1. Allegro Media Group to Acquire Canadian Label Somerset Entertainment

    May 09, 2013 10:15 AM EDT The Allegro Media Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mood Media's Somerset Entertainment label, a publicly-traded Canadian company. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, Billboard estimates Somerset has about $40 milli ...

  2. Lady Antebellum’s 'Golden' Album Release Party and Performance, Presented by Citi

    May 09, 2013 10:12 AM EDT “I feel like I can touch everybody,” Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley said with a smile last night, while standing on the small stage at the McKittrick Hotel in New York. And actually, he could. The tiny crowd of about 200 Citi card holders and ...

  3. Jennifer Lopez Signs With RedOne's 2101 Records

    May 08, 2013 6:09 PM EDT After a successful collaboration on 2011’s “On the Floor,” which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, among other hit tracks from the album Love? , Jennifer Lopez and producer RedOne are reteaming for future business together. Lopez has signe ...

  4. Liberty Media's First-Quarter Results Rise Dramatically Following Sirius XM Inclusion

    May 08, 2013 11:31 AM EDT John Malone's Liberty Media on Wednesday posted higher first-quarter results after the inclusion of Sirius XM Radio in its financials and the separation of Starz, which was spun off into a separate company. Liberty reported quarterly earnin ...

  5. Adam Levine, 'Voice' Coach and Maroon 5 Frontman, Inks Development Deal at NBC

    May 08, 2013 11:23 AM EDT Adam Levine's NBC footprint is about to grow larger. The "Voice" coach and Maroon 5 frontman has inked a one-year first-look development deal at NBC with his longtime manager-turned-producing partner Jordan Feldstein. Together, th ...

  6. DFA Label Documentary Short Celebrating 12th Anniversary Released (Watch)

    May 08, 2013 10:00 AM EDT DFA Records is now on a small screen near you (actually, below). Today, the Red Bull Music Academy released a 12-minute documentary short entitled “Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic: 12 Years of DFA” that examines the history of NYC’s inf ...

  7. Madonna to Be Honored as Top Touring Artist at Billboard Music Awards

    May 08, 2013 9:00 AM EDT Madonna will be honored with the Top Touring Artist award at the upcoming Billboard Music Awards, an achievement earned by the worldwide success of her MDNA tour. CLICK FOR COMPLETE LIST OF BBMA FINALISTS • J.Lo, Lil Wayne, Minaj Performing • Ta ...

  8. Miguel Bosé to Be Honored as Latin Grammy Person of the Year

    May 08, 2013 7:00 AM EDT Spanish singer/songwriter Miguel Bosé will be honored as the 2013 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year and will be feted in a tribute gala held on Nov. 20, one day before the 14th annual awards show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in ...

  9. Michael Jackson's Doctor Unqualified In Many Areas, Expert Says

    May 07, 2013 10:04 PM EDT Michael Jackson's doctor was not qualified to treat the singer for insomnia or drug addiction and botched resuscitation efforts, an expert cardiologist testifying for the singer's mother told a jury on Tuesday. Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter ...

  10. Justin Timberlake's Acting Agency, WME, Locks Down All of the Star's Future Business

    May 07, 2013 6:08 PM EDT Actor and singer Justin Timberlake is taking his music touring business to WME. Although previously signed with talent agency CAA, WME had been repping Timberlake as an actor since 2009. It will now inherit all of his future business, including ...

  11. Live Nation Revenue Up 6% in First Quarter

    May 07, 2013 5:02 PM EDT Live Nation posted good first-quarter gains in its concerts division and is betting electronic dance music will help it have a strong 2013. Total first-quarter revenue grew 6.4% to $923.7 million and adjusted operating income rose 9.8% in the qu ...

  12. Universal Music Publishing Acquires Criterion Music Corp

    May 07, 2013 2:48 PM EDT Universal Music Publishing Group has acquired Criterion Music Corporation and its affiliated entities, it was announced today by Zach Horowitz, Chairman & CEO, UMPG, and Bo Goldsen, President of Criterion The company will relocate to UMPG’s ...

  13. George Jones' Final Concert Reimagined As Tribute: Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, More to Perform

    May 07, 2013 2:14 PM EDT Perhaps it’s only fitting that George Jones, once nicknamed “No Show Jones,” won’t be physically present at what was to be his final concert.   But thanks to a few of his friends and fellow artists, the show will go on. George Jones Funeral: Bra ...

