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Jim is a record label executive at Universal Music Group in Greece, official blogger for Lady Gaga, founder and president of the \u201cBe You (Antibullying) movement\u201d in Greece and ex radio producer. He was born in the United States of America and raised in Greece! In his earliest ages he built his fan website for Lady Gaga. Two years later, the official team of Lady Gaga verified Jim as an official web partner for her and since then Jim is the owner and administrator of one of the biggest official worldwide Lady Gaga web news sources,\u00a0http:\/\/dreamofgaga.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0. Soon after he started working with some major pop artists in Greece too, sharing with them his creative marketing and promotion skills. Highlight collaboration is the one with Katerina Stikoudi. During the last 7 years, he has been working with the world\u2019s leading record label Universal Music Group (for territory Greece), for the international Marketing.
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