James Diener

James Diener
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
OccupationEntertainment & Music Executive

James Diener is an American entertainment and music executive.

He is the co-founder of Freesolo Entertainment;[1] an entertainment company comprising Freesolo Music, a record label joint venture with Interscope Records/Universal Music Group; Freesolo Publishing, a joint venture with Sony/ATV Music Publishing; and Freesolo Management, a joint venture with Vector Management. Freesolo has represented artists such as Avril Lavigne, Gavin DeGraw, The Struts, Jazmin Bean, Hailee Steinfeld, Jharrel Jerome, Rachel Platten and Pitbull.

He was the founder, CEO, and President of A&M Octone Records, which signed and developed platinum artists including Maroon 5, K'naan Hollywood Undead and Flyleaf.[2][3][4][5]

He conceived and formed, as1one,[6][7] the first mixed Israeli Palestinian pop group and subject of a 2024 Paramount+ 4-part docu-series.[8][9]

He was the co-founder of Alignment Artist Capital,[10] a New York–based specialty finance company created specifically for the entertainment industry[11] in partnership with BlackRock.[12][13]

He was the Executive Music Producer for Netflix's 2018 unscripted music series Westside.[14]

  1. ^ "Former A&M/Octone Execs Launch Hybrid Company Freesolo; Gavin DeGraw, Hunter Hunted Among First Signings". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
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  6. ^ Halprin, Shirley (2022-07-29). "Israel's Music Business Has the Ears of the Majors". Variety.
  7. ^ דור מאיר מועלם (2022-10-26). "האיש שגילה את מארון משקיע עכשיו בשישה ישראלים: "המטרה להיות הרכב הפופ הגדול ביותר" [Follow us:The man who discovered Maroon 5 is now investing in six Israelis: "The goal is to be the biggest pop group in the world"]. Mako (in Hebrew).
  8. ^ Flam, Charna; Franklin, McKinley; Scorziello, Sophia (2023-05-26). "Apple TV+ 'Hijack' Starring Idris Elba Receives First Official Trailer (TV News Roundup)". Variety.
  9. ^ Wang, Jenna (3 September 2024). "as1one on How They 'Lift Each Other Up' as World's First Israeli-Palestinian Boy Band with Debut Single (Exclusive)". People.
  10. ^ Robehmed, Natalie. "BlackRock Investing In Musicians Through Alignment Artist Capital". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  11. ^ Christman, Ed (2015-04-06). "Industry Vets Launch Alignment..." Billboard Magazine.
  12. ^ Schneider, Laura (2015-04-07). "Music Industry Veterans Launch Alignment Artist Capital". Hypebot.
  13. ^ Newman, Melinda (2015-12-03). "Why This New Form Of Funding..." Entrepreneur Magazine.
  14. ^ Herman, James Partrick (2018-10-11). "Netflix's 'Westside' Flips the Script on Music Reality". Variety.