  14. Rhapsody To Offer Digital Liner Notes

    May 07, 2013 2:13 PM EDT Subscription music service Rhapsody has signed on to assist The Recording Academy's push for the availability of digital liner notes. Last year the Academy launched the "Give Fans the Credit" campaign that is designed to give musi ...

  15. Independent Study: Sacred Bones Records

    May 07, 2013 10:29 AM EDT Label: Sacred Bones Records Founded: 2007 Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn Number of Employees: 5 Next Release: Pharmakon, Abandon , May 14 Distributor: Secretly Canadian Twitter: @SacredBones Website: SacredBonesRecords.com "Independent Stud ...

  16. Lauryn Hill Sentenced to Three Months in Prison

    May 06, 2013 6:08 PM EDT Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced Monday to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings. Lauryn Hill Settles Tax Bill Ahead of Sentencing Hill, ...

  17. EMI Wins Dispute Over Duke Ellington 'Net Revenue'

    May 06, 2013 5:23 PM EDT The decision is a defeat for Paul Ellington, the grandson of the great jazz pianist, who sued EMI for hundreds of thousands of dollars. He alleged that EMI had breached a 1961 songwriter royalty agreement with Ellington by deducting fees for for ...

  18. Music Executives Tackle Metadata's 'Toothbrush Syndrome' at Music Biz 2013

    May 06, 2013 4:44 PM EDT 4 0 0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Metadata is not one of those sexy topics you bring up at a cocktail party -- unless, perhaps, it’s directly tied to your livelihood and how much money you stand to earn. That was one conclusion from a pa ...

  19. Sean Glass' WIN Re-Examines the Role of the Label for Upcoming Electronic Artists

    May 06, 2013 4:27 PM EDT This story -- on Sean Glass and his WIN Records reboot -- is from the May 11 edition of Billboard and featues a cover package on the passing of the late, great country legend George Jones as well as looks at Anheuser-Busch's massive spendin ...

  20. Greg Quill, Australian-Born Musician and Toronto-Based Music Journalist, Dies Aged 66

    May 06, 2013 11:54 AM EDT Esteemed journalist and musician Greg Quill, one-time Toronto Star music critic and a '70s music icon in Australia, died Sunday afternoon in his sleep due to pneumonia and a recently diagnosed case of sleep apnea, his family said in a messa ...

  21. Justin Timberlake Announces '20/20' World Tour

    May 06, 2013 11:20 AM EDT Justin Timberlake will follow-up his upcoming stadium trek with Jay-Z with his first solo world tour in six years, bringing his traveling experience to dozens of countries through 2014, it was announced on Monday. "The 20/20 Experience Worl ...

  22. Lauryn Hill Settles Tax Bill Ahead of Sentencing

    May 06, 2013 8:57 AM EDT Lauryn Hill's attorney says the Grammy-winning singer has paid her overdue taxes ahead of her scheduled sentencing for tax evasion. Lauryn Hill Confirms Sony Deal, Calls Reports ‘Inaccurate’ Hill is due in federal court in Newark on Monday afternoon. ...

  23. Exclusive: Danny Whittle, Ex Pacha, Launches Yucaipa-Backed IBZ Entertainment

    May 06, 2013 8:53 AM EDT After a bitter split from his longtime employer, former Pacha brand director Danny Whittle is striking out on his own with IBZ Entertainment, a new multi-faceted company backed by Y Entertainment Group, an arm of Ron Burkle’s powerful private eq ...

  24. PepsiCo Cuts Ties With Lil Wayne Following Emmett Till Lyric Controversy

    May 03, 2013 6:00 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- PepsiCo is cutting its ties with Lil Wayne after the rapper made a crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song. Lil Wayne, one of the biggest stars in pop music, had a deal to promote the company's Mountain ...

  25. Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman Remembered at Somber But Celebratory Golden Gods Awards Ceremony

    May 03, 2013 4:46 PM EDT 1 60 14 0 0 The death of Slayer's Jeff Hanneman was announced just hours before Revolver Magazine's 2013 Golden Gods Awards, so it certainly cast a somber pall over the proceedings. But just as with the tragic deaths of "Dimebag" Darre ...

