very pleased to have Sara on the team," remarked Pascucci. "The Sinatra family are delighted to welcome her style and ability to create new opportunities within the Sinatra Legacy."

"I am thrilled to be heading up the consumer products department at FSE, and to be joining the great teams at FSE and Rhino," said Nemerov. "There's a spirit and meaning behind the name 'Frank Sinatra,' who is renowned for his timeless style, and I want to participate in its relevance for many years to come. Sinatra was the consummate entertainer providing us with a soundtrack for our lives, as well as artistry in movies, concerts and wonderful artwork few have seen."

A Connecticut native, Sara earned an MA from NYU in Culture and Communication and currently serves as an East Coast Representative for the Licensing International Merchandising Association and its charity committee. She is based in New York City.

About Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE)

Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE) is a joint venture between the Sinatra family and Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG). FSE owns Sinatra's recordings from the Reprise era as well as a treasure trove of films, television specials, and unreleased footage, photos and audio recordings, which collectively represent one of the foremost bodies of artistic work of the modern era. FSE also owns and manages Sinatra's name and likeness rights and represents the artist's rights to the Columbia and Capitol catalogues. FSE pursues innovative new product and venture opportunities with respect to the legendary entertainer's name and likeness, as well as Sinatra's audio and visual recordings.

About Rhino Entertainment

Based in Burbank, California, Warner Music Group's Rhino Entertainment was founded in 1978 and is the world's leading pop culture label. Emphasizing flawless sound quality, bonus tracks, informative liner notes, award-winning creative packaging, an offbeat sense of humor, and a strong social conscience, Rhino continues to set the standard for excellence in the reissue business it pioneered in both the physical and digital worlds. Rhino is also expanding the definition of what a catalog music company is, as evidenced by the label's recent name and likeness representation deal with Frank Sinatra and its multi-faceted relationship with Grateful Dead. The vast Rhino catalog of more than 5,000 CDs, videos, and digital exclusive albums features material by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Doors, Chicago, Black Sabbath, John Coltrane, Yes, Alice Cooper, Linda Ronstadt, The Ramones, The Monkees, Carly Simon, Curtis Mayfield, among many others.

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