CMA chief Sarah Trahern to step down on 10 December after 12 years

Sarah Trahern will leave as Country Music Association chief executive on 10 December after 12 years in the post, she told Billboard. Brittany Schaffer, named as her successor in July, started working alongside Trahern in September for a handover ending 31 December. Schaffer was previously dean of Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business.