  26. Grammys Producer Ken Ehrlich Returns to Produce Primetime Emmys Show

    May 03, 2013 4:18 PM EDT Veteran Primetime Emmys producer Ken Ehrlich will return for this year's awards telecast on CBS. The network and the Television Academy made the announcement Friday. “Ken has been a great partner with CBS throughout the years on many specia ...

  27. How Trey Songz's Fan Club App Earns More Than $50K a Month

    May 03, 2013 2:01 PM EDT 9 94 219 3 0 This story on Trey Songz "Reinventing The Fan Club" is from the May 11 edition of Billboard and featues a cover package on the passing of the late, great country legend George Jones as well as looks at Anheuser-Busch's massive ...

  28. T.I. Signs With United Talent Agency

    May 03, 2013 12:43 PM EDT Tip “T.I.” Harris has signed with United Talent Agency in all areas except music. Harris began his career in hip hop, releasing eight studio albums and winning three Grammys. In 2006 he starred in his first film, Warner Bros.’ "ATL," w ...

  29. Spotify Acquires Music Discovery Service Tunigo

    May 03, 2013 12:08 PM EDT Spotify has acquired music recommendation service Tunigo for an undisclosed sum. The Swedish startup helps listeners find playlists, provides music news and editorial, and offers lists of new releases. The Tunigo app for Spotify has been a Top 1 ...

  30. LMFAO Takes Ex-Manager to the California Labor Commissioner

    May 03, 2013 11:37 AM EDT At a trial starting on Monday, LMFAO will be shouting "TAA" at RPMGR LMFAO is the Los Angeles-based electronic pop duo of Stefan Kendal Gordy (RedFoo) and Skyler Austen Gordy (SkyBlu). RPMGRP is the chart-topping duo's former mana ...

  31. Michael Jackson Civil Trial: Jurors Hear Voicemail Saying Singer Was Sick

    May 02, 2013 7:51 PM EDT Five days before Michael Jackson died, his manager called the singer's doctor, Conrad Murray, told him Jackson was sick, and implored him to have blood tests done, according to a voicemail played Thursday in court. The message left by Frank ...

  32. George Jones Memorial Evokes Tears, Tributes From Fans and Friends

    May 02, 2013 5:38 PM EDT In the lyrics of George Jones' signature song, "He Stopped Loving Her Today," a wreath is placed upon the door of a heartbroken man at a funeral. And when Jones' time came, they placed not just a wreath but a gargantuan spray ...

  33. Overdose Suspected in Death of Kris Kross' Chris Kelly

    May 02, 2013 4:53 PM EDT The mother of rapper Chris Kelly told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report. Kelly, half of the 1990s teen rap duo Kriss Kross, was found dead Wednesd ...

  34. Jay-Z Joins Group Hoping to Renovate Nassau Coliseum

    May 02, 2013 3:37 PM EDT MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Jay-Z is part of a group trying to renovate Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum outside New York City. The rapper and music mogul attended a meeting Thursday on Long Island, where the media was briefed on four proposals to ren ...

  35. George Jones Returns to Billboard Country Charts

    May 02, 2013 3:17 PM EDT 1 6 17 0 0 Legendary producer Billy Sherrill gets the last laugh on his dear friend and fellow Country Music Hall of Fame honoree George Jones, as "He Stopped Loving Her Today" soars back onto Hot Country Songs, some 33 years after Jones bet She ...

  36. How Reggae Meets EDM in Jamaica’s 'Rootstronic' Courtney John Project

    May 02, 2013 3:09 PM EDT On an April afternoon inside the rehearsal room at Kingston’s Big Yard Studios, singer Courtney John is working out the live rendition of his current single “Black Cinderella”, an audacious interpretation of Jamaican singer Errol Dunkley’s 1972 ...

  37. Jermaine Dupri Calls The Late Kris Kross Rapper Chris Kelly 'Son I Never Had'

    May 02, 2013 12:30 PM EDT To famed producer Jermaine Dupri, who turned a pair of backwards pants-wearing teens from Atlanta into the hit-making force Kris Kross, the death of Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly was like losing a son. Dupri released his first statement sinc ...

