1. James Murphy On His New (McIntosh) Sound System, Producing Arcade Fire, a Music Industry 'That Makes Zero Sense'

    July 24, 2013 12:41 AM EDT James Murphy finally has his own very own (LCD) sound system. The DFA Records co-founder has teamed up with home entertainment company McIntosh Laboratory for Despacio, a custom-built sound system that he debuted at the U.K.’s Manchester Inter ...

  2. Univision Radio Cancels Eddie Sotelo's Popular 'Piolin por la Mañana' Morning Show

    July 22, 2013 11:05 PM EDT Univision Radio's longtime syndicated morning show "Piolin por la Mañana," featuring the popular veteran radio personality Eddie Sotelo, has been cancelled, according to an official with Univision Radio. Univision officials decli ...

  3. From the Magazine: Lessons to Be Learned from the 'Magna Carta' App's Privacy Snafu

    July 22, 2013 4:15 PM EDT THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN BILLBOARD MAGAZINE GET THIS WEEK'S ISSUE RIGHT HERE Jay Z might have the hottest album and mobile app on the market right now, but the flip side of his success includes claims of consumer privacy invasion by t ...

  4. Rush, Tragically Hip, Guess Who and Beau Dommage Honored with Canadian Stamps

    July 20, 2013 10:46 AM EDT The Canada Post has introduced a series of commemorative stamps and collectibles honoring legendary rock group, Rush. Along with the iconic band, The Tragically Hip, The Guess Who, and Beau Dommage are also being featured in the Canadian Recordi ...

  5. Pitchfork Fest 2013: Bigger Headliners, More Sponsors, Elaborate Production, Killer Mike and El-P's New Beer

    July 18, 2013 6:35 PM EDT Now in its eighth year, the Pitchfork Music Festival has growing pains like any other festival. It's likely to sell out a capacity of 54,000 tickets across three days at Chicago's Union Park. It also has a record sponsor count that� ...

  6. TuneCore Announces New Partnerships with Gracenote and Shazam

    July 17, 2013 7:31 PM EDT Digital music distribution service TuneCore today announced a partnership with Gracenote and Shazam. Artists that use TuneCore will now be able to add their music to the metadata database Gracenote and music identification service Shazam, which ...

  7. How Renfro Valley Became Kentucky’s 'Country Music Capital'

    July 17, 2013 6:01 PM EDT To many country music fans, Renfro Valley might be a secret. But, to the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the Kentucky music attraction each year, it's a place that feels like home. It's also a place that takes them back to ...

  8. Jay-Z Scores 13th No. 1 Album On Billboard 200; Ciara Bows At No. 2

    July 17, 2013 11:31 AM EDT Update: July 17, 1 PM PST, Nielsen SoundScan has updated its sales figures. The new numbers have been adjusted in the story below. As reported last night (July 16), Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail album bounds in at No. 1 on the Billboard 2 ...

  9. Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta' Sets Spotify Streaming Record -- Despite Samsung Giveaway, Topping Album Chart

    July 17, 2013 10:25 AM EDT Jay-Z's "Magna Carta...Holy Grail" set a record for most streaming activity on Spotify in the United States. The album's songs were streamed over 14 million times in the United States during its first week of release. It al ...

  10. Spotify Reacts to Nigel Godrich and Thom Yorke

    July 15, 2013 12:54 PM EDT Spotify is spending Monday reacting to comments by producer Nigel Godrich that criticize the subscription service's business model. Godrich's statements have received attention throughout the music press, the British press and the Wal ...

  11. K-Pop's Profile Expands Exponentially, All Thanks to Psy

    July 15, 2013 11:53 AM EDT It's been a year already? As of this morning, July 15, Psy's viral phenom "Gangnam Style" is officially one year old. The video is already the most-viewed video ever on YouTube and was the first clip ever to surpass 1 billion ...

  12. Downtown Records Announces New Sync Licensing Team, Hires Pearce, Chapman, Bradford (Exclusive)

    July 15, 2013 11:12 AM EDT Downtown Records has announced it is building out its synchronization team, hiring Jennifer Pearce, Céleigh Chapman and Tarik Bradford to lead its synch efforts. “We have always reached a wide audience through games, movies and TV, so we built ...

  13. Biz Stock Ticks: This Week's Entertainment Indices

    July 12, 2013 6:30 PM EDT In today’s . Biz Stock Ticks , a look at publicly traded entertainment stock prices over the last week by Apple, Best Buy, Facebook, Google, Live Nation, Pandora, Sony, Sirius, TransWorld and Sony over the last week. Below each 5-day stock graph ...

  14. VH1 Expands You Oughta Know Series; Helps JOHNNYSWIM Secure Sales Lift, 'Tonight Show' Booking

    July 12, 2013 4:38 PM EDT Register today for Billboard's 2013 Film & TV Music conference in Los Angeles Oct. 29-20 at the W Hollywood Use promo code 'BIZ13' to get a special discount. VH1 is expanding You Oughta Know, its emerging artist program, wit ...

  15. How Anna Kendrick's Soundtrack Sleeper 'Cups' Got to the Top of the Charts

    July 11, 2013 3:21 PM EDT As reported yesterday, Anna Kendrick reaches the Billboard Hot 100's top 10 at last with "Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)," which rises 13-10 in its 28th week on the chart.   Since it's been almost a year since ...

  16. Pharrell Williams' Résumé: The History of a Hardworking N.E.R.D.

    July 11, 2013 2:49 PM EDT It's incredible to think that Pharrell Williams, the artist and entrepreneur who recently turned 40, was once fired from three different McDonald's in Virginia Beach. It all in began in 1992. That year, Pharrell helped Teddy Riley writ ...

  17. Budweiser Doubles Down with Jay-Z and Rihanna on International 'Made for Music' Campaign

    July 11, 2013 1:53 PM EDT In 2012, Budweiser took a big chance on its inaugural Made In America festival, a two-day event in Philadelphia that eventually grossed $5 million and attracted nearly 80,000 ticketholders, according to Billboard BoxScore. Now, the beer behemot ...

  18. Read Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's 'One Microsoft' Memo, Promises 'Deep Entertainment Experiences,' 'Serious Fun'

    July 11, 2013 12:29 PM EDT Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today released a detailed memo ( click here ) under the headline "One Microsoft," in which the tech giant laid out plans for an organizational realignment and promised to provide "deep entertainment exp ...

  19. Billboard Launches The Billboard Shop

    July 10, 2013 3:19 PM EDT Billboard today announced the launch of the Billboard Shop ( http://shop.billboard.com/ ), an online retail space offering a wide variety of Billboard products. Among the Billboard Shop's offerings are: A one-click way to purchase current ...

  20. Coming Soon: Daft Punk Action Figures

    July 09, 2013 12:38 PM EDT From Wilco to "The Avengers" to a President Obama parody and beyond, Daft Punk's summer hit "Get Lucky" has received cover treatment from every sector of the entertainment world. It seems everyone is eager to play with t ...

  21. Jay-Z's Surprise Twitter Q&A Elicits 1.5 Million Mentions, Unreleased Single via Young Guru

    July 09, 2013 11:17 AM EDT = Jay-Z is hardly the artist known for his stunts on Twitter (he only tweeted four times in 2012), but on July 8 took the Internet for a ride with a surprise Q&A, answering questions from fans and driving overall awareness for his then soon ...

  22. Backbeat: Essence Festival Draws Blue Chip Sponsors for Record-Setting 19th Year

    July 08, 2013 11:33 AM EDT Now in its 19th year, the Essence Festival has often described as an event “you just need to see to believe.” The three-day conference and concert festival is massive in scale — it’s attracted more than 400,000 people over three days for years ...

  23. Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak on Kanye West's 'Grandiose Business Ideas'

    July 05, 2013 5:33 PM EDT Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has opened up about what happened during his visit with Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and their baby, North, shortly after the reality star gave birth to her daughter. According to ABC News, Kardashian set up a meetin ...

  24. Samsung Reports Record Profits, Shares Tumble on Smartphone Outlook

    July 05, 2013 8:05 AM EDT Samsung Electronics Co. reported record quarterly profit Friday but its shares tumbled on doubts its mainstay smartphone business can maintain rapid growth. Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday estimated its April-June operating profit at a record ...

  25. Intel Teams with MTV to Launch Second Year of Its 'Music Experiment' with Empire of the Sun in New York

    July 03, 2013 2:27 PM EDT Intel, the world's largest manufacturer of computer chips, sponsored 22 different experiential media events with various partners in 2012. Of those partners, only MTV Iggy was renewed for 2013 for a program called Music Experiment 2.0 ­ a c ...

  26. Deezer Partners with Foursquare to Reward Concertgoing

    July 02, 2013 6:01 PM EDT Music subscription service Deezer has forged a partnership with location-based service Foursquare that will reward Deezer subscribers for checking in to concerts.   Here's how it works: a fan likes Deezer on Foursquare and then checks into ...

  27. Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta' App Raises Privacy Issues, Turns Off Some Users (Including Killer Mike)

    July 02, 2013 4:16 PM EDT Jay-Z and Samsung's "Magna Carta" app may have been downloaded by more than half a million people since it launched on June 24, but rapper Killer Mike, a.k.a. Michael Render, isn't one of them. Why not? Render on Tuesd ...

  28. Ole Acquires Sony Pictures Music Publishing Catalog

    July 02, 2013 1:59 PM EDT Ole, the Toronto-based music publisher, has acquired the music publishing catalog of Sony Pictures Entertainment for film and television releases between 1993 and 2012. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but sources say that the catalog, whi ...

  29. Pharrell Williams vs. Will.i.am: What to Know About This Trademark Fight

    July 02, 2013 1:10 PM EDT Pick one word to describe the trademark fight between Will.i.am and Pharrell Williams and it's got to be "confusion." Last week came word that Will.i.am was suing Williams, but in truth there was no such lawsuit. At least at that ...

  30. Apple Files for 'iWatch' Trademark in Japan

    July 01, 2013 9:20 AM EDT Apple Inc. has applied for a trademark in Japan for "iWatch," indicating it may be proceeding with rumored plans to produce a smart wristwatch. A document obtained Monday from the Japan Patent Office's website said the application ...

  31. SFX IPO: Robert Sillerman's Growing 'EMC' Empire

    June 27, 2013 4:16 PM EDT SFX Entertainment, the company that’s been snapping up global electronic music businesses since June of last year, filed for an IPO on Monday that revealed its executive team, potential challenges, and several of its next moves. In addition to ...

  32. Simon Cowell's Syco, Fremantle Media to Launch 'Afghanistan's Got Talent'

    June 27, 2013 12:16 PM EDT Afghanistan's Got Talent , a local version of the TV talent competition, will launch on regional channel 1TV Media later this year. Afghanistan's Got Talent will be the 55th local adaptation of the show, coming after recent local launc ...

  33. Backbeat: Billboard/Samsung Galaxy Film & TV Music Conference Advisory Board Luncheon at the W Hotel Hollywood

    June 27, 2013 11:03 AM EDT Billboard and THR hosted an exclusive luncheon for its Film & TV Conference Advisory Board members on Wednesday, June 26 at the W Hotel Hollywood. The event, powered by Samsung Galaxy and led by Billboard editorial director Bill Werde and se ...

  34. Backbeat Byte: Theophilus London on His SpongeBob Apparel Line: 'It’s a Dream Come True Collaborating With Him'

    June 26, 2013 2:05 PM EDT Hip-hop, cartoons and the Hamptons make for strange bedfellows, but they combined for a great day last Saturday (June 22), when Nickelodeon hosted a private party with rapper Theophilus London celebrating the launch of the SpongeBob x LVRS appa ...

  35. Sean 'Diddy' Combs On Revolt TV, Time-Warner Deal, MTV's Influence (Q&A)

    June 25, 2013 4:25 PM EDT Last week, the entrepreneur/rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs went on something of a promotional tear for his new music cable station Revolt TV, which is scheduled to launch this Fall. First he turned up at Cannes where, in a discussion with Translatio ...

  36. Sean "Diddy" Combs Announces Revolt TV Deal with Time Warner Cable, Enlists MTV Vet Andy Schuon

    June 21, 2013 12:59 PM EDT On Wednesday (June 19), Revolt TV, the upcoming music cable network spearheaded by Sean "Diddy" Combs, took a major step forward by announcing a national distribution deal with Time Warner Cable. Combs, Revolt's majority sharehold ...

  37. John Legend Talks New Chevy Impala Campaign, Kanye-Produced 'Love In The Future' LP

    June 21, 2013 11:08 AM EDT Over the past 18 months alone, Chevrolet has featured new music from fun., Theophilus London, Frank Sinatra, Patty Griffin and OK Go in its national TV commercials -- sometimes even featuring the artists on-camera. John Legend became the latest ...

  38. AXS TV to Broadcast Hyde Park Concerts (Exclusive)

    June 21, 2013 10:55 AM EDT AXS TV is going international, broadcasting a two-day recap of British Summer Time Hyde Park, a six-day concert that will include performances from Bon Jovi, Elton John, Lionel Richie and Jennifer Lopez. The concert event will air July 13 and 14 ...

  39. Dualtone, Alabama Shakes, Tom Silverman Take Honors at 2013 Libera Awards

    June 21, 2013 10:36 AM EDT It was a big night for Dualtone Records and the Alabama Shakes at the American Association of Independent Music’s second annual Libera Awards Thursday, with representatives from 400 independent labels across the country gathered to honor their p ...

  40. Backbeat: Sony, iTunes Execs Hit the Scene, the Stranglers Rock the Spoke Club, DJs Spin Atop a Crane at Toronto's NXNE, MuchMusic Events

    June 21, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Toronto has been crazy busy the past two weeks with North By Northeast, Luminato (still going), the MuchMusic Video Awards and piggybacking parties and events. Billboard.biz squeezed in a few, starting with the NXNE kick-off at Toronto’s Drake ...

  41. Letter From The Editor: What Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta' Means For The Billboard 200 Chart

    June 21, 2013 9:28 AM EDT "I don't follow any guidelines," Jay-Z says in "22 Twos," one of the standout tracks on his 1996 debut, "Reasonable Doubt." And there's no reasonable doubt that Jay's instincts to blaze trails hav ...

  42. Live Nation Teams With Insomniac Events in ‘Creative Partnership'

    June 20, 2013 2:21 AM EDT During a panel at his own EDM Biz conference, Insomniac Events’ CEO Pasquale Rotella casually confirmed what his long been rumored: His company will formally partner with Live Nation. Described as a “creative partnership,” the venture will al ...

  43. Sean 'Diddy' Combs Pitches Music Cable Channel Revolt At Cannes

    June 19, 2013 4:15 PM EDT (This story originally appeared in Adweek) CANNES, France—After holding court Tuesday night on the Croisette with media and advertising moguls (and an afterparty or two), Sean "Diddy" Combs was all business today, taking the main sta ...

  44. Musician-Related Products Reach $122 Million In Licensing Revenue, Per 2013 LIMA Report

    June 18, 2013 7:48 PM EDT Musical performers and their works collected $122 million in licensing revenue in 2012, a 1.6% increase over 2011, according to a new report issued this week by the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers Association (LIMA)'s 2013 Li ...

  45. Gloria Trevi Re-Ups with Universal, Stars in New Soap Opera

    June 18, 2013 4:49 PM EDT Just a few weeks ago, Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi announced she was a free agent. “The contract [with Universal] is over and I am in conversations with various labels, including Universal,” Trevi told Billboard before her performance at the Ac ...

  46. From the Magazine: How to Exponentially Increase the Digital Music Services Market

    June 18, 2013 1:44 PM EDT This except from this week's Billboard magazine (cover date June 22, 2013) entitled "Easy Does It" is an in-depth look at the best ways for digital music services to exponentially increase market share. Also in this issue: Apple&# ...

  47. Will.i.am Becomes Partner in Beverly Hills Brand Licensing Agency

    June 18, 2013 12:30 PM EDT Music star and entrepreneur will.i.am has been named a partner in Beverly Hills-based licensing and strategic marketing firm memBrain Licensing , the company said Tuesday. The firm said it will look to tap into the Grammy Award-wining musician’s ...

  48. Beyonce Settles $100M Lawsuit With Video Game Company

    June 18, 2013 11:49 AM EDT Beyonce has wiggled out of a lawsuit brought by a video game company that sued the musician for allegedly backing away from a deal to create a motion-sensing dance game. Gate Five filed the lawsuit in New York court in April 2011, claiming that ...

  49. Herbalife Incorporates Music Into Its Health Plan: A Conversation with SVP and MD Ibi Fleming

    June 18, 2013 1:15 AM EDT This past April, Herbalife -- the giant nutrition company with independent distributors in over 80 countries -- made its first foray into music as a sponsor of the Billboard Latin Music conference. It was a leap for a company that, since its fou ...

  50. Business Matters: Why An Artist Like Jay-Z Would Partner with Samsung

    June 17, 2013 8:26 PM EDT It's no wonder that Jay-Z signed a partnership deal with the electronics giant Samsung that's rumored to be worth $20 million. The Korean company spends an incredible amount on advertising every year.   Samsung Electronics' ad ...

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