Ticketmaster’s New Prexy

Ticketmaster has a new North America president in Jared Smith.

Smith, who previously served as the company’s COO, will oversee TM’s support, sales, distribution and marketing operations in North America in the new role.

“Jared continues to be a transformational leader in Ticketmaster’s evolution,” said Live Nation CEO and President Michael Rapino. “His dedication to clients has consistently resulted in a greater than 100% net renewal rates and his innovative thinking has led to the creation of value-added services and products to better support them and the fans they serve.”

Prior to TM, Smith had stints at the Columbus Civic Center in Georgia and the Quad Cities Sports Commission in Moline, Illinois.

Nathan Hubbard will continue his role as president of Ticketmaster. Hubbard’s previous title was CEO but he became president following a retitling exercise at the company several months ago, according to a TM spokeswoman.