  38. George Jones Funeral: Brad Paisely, Wynonna Judd, Kid Rock, Laura Bush, More Say Goodbye at Opry Memorial

    May 02, 2013 12:17 PM EDT George Jones   performed hundreds of times at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House – whether on the WSM Radio show, or appearing on such shows from the auditorium like the CMA Awards, so it's only appropriate that this morning's funer ...

  39. Music City Mourns Country Legend George Jones

    May 02, 2013 11:30 AM EDT Thousands of fans who had been waiting in line since the wee hours joined some of country's biggest stars Thursday to pay their respects to George Jones at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. An overflow crowd began lining up at 3 a.m. t ...

  40. Superstars, Industry Leaders Unite for Global Citizen Ticket Initiative

    May 02, 2013 12:15 AM EDT Some of the most powerful touring artists in the world -- Beyoncé, Black Sabbath, Dixie Chicks, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Kings Of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Kanye West, Neil Young and dozens more -- will unite beh ...

  41. Michael Jackson Doctor Had Huge Debts, Detective Says

    May 01, 2013 7:36 PM EDT The doctor convicted of involuntarily killing Michael Jackson appeared to be on trial again Wednesday as a lawyer for Jackson's mother tried to show the physician's desperate financial situation drove him to extremes in his treatment o ...

  42. Facebook Posts $1.5 Billion in First-Quarter Revenue

    May 01, 2013 6:38 PM EDT Facebook posted quarterly earnings that neither thrilled or depressed investors, who were reacting by bidding shares a few pennies higher in the after-hours session on Wall Street. During the first quarter, the world's dominant social netwo ...

  43. Guy Oseary and Ashton Kutcher’s A-GRade Receives $100 Million Valuation

    May 01, 2013 4:26 PM EDT Guy Oseary’s A-GRade, a fund he launched in partnership with Ashton Kutcher and billionaire Ron Burkle in 2010, announced a $100 million valuation at Techcrunch’s Disrupt NY conference on Wednesday. In a panel discussion with Techcrunch founder ...

  44. Ontario Government Announces Formation of $45 Million Ontario Music Fund

    May 01, 2013 4:16 PM EDT The day before the Liberals present the 2013 budget to the Ontario Legislative Assembly May 2, Finance Minister Charles Sousa and Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Michael Chan announced the creation of the Ontario Music Fund. The proposed ...

  45. Del Bryant, BMI President and CEO, Announces Retirement

    May 01, 2013 3:27 PM EDT Del Bryant, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) President and Chief Executive Officer, today announced his decision to retire in June 2014, starting an orderly leadership transition over the next 14 months. Bryant’s decision to retire comes after workin ...

  46. RedOne’s 2101 Records, Capitol Sign Worldwide Partnership Deal

    May 01, 2013 2:46 PM EDT RedOne’s 2101 Records will be distributed by Universal Music Group’s Capitol Records and its operations based at the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood. Capitol Music Group chairman and CEO Steve Barnett made the announcement May 1.   Barnett sa ...

  47. How 20-Year Old Chance The Rapper Has Nearly Every Major Label Chasing Him

    May 01, 2013 1:40 PM EDT 393 448 1 0 In high school, Chance the Rapper was the kid with the backpack full of CDs, hustling in hallways, foisting his latest mixtape on unsuspecting classmates. Now he plays coy in meetings with major labels, biding his time while big numbers and ...

  48. Civil Wars to Release Self-Titled, Post-Breakup Second Album in Late Summer

    May 01, 2013 1:27 PM EDT Columbia Records will release the Civil Wars’ self-titled follow-up to their debut, Barton Hollow , the 2011 album that earned them two Grammys, in late summer.   The Civil Wars, Joy Williams and John Paul White, had finished the album prior to ...

  49. Updated: Pepsi Pulls Mountain Dew Ad Helmed by Tyler, the Creator

    May 01, 2013 12:38 PM EDT 18 20 0 0 PepsiCo pulled an online ad for Mountain Dew that was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women. In the 60-second spot – developed by Odd Future rapper Tyler, The Creator -- a battered white woman o ...

  50. Backbeat: Eve, Soledad O'Brien Talk Making It As a Woman in Male-Dominated Biz at XX Project

    May 01, 2013 11:04 AM EDT Last night, broadcast journalist Soledad O'Brien interviewed rapper/actress Eve as part of a monthly series hosted by The XX Project, an invitation-only group of professional women in various media industries. Held at No. 8 in Chelsea, this ...

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