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Business Matters: New Sirius XM CEO to Face New Set of Challenges
December 19, 2012 9:00 PM EST It's a new era for Sirius XM Radio. The company announced Wednesday that James E. Meyer has been named company's interim CEO , effective immediately. Meyer, the president of sales and operations, takes over for Mel Karmazin, who had prev ...
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We Get (Call) Letters
November 13, 2012 11:05 AM EST Geeking out, radio-style. Last week brought the announcement that CBS Radio Pop Songs reporter WXRK New York had changed its call letters to WNOW, better reflecting the "92.3 Now" moniker that the station has sported since its 2009 flip to ...
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Kid Rock Heading 'Home' for Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show
November 09, 2012 12:56 PM EST Football fans will be getting another kick out of Kid Rock on Thanksgiving Day. Three days after he releases his new album, "Rebel Soul," Rock and his Twisted Brown Trucker Band will perform the new track "Detroit, Michigan" duri ...
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College Radio: A Study In Success
September 11, 2012 1:45 PM EDT Illustration by Michael Byers "It's not radio. It's college radio. There's nobody listening. Nobody. Maybe, like, three guys in a dorm somewhere." After a then-senior at Boston University Howard Stern crafted "the sin ...
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Sandra Bernhard To Host Billboard Touring Awards; MJ's Immortal To Receive Creative Content Award
August 07, 2012 7:00 AM EDT Multi-faceted actress/comedienne Sandra Bernhard will host the 9th annual Billboard Touring Awards, set for Nov. 8 in New York City, Billboard announces today. As part of the annual industry gathering, Billboard announces that the Creative Content ...
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The Beat 7/27: Ryan Beatty Co-Hosts, Sharon Osbourne Leaving "AGT," Lecrae's “Gravity"
July 27, 2012 1:18 PM EDT The Beat 7/27: Ryan Beatty Co-Hosts, Sharon Osbourne Leaving "AGT," Lecrae's “Gravity" jonathan brooks , sharon osbourne , ryan beatty , lecrae , america's got talent , Billboard , X Factor , The Beat , howard stern , gravit ...
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Sharon Osbourne: 'I'm Not Returning' to 'America's Got Talent'
July 25, 2012 9:45 AM EDT Sharon Osbourne said Tuesday that she's ready to say goodbye to NBC's "America's Got Talent," taking the network by surprise. In a posting on Twitter , Osbourne addressed "my darling" fellow judge Howard Stern and ...
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The Changing Role of A&R and 'The Dark Arts of Record Making' at New Music Seminar
June 21, 2012 6:30 AM EDT (L-R): Moderator Ron Fair; Avery Lipman (Universal Republic); Steve Greenberg (S-Curve); Darius Van Arman (Jagjaguwar/Dead Oceans/Secretly Canadian); Josh Deutsch (Downtown); Peter Edge (RCA); Craig Kallman (Atlantic); and Monte Lipman (Universal ...
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Howard Stern Makes 7-Year-Old Rapper Cry on 'America's Got Talent'
May 22, 2012 6:40 PM EDT "Radio is for me. I made a mistake... this isn't for me," said the judge during the May 21 episode Howard Stern seems to have lost his edge now that he's on "America's Got Talent," but this week he felt "so ev ...
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'America's Got Talent' Premiere: Howard Stern Is Anything But Shocking
May 15, 2012 12:50 PM EDT Despite concerns that new judge Howard Stern's particular brand of comedy wouldn't translate well to the family-friendly audience of "America's Got Talent," he blended in well -- if even a little too well. Monday night' ...
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New E! Show 'Opening Act' Offers YouTube Talent Opening Slots for Nicki Minaj, LMFAO, Rod Stewart, Others
April 30, 2012 3:03 PM EDT Nigel Lythgoe ("American Idol," "So You Think You Can Dance") is teaming up with E! for new music reality series, "Opening Act," which debuts July 9 at 10p E.T./P.T. on the NBC Universal cable network. E! will formall ...
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Howard Stern's $300 Million Suit Against Sirius XM Dismissed by Judge
April 17, 2012 7:05 PM EDT Howard Stern's hopes for a $300 million payday from Sirius XM Radio Inc. have been dashed by a judge. His show's Twitter feed said the shock jock was "really bummed" by the decision and plans to appeal. Stern sued last March, a ...
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Business Matters: Internet Radio Services Need To Separate Themselves from the Crowd
April 05, 2012 8:19 PM EDT Internet Radio Services Need To Separate Themselves from the Crowd -- Upstart Internet radio service Raditaz believes Pandora's problem is "repetition and a lack of diversity," the company says at an Echo Next blog post. So it' ...
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Backbeat: BMI & Billboard Acoustic Brunch at SXSW
March 20, 2012 1:09 PM EDT BMI, Billboard, Suntrust and Austin's Four Seasons Hotel teamed up to host the BMI & Billboard Acoustic Brunch at the South by Southwest Music Festival on Friday. A favorite among festival attendees, the brunch boasted a dynamic lineup fe ...
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Billboard.biz's 2012 SXSW Blog
March 14, 2012 2:11 PM EDT March 20, 2012 | BACKBEAT Backbeat: BMI & Billboard Acoustic Brunch at SXSW BMI, Billboard, Suntrust and Austin's Four Seasons Hotel teamed up to host the BMI & Billboard Acoustic Brunch at the South by Southwest Music Festival on Fri ...
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Web Trends: Watch A New Wale Video
December 15, 2011 4:00 PM EST Google Trends: 7. howard stern : The controversial radio personality was announced as a Season 7 judge for "America's Got Talent" 9. howard stern americas got talent : see above 10. paris jackson : Michael Jackson's daughter ap ...
