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Disney Records Chief to Quit

By Richard Verrier

Russ Bach, who as president helped to streamline Walt Disney Records, is resigning from the company.

Bob Cavallo, chairman of Walt Disney Co.’s Buena Vista Music Group, said Bach, 64, will retire Friday after 2 1/2 years at Disney. Cavallo hired Bach, a former president of distribution for EMI, to improve morale and help reorganize Walt Disney Records.

The division releases soundtracks for Disney movies such as “Tarzan” and “Fantasia/2000.”

“He accomplished the task,” Cavallo said. “He was invaluable. He did a great job for us.”

Bach will remain as a consultant for Disney until February. He could not be reached for comment.

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Richard Verrier

Richard Verrier is investigations editor for Arts and Entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. He has been with The Times since 2001 and has run our Company Town since 2016. After stints at the St. Petersburg Times and the Orlando Sentinel in Florida, Verrier joined the paper as a reporter, and for many years covered all aspects of the entertainment industry before turning to editing. He oversees the Company Town coverage while working to guide and edit investigative and enterprise reporting across the entertainment team, collaborating with writers and editors from all departments. He is a native of Montreal and a graduate from the University of Toronto and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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