ChampionScott Partners has recruited Former BMG President, Charles Goldstuck as Chief Executive Officer to TouchTunes Corporation (http://www.touchtunes.com). TouchTunes is the largest out-of-home interactive entertainment network in North America. TouchTunes offers interactive music, games and video entertainment as well as unique, measurable marketing and advertising capabilities across its network. Its expanding network of more than 38,000 locations delivered more than 700 million songs last year, with more than 1.7 million transactions recorded daily.
Prior to joining TouchTunes, Mr. Goldstuck was President and Chief Operating Officer of Bertelsmann Music Group (U.S.) (BMG), where he oversaw the business operations of the BMG Label Group including: the RCA Music Group (RCA Records, J Records, Arista Records), and the Zomba Label Group (Jive Records, LaFace Records and Verity Records). The BMG Label Group is home to superstar artists Usher, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Dave Matthews Band, Chris Daughtry, Foo Fighters, OutKast, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Sarah McLachlan, Rod Stewart, and Avril Lavigne, among many others.
Mr. Goldstuck began his career at music publisher Warner/Chapell Music in Los Angeles heading up the Latin American division. He later joined Capitol Records where he rose to Executive Vice President.
Later, Charles moved to New York to be Executive Vice President/General Manager of Arista Records. In 2000, Mr. Goldstuck left Arista with Clive Davis to form J Records, a joint venture with BMG, which was eventually merged with RCA Records to form the RCA Music Group. In 2004, he was elevated into the role of President and COO of BMG (U.S.).
Mr. Goldstuck is a board member of various corporate entities, as well as the City of Hope Children’s Foundation and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Mr. Goldstuck was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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