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Howard Stern Joins 'America's Got Talent' Judges Panel
December 15, 2011 12:35 PM EST Howard Stern will be joining the judges' panel on "America's Got Talent," and the NBC summer talent show will uproot itself from Los Angeles to accommodate the New York-based shock jock, the network said Thursday. NBC confirmed w ...
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Tony Bennett Goes on Apology Tour for 9/11 Comments
September 21, 2011 1:20 PM EDT Tony Bennett has walked back controversial remarks he made on Monday suggesting that America "caused" the 9/11 terror attacks, saying in a written statement and in an appearance on "The View" that there is "no excuse for ter ...
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No Host at MTV VMAs Looks Like a Plan B
August 25, 2011 1:45 PM EDT The last time MTV presented its Video Music Awards without a host they had the allure of a bizarre experiment in Las Vegas to pull in viewers. It was not just no host, there was no central stage, just a lot hopping between hotel rooms. Visually it w ...
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Q&A: Matt Pinfield on '120 Minutes' Relaunch, Lady Gaga's Bowie-ness
July 29, 2011 4:00 PM EDT MTV's "120 Minutes," the weekly late-night series that championed alternative music from 1986 to 2003, will return to the airwaves on July 30 after an eight-year hiatus. The show, which will air monthly on MTV2, will have a new look a ...
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Jay-Z? Susan Boyle? Howard Stern? Which No. 1 Albums Spent Shortest Time on Chart?
July 28, 2011 6:34 PM EDT As Adele's "21" spends a remarkable 22nd consecutive week in the top three of the Billboard 200 - its entire chart life since its debut on the March 12 tally - it raises the question: Just how amazing is that top-three streak? As it ...
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Lady Gaga to Howard Stern: 'I Don't Give a F--k About Money'
July 19, 2011 1:20 PM EDT Lady Gaga made her first appearance on Howard Stern's radio show Monday (July 17), talking for more than an hour about sex, drugs and money. Below, listen to audio from the entire interview. When Stern pressed the singer to reveal her net worth ...
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Phoebe Snow, 'Poetry Man' Singer, Dies
April 26, 2011 1:19 PM EDT P hoebe Snow , a bluesy singer, guitarist and songwriter who had a defining hit of the 1970s with "Poetry Man" but then largely dropped out of the spotlight to care for her disabled daughter, has died. Snow, who was nominated for best new ...
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Sirius XM Stock Impacted by Howard Stern Lawsuit
March 24, 2011 8:16 AM EDT Wunderlich Securities analyst Matthew Harrigan on Wednesday downgraded his rating on shares of Sirius XM Radio and his target price on them following Howard Stern's lawsuit against the satellite radio company. In early trading, Sirius shares ...
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Howard Stern Sues Sirius XM, Claims He Was Stiffed On Stock
March 23, 2011 7:20 AM EDT In 2004, before Howard Stern signed a blockbuster deal with Sirius Satellite Radio, he thought about retiring. Instead, he took a "significant risk" and went with Sirius. The moment is captured in a lawsuit filed today in New York Superi ...
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Bubba the Love Sponge: 'Sirius XM Slashing Salaries of Top Radio Talent'
January 05, 2011 12:00 AM EST After having struck expensive deals with such Hollywood personalities as Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart and music stars like Eminem, Bob Dylan and Jamie Foxx, Sirius XM has been asking some of its top radio talent to take dramatic cuts in pay. So s ...
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Paul McCartney Rocks Apollo Theater for Radio Show
December 14, 2010 5:32 PM EST At age 68, Paul McCartney has the richest catalogue in pop music to wander around in. Only Bob Dylan could argue the point. On a snowy night at Harlem's historic Apollo Theater, with a frisky band and a live radio audience, McCartney clearly en ...
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Sirius XM CFO: Howard Stern Might Have to Take a Pay Cut; Possible 10 Days Left on Air
December 06, 2010 12:00 AM EST Howard Stern could broadcast live on Sirius XM for the last time on Dec. 16. After that, he heads for his annual end-of-year vacation and there still is no decision as to whether he’ll renew his contract, which expires on Dec. 31 and sets Sirius X ...
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Sirius XM CEO: Talks With Howard Stern Continue
November 04, 2010 12:00 AM EDT Satellite radio company Sirius XM continues discussions with Howard Stern about a potential extension of his contract, which expires at the end of the year, CEO Mel Karmazin said Thursday (Nov. 4). "We do not have any updates today," he ...
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Sirius XM Growth Continued In Q3
October 14, 2010 12:00 AM EDT Sirius XM Radio continues its strong subscriber momentum. The firm added 334,727 net subscribers in the third quarter, more than triple the customer gain of 102,295 in the year-ago period, the company said. It didn't comment on the status of ...
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Business Matters: YouTube, Howard Stern, People's Music and more
September 07, 2010 12:00 AM EDT Opinion and analysis of the day's music news. YOUTUBE LOSES GERMAN COURT CASE -- In contrast to the protections YouTube is given in the U.S., the company lost a court case in Germany regarding user-uploaded videos of performances by the singe ...
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Howard Stern 'Pretty Sure' About Sirius XM Exit
September 04, 2010 12:00 AM EDT Howard Stern is "pretty sure" he'll leave satellite radio, but his unique voice will live on in new media. Then again, it could be all posturing... like Dr. Laura Schlessinger is posturing by pretending to be retiring at the end of ...
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Sirius XM Eyes Stern Renewal
August 04, 2010 12:00 AM EDT Sirius XM Satellite Radio hopes to have an update on the future of shock jock Howard Stern, whose contract is up at the end of this year, before its next earnings conference call, which is in about three months. "We hope that prