Jay Frank (December 24, 1971[1] – October 13, 2019) was an American author and music industry executive.
Prior to joining CMT in 2007,[5] Frank was vice president of music programming and label relations for Yahoo!
[6] He joined Universal Music Group in 2015, and at the time of his death, was senior vice president of global streaming marketing.
His second book, Hack Your Hit, offers low cost marketing tips for musicians utilizing tricks with social networks.
[16] He was an instructor at the Rock and Load Music Group 2010 University Event,[17] and spoke at NMS[18] and SXSW conferences, among others.