Warner Chappell Music has promoted London-based exec Paul Smith to the newly created position of VP, A&R and International Songwriters. At the same time, the pubco has launched a database named ARROW that aims to facilitate greater collaboration and accelerate the global pitch process for songs.

In his new role, Smith is tasked with strengthening relationships between songwriters on WCM's global roster and driving more collaborations between them and with major recording artists worldwide.

ARROW stands for A&R Representing Our Writers and the internal song pitching tool was developed by the team at Warner Chappell Nashville. It will be used by the publisher’s A&Rs worldwide to search and share unreleased songs internally and pitch them for commercial use.

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