Martin Maidenberg
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Marty Maidenberg began his career at PolyGram Records in 1986 as a publicist working in Media Relations and advanced through the company to the eventual position as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Creative Services in his 12-year tenure there. Mr. Maidenberg moved to Epic Records/Sony Music as the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing where he directed domestic marketing efforts for international signings.

In 2001 Mr. Maidenberg became General Manager of S-Curve Records. While there he helped guide the company both financially and creatively through to its standing as the #1 independent label in the music business. S-Curve was profitable within its first two years of operation, selling over 10 million albums, and attracted the attention of EMI Music, which acquired half of the company in 2002. He remained General Manager for S-Curve/EMI up until he became the full-time manager of Joss Stone, one of the artists whose career was launched at S-Curve.

As Joss’ manager Mr. Maidenberg joined forces with Sanctuary Group Management, where he continued to be intricately involved in establishing Joss Stone’s career as a multi-platinum personality, selling over seven million albums in only three years. In addition to the overall responsibility of management Mr. Maidenberg was responsible for producing her performances at all live events, whether headlining her own concert tours around the world or media events such as the Super Bowl Half-Time Performance, Oprah Winfrey, The Today Show, Late Show with David Letterman, PBS’ Kennedy Center Honors, Good Morning America and The Tonight Show to name just a few.

Most recently, Mr. Maidenberg was also part of the management team for Elton John, working through Twenty-First Artists, a division of the Sanctuary Group.

Marty Maidenberg rejoined S-Curve as Chief Operating Officer in 2007. In addition, he attends New York University as a candidate for a Masters Degree in Counseling.

Blog Entries by Martin Maidenberg

Patience Has A Curfew

(3) Comments | Posted May 29, 2012 | 7:01 PM

I like to think of myself as a patient man.

That being said, this past year has brought numerous opportunities where my patience has been tried, none more vigorously than the latest electoral diatribe and lack of communal anger that usually accompanies such an affront.

If you would, indulge me...

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So Much To Love, So Much To Regret

(2) Comments | Posted July 12, 2011 | 4:29 PM

by Marty Maidenberg and Jonathan Turitz

Stephen Sondheim's seminal and dazzling 1971 musical, Follies, having just finished its successful run at Washington's Kennedy Center, is now en route to Broadway. Scheduled to open in September, this production, like so many that have preceded it, is more daring than definitive, an...

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Defying Gravitas -- Season of the Witch

(2) Comments | Posted October 14, 2010 | 3:33 PM

I don't care if she's a witch. After all, at the end of the day, I don't want to judge anyone for using a little sorcery or for being a little different from everyone else. The question is: What kind of witch she would be? After all, we all know...

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All For One and One For Some?

(5) Comments | Posted August 16, 2010 | 5:54 PM

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg wrote a piece for the Huffington Post. In his impassioned plea for religious tolerance with regard to the building of a mosque close to the site of the 9/11 attacks the Mayor cites "every individual's right to the freedom to worship as we wish,"...

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Dating or Data Entry?

(33) Comments | Posted July 29, 2010 | 3:04 PM

Dating at 40-something. I never thought I would be here, but after the demise of two long-term relationships over the past 20 years I now found myself struggling to make my way through the dating world, once again. In actuality, I find dating to bring out more or less the...

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