1. Jermaine Dupri Joins Mariah Carey's Management Team

    October 08, 2013 4:34 AM EDT Music producer Jermaine Dupri is joining Mariah Carey's management team. A representative for Carey confirmed the news Monday. They have collaborated on hits like "Always Be My Baby," "Don't Forget About Us" and &qu ...

  2. Corrie Christopher, Imagine Dragons Join Paradigm

    October 07, 2013 6:23 PM EDT Corrie Christopher, agent for Imagine Dragons, has joined Paradigm as an agent in Paradigm’s music division with her clients, Billboard.biz has learned. Christopher had been senior VP of Concerts at Agency for the Performing Arts.     In additio ...

  3. Merlin Hires Roger Gold as US Commercial and Strategic Advisor

    October 07, 2013 5:14 PM EDT Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector, has hired former Warner Music Group executive Roger Gold to assist commercial and licensing activities in the United States. The recorded music rights represented by Merlin accou ...

  4. YouTube 3.0: Are They Paying Enough? (From the Magazine)

    October 07, 2013 4:07 PM EDT At 26, Lindsey Stirling is already a seasoned YouTube veteran -- a Los Angeles-based artist who has blazed a career path through the platform, garnering more than 3 million subscribers whose views generate enough steady advertising revenue to pa ...

  5. Ira Sallen Named COO of BMG/Primary Wave Label Services

    October 07, 2013 2:17 PM EDT 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, it was announced today in a statement. Sallen was appointed by Larry Mestel, Primary ...

  6. NARM Renames Itself the Music Business Association, Expands Mandate

    October 07, 2013 12:16 PM EDT The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM), the trade organization founded in 1958 which represents music retailers, distributors, and others involved in the sale of music and related merchandise, has announced it is restructurin ...

  7. Indie Beat: Nicolas Jaar on Building a Label for Digital Natives

    October 07, 2013 11:04 AM EDT Perhaps as compelling as Nicolas Jaar’s music -- subtly emotive, restrained yet expansive -- are his ideas about the form itself. The 23-year-old artist/producer made waves in 2011 with his debut album cum minimalist electronic manifesto “Space ...

  8. Warner Music Group Moving Headquarters To Paramount Plaza From Rockefeller Center

    October 07, 2013 10:10 AM EDT The Warner Music Group, the world’s third largest record company, is moving from its long-time headquarters at 75 Rockefeller Center and relocating to 1633 Broadway Tower, according to an Oct. 1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

  9. Thomas Miserendino Appointed President & CEO, AEG Europe

    October 07, 2013 8:52 AM EDT Veteran live entertainment exec Thomas Miserendino has been named President & CEO, AEG Europe, it was announced today (Oct. 7) by Jay Marciano, Chief Operating Officer, AEG.   Effective immediately, Miserendino moves from his current post as ...

  10. Biz Poll: Internet Misogyny and Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry’s Op-Ed

    October 04, 2013 5:15 PM EDT This week, Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry wrote an editorial in the Guardian on misogyny on the Internet that she and many of her peers (and, of course, many more outside of the music industry) face daily. While Mayberry acknowledges the importa ...

  11. SoundExchange Distributes Record $153 Million in Q3, Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

    October 04, 2013 4:48 PM EDT SoundExchange set another record for distributions in the third quarter, sending $153.7 million to record labels and artists in the third quarter. The figure was 25.5% greater than the same period last year and 74.7% above the $88 million dist ...

  12. Emilio Romano, President of Telemundo, Resigns

    October 04, 2013 1:15 PM EDT Emilio Romano has resigned from his post as Telemundo's president two years after joining the network, according to Joe Uva, NBCUniversal's chairman of Hispanic enterprises and content, in a statement to employees. “After a successful ...

  13. What Does Twitter's IPO Mean To The Music Biz? Not A Whole Lot (Analysis)

    October 04, 2013 12:45 PM EDT Twitter is hoping to raise $1 billion in an initial public stock offering. What does it mean to the music business? Not a whole lot. An IPO is a confirmation of a company's revenue-generating capabilities and business model. Twitter would n ...

  14. Twitter's IPO Treatise Hints at Growth, Attempts to Turn Profit

    October 04, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Twitter, a privately held company built on blurbs, has finally laid itself bare in documents that read more like a treatise than a tweet. The roughly 800-page filing Twitter Inc. released late Thursday on its way to an eagerly anticipated IPO co ...

