Shazam moves forward with Pride

Mobile music specialist appoints former Orange exec Dominic Pride as its director of product marketing.

Pride previously served as the head of music market development for the Orange content division.

At Shazam he will be responsible for driving the development and adoption of the company's mobile music applications and online services.

Prior to Orange, Pride established and ran Frukt Music’s mobile business, which provided marketing and service development consultancy to Sony Music International, BMG UK, Orange and MTV Networks International.

Andrew Fisher, CEO of Shazam, said: "Dominic has unrivalled experience in driving the international expansion of the digital music business across multiple countries. With Dominic on board, Shazam’s customers can look forward to even more exciting and valuable services."