Dennis Lavinthal

American record company executive, promoter and manager. Began career at ABC Records & Tapes, Seattle, in promotion and marketing. Was vice president of ABC Records in charge of promotion and artist development/acquisition; ran his own independent promotion and marketing consultancy; named president of the Silver Cloud Records division of Leber-Krebs, Inc., in 1977; formed Musicvision with Howard Gillman and Lenny Beer in 1978; founded Hits Magazine with Lenny Beer in August 1986; co-founded The MGMT Co. with Lenny Beer in 2008.