Music producer Jermaine Dupri is joining Mariah Carey's management team.

This week's Digital Notes column is dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in academia. Berklee School of Music recently began taking applications for its first online degree program in music business and music production. UCLA next week launches a series on the future of media with a session on digital music distribution. And CreativeLIVE expands into music.

Interscope Geffen A&M announced Monday that it will acquire the remaining 50% share of the A&M/Octone joint venture from Octone Records. Formed in 2007, the joint venture was scheduled to conclude in mid-2014.

There's a good chance you haven't heard of Hozier quite yet -- though over 230,000 have over the past week-and-a-half. Born Andrew Hozier Byrne, the emerging singer-songwriter is in the midst of a unique spike of awareness, made possible by the digital age. We call it "going viral" these days.

Ira Sallen, a 20-year veteran of BMG who departed in 2009 for WTW Associates, has been named COO of the newly formed BMG / Primary Wave Label Services company.

More than a year after the release of "Pitch Perfect," the movie's lead Anna Kendrick reaches No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary radio airplay chart with "Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)," which rises 2-1.