Barney Wragg to Head Really Useful Group's Music Operations Division

According to the Guardian, Barney Wragg has been appointed to head the music operations division of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group. The former EMI executive will lead half of the now split company, which now consists of the 'theatre unit' and the music/copyrights/licensing unit.

Lloyd Webber commented on the appointment: "He is one of the entertainment industry's most exciting innovators and an expert in digital media. He has repeatedly demonstrated how new ideas can be combined with traditional forms of entertainment to the benefit of both customers and businesses."

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The Really Useful Group wasset up in 1977 by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is involved in theatre, film, television, video and concert productions, merchandising, magazine publishing, records and music publishing. The name is inspired by a phrase from The Railway Series of children's stories in which Thomas the Tank Engine and other trains are referred to as "Really Useful Engines". André Ptaszynski, formerly chief executive of Really Useful Theatres, was appointed chief executive of the group in December 2005.

The company was set up in 1977, when Lloyd Webber, frustrated with the terms of his contract with the impresario Robert Stigwood, decided to take greater control over the management of his creative works. All Lloyd Webber compositions and productions created from that point have been owned by the company.

 

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