  15. Twitter Unseals IPO Filing, Cites $317 Million in Revenue Last Year

    October 03, 2013 5:29 PM EDT Twitter has unsealed the documents for its planned initial public offering of stock and says it hopes to raise up to $1 billion. The company is also disclosing that it generated $317 million in revenue in 2012 and that it has more than 215 milli ...

  16. Clear Channel Recruits Katy Perry to Debut New iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles

    October 03, 2013 12:52 PM EDT The brand-new iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles will be the host of Katy Perry's release performance event for her new album "PRISM," Clear Channel announced today. Katy Perry Covers Billboard Magazine Own It | Read It Hear Her R ...

  17. Country Music Association Awards 2013 Voter Guide (PDF)

    October 03, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Country Music Association members will receive their third and final CMA Awards ballot on October 10 and will have until Oct. 28 to fill it out. The final results will be revealed during the airing of the 47th annual CMA Awards  -- "Country ...

  18. Muve Music Surpasses Two Million Subscribers in U.S.

    October 03, 2013 11:19 AM EDT Muve Music, the on-demand music subscription service of Cricket Wireless, has surpassed two million subscribers in the United States. The figure covers only the United States and does not include any subscribers acquired by the Muve-powered subs ...

  19. AEG Live Off the Hook in Michael Jackson Trial, Industry Dodges a Bullet (Analysis)

    October 02, 2013 8:57 PM EDT The sighs of relief emanating from AEG Live’s Los Angeles offices could be heard ‘round the world when word came Wednesday afternoon that a jury declared promoter AEG Live not guilty of negligence in the hiring of Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor ...

  20. Lorde on Topping Hot 100: It's 'Like My Birthday, Christmas, Washing My Hair After a Month'

    October 02, 2013 5:30 PM EDT Hey, Lorde, you've just topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "Royals." How does it feel? "It feels like a combination of my birthday, Christmas and washing my hair after a month of not doing so," Lorde beamed to Billboard e ...

  21. Why Investors Aren't Piling Into Music

    October 02, 2013 2:51 PM EDT Everyone loves music. So why do investors, even ones who consider themselves musicians, run the other way when pitched by a music start-up? "Music is one of those funny things," Tim Chang, an amateur musician and partner with the Mayfi ...

  22. Agents Aplenty at 10th Annual Billboard Touring Conference

    October 02, 2013 10:30 AM EDT Register today for Billboard's 2013 Touring Conference & Awards Nov. 13-14 in New York City Use promo code 'BIZ13' to get a special discount. The role of agents in the contemporary touring industry will be explored in depth wi ...

  23. New Signings: Warner Music Nabs Ylvis, WME Inks Leah Turner, Maximum Artist Adds Lalah Hathaway, Warner/Chappell Signs Danny Orton

    October 02, 2013 7:45 AM EDT Here’s a look at the latest artist signings across the music industry. Billboard.biz is interested in your company’s new signings. Please send announcements to Mitchell.Peters@billboard.com for inclusion in our regular report. Click here for the ...

  24. How Obamacare Could Impact The Touring Biz (From the Magazine)

    October 01, 2013 4:55 PM EDT With the so-called Obamacare law taking effect Jan. 1, the live biz is examining the impact on its many part-time employees. The vast majority of employees on tour aren't the responsibility of the artist or the promoter/producer, but rat ...

  25. Ex-Eurhythmic Dave Stewart and Former Credit Suisse CEO to Launch Global, Artist-Focused Bank

    October 01, 2013 4:18 PM EDT David Stewart, one half of the Eurhythmics, and former Credit Suisse Europe, Middle East and Africa chairman/CEO Michael Philipp have revealed their plans to launch a creative-focused banking services company, to be called First Artist Bank. The ...

  26. AC Entertainment Opens Nashville Office

    October 01, 2013 12:51 PM EDT Concert promoter and festival producer AC Entertainment, co-founder and producer of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., has opened a Nashville office.   Nina Miller has been named director and will head up the Nashville ...

  27. Guest Post: Meet the Free Market Royalty Act, an Elegant Solution to Some Complex Issues

    October 01, 2013 12:43 PM EDT Representative Mel Watt (D-NC-12) has introduced the Free Market Royalty Act (H.R. 3219), one of the most intriguing royalty proposals in years. The bill accomplishes two principal goals: Watt starts the process of getting the government out of ...

  28. Nielsen's Acquisition of Arbitron Complete

    October 01, 2013 11:22 AM EDT Nielsen, global provider of information and insight into what consumers watch and buy best known for its television ratings, has completed its acquisition of Arbitron Inc., the marketing and media research firm best known for its U.S. radio rati ...

  29. Polly Anthony Remembrances: Jimmy Iovine, Michele Anthony, Doug Morris, Celine Dion, Shakira, Macy Gray, More Pay Tribute

    October 01, 2013 1:30 AM EDT The loss of Polly Anthony this week impacted a large swath of the music industry who responded in droves to the loss of a beloved music executive who helped guide the careers of many successful artists (including, Macy Gray, Shakira, Celine Dio ...

  30. Polly Anthony, Former Epic and Geffen Executive, Dead at 59

    September 30, 2013 8:00 PM EDT Polly Anthony, the Epic Records president who helped break and/or worked with such artists as Macy Gray, Shakira, Celine Dion, Rage Against the Machine, Michael Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Pearl Jam, passed away at her home in Beverly Hills, ...

  31. Rep. Mel Watt Introduces Performance Right Legislation

    September 30, 2013 2:25 PM EDT Rep. Mel Watt has introduced legislation that would create a performance right for sound recordings at broadcast radio and create a new revenue stream for record labels and artists. The Free Market Royalty Act, introduced Monday morning, would ...

  32. Christian Tattersfield Stepping Down as CEO of Warner Music UK, Max Lousada Named Successor

    September 29, 2013 3:55 PM EDT Warner Music Group today announced Christian Tattersfield will step down from his role as CEO, Warner Music UK and co-chairman, Warner Bros. Records UK in February 2014 and that Max Lousada, chairman of Atlantic Records UK, has been named his s ...

  33. Billboard Roundtable: EDM & Brands; the Jay Z-Samsung Model (Video)

    September 27, 2013 11:59 PM EDT The Panel Marcie Allen Founder/president, MAC Presents Lori Feldman Senior VP of brand partnerships & music licensing, Warner Bros. Records Marcus Peterzell EVP of entertainment, Ketchum Sports & Entertainment; head of Ketchum Sounds Boz ...

  34. Live Nation, Virginia Davis Form G-Major Management

    September 27, 2013 4:06 PM EDT Live Nation and artist manager Virginia Davis (Jewel, Danielle Bradbery) will launch G-Major Management, a new artist management company. The formation was announced in a statement from Live Nation yesterday. "The recent signing of ["T ...

  35. Pirate Bay Founder's Hacking, Fraud Sentence Reduced

    September 27, 2013 3:43 PM EDT A Swedish court has dismissed part of the hacking and fraud charges against the founder of the popular file-sharing website Pirate Bay and reduced his prison sentence from two years to one. The Svea Court of Appeal on Wednesday dismissed cases a ...

  36. Atlanta Dance Music Festival TomorrowWorld Takes Drug Precautions After Electric Zoo Deaths

    September 27, 2013 3:27 PM EDT Organizers of the electronic dance music festival TomorrowWorld are taking extra precautions to maintain a safe environment for concertgoers this weekend after two drug-related deaths occurred at a similar festival in New York this summer. " ...

  37. SoundBiz Music Conference in Detroit Focuses on Revivification – Don Was, Jeff Castelaz, Mike Jbara Speak

    September 27, 2013 2:45 PM EDT Music executives, lawyers and automotive industry leaders at this week's Crain's Detroit Business SoundBiz Music Conference said that Detroit, despite its fragmented resources, may be the key to saving the recording industry. When Moto ...

  38. !K7 Label Services Signs Up Friends of Friends in Europe, Acid Jazz Worldwide

    September 27, 2013 1:50 PM EDT !K7 Label Services, a division of the Berlin-borne, London-based label and one-stop music biz shop , has announced another round of label partnerships, this time with the fast-on-the-rise L.A. label Friends of Friends (Shlohmo, Groundislava) and ...

  39. Beats Electronics Receives Reported $500 Million Investment From The Carlyle Group

    September 27, 2013 1:01 PM EDT Beats Electronics LLC (Beats), the audio brand co-founded by Dr. Dre (Andre Young) and Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine, today announced that the Carlyle Group had agreed to make a minority investment in the company. Though terms ...

  40. 'Get Off My Lawn': Readers Respond to Country's 'Image Problem'

    September 27, 2013 11:30 AM EDT Last week’s column  drew comments from readers in such disparate country music hotbeds as Australia and Brazil. Citing recent critical comments about current country music from some of the format’s own stars, including Zac Brown and Gary Allan, ...

  41. ATM Artists Expands to L.A., Hires Zandi, Nasseri, Linck

    September 27, 2013 7:00 AM EDT EDM mega-manager Amy Thomson has expanded her ATM Artists to L.A., and welcomed three new team members, Billboard has learned. Joining the company’s new L.A. office are Zee Zandi, a veteran of the Las Vegas nightlife business; Nima Nasseri, a da ...

  42. Rock the Bells Canceled in NY, DC

    September 26, 2013 5:30 PM EDT Organizers have canceled Rock the Bells Festival coming tour stops in New York and Washington. A news release from Guerilla Union says the cancellations of this weekend's two-day stop in Washington and next week's shows in New York are ...

  43. Tupac Shakur's Mother Suing Over Royalties

    September 26, 2013 2:08 PM EDT  She also demands that unreleased masters be handed over in a lawsuit that follows a company's purchase of the song catalogue of Death Row Records. Afeni Shakur is demanding more than $1.1 million in royalties from the exploitation of her s ...

  44. Disney Sues Over Musical Featuring 'Spider-Man,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Lion King'

    September 26, 2013 1:24 PM EDT Disney might have decided to not to file a legal objection to Escape From Tomorrow, a micro-budgeted horror film whose poster features a Mickey Mouse-like blood-soaked hand. But the entertainment giant isn't ready to simply roll over on the ...

  45. How the Michael Jackson-AEG Verdict Could Change the Touring Business

    September 26, 2013 12:24 PM EDT Katherine Jackson’s wrongful death suit against AEG Live will go to the jurors today after closing arguments were made by both but the prosecution and defense. Whatever jurors decide, the case could have long lasting implications on tour deal ...

  46. Michele Anthony Named Universal Music EVP, U.S. Recorded Music (Exclusive)

    September 26, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Veteran music execuctive Michele Anthony is joining Universal Music Group in a newly-created role. With effect from Nov. 1, Anthony will become UMG’s executive vice president, U.S. recorded music, reporting to the group’s chairman/CEO Lucian Gra ...

  47. Britney Spears Manager Larry Rudolph on Ticket Sales, Lip-Synching, New Revenue Streams (Exclusive)

    September 26, 2013 8:26 AM EDT “It’s a new chapter in the Britney Spears saga,” says her manager Larry Rudolph, who’s standing outside of a rehearsal studio at CenterStaging in Burbank, Calif. It’s a typically sunny Los Angeles morning and dozens of scantily clad dancers h ...

  48. Alex Pham's Digital Notes: YouTube's Free Tracks, Amazon's Cloud Store, Siemer's Big Prize

    September 25, 2013 8:11 PM EDT YouTube's Free Offerings Google, it would seem, loves giving stuff away. Last week, it was QuickOffice, a suite of productivity apps it purchased in June and is now distributing as a free download. Today, it's more than 150 audio track ...

  49. Billboard Roundtable Part 3: Miley Cyrus' Marketability, Music Discovery Platforms (Video)

    September 25, 2013 6:26 PM EDT The Panel Marcie Allen Founder/president, MAC Presents Lori Feldman Senior VP of brand partnerships & music licensing, Warner Bros. Records Marcus Peterzell EVP of entertainment, Ketchum Sports & Entertainment; head of Ketchum Sounds Boz ...

  50. How The Weeknd Went From Internet Mystery to Billboard 200 No. 2

    September 25, 2013 4:20 PM EDT What does it mean for an artist to succeed on his/her own terms in 2013? The Weeknd -- the 23-year-old, famously elusive R&B singer born Abel Tesfaye -- sold 95,000 copies of his major label debut album "Kiss Land" last week, accor ...

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