Rob Stringer Ascends to CEO of Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris (left) will transition from the operational management of Sony Music Entertainment and assume the role of Chairman in April 2017. Concurrently, Columbia Records Chairman... Read More...
Sony Music Sues Rdio For Fraud In Pandora Deal In another installment of the lawsuit chronicles The Hollywood Reporter announced, Sony Music has filed suit alleging it was defrauded of millions when the on-demand service Rdio came to agreement with Pandora ... Read More...
Forget Apple vs. Tidal… It’s Facebook vs. YouTube Depending on who you ask, the music business advanced to a higher level with the launch of Apple Music and the webcasting of Beats 1 on June 30. Hold on to your apple seeds and cores as word from the curb revea... Read More...
Beyonce Signs New Artists After their cover of Beyoncé‘s ballad “Pretty Hurts” went viral with 8 million views, Chloe and Halle Bailey earned the ultimate compliment for their efforts as the Queen Bey herself has signed them to her mana... Read More...
Apple Tsumani or Tidal Wave? Just like another edition of grand opening, grand closing Jay-Z’s Tidal music streaming service debuted with great fanfare, was quickly ushered out of the iPhone Top 20 download chart before plummeting out of t... Read More...
Barry Weiss’ New Songs When Barry Weiss did his abrupt exit stage left from UMG a little less than a year ago, there was rumbling that the son of Hy had a “situation” in development and now we know what that “situation” is. It was re... Read More...
Shanti Das: Atlanta’s New Hip Hopreneur Atlanta’s native daughter Shanti Das has come a long way from her days as intern for industry vet Keith Frye. She stepped from Syracuse University graduate to National Promotion Director for LaFace Records whic... Read More...
Richard Nash SVP RED Distribution Richard Nash has been appointed Senior Vice President, Urban Promotion, RED Distribution & RED Associated Labels (RAL), it was announced today by Bob Morelli, President, RED and Tom Carrabba, Executive Vi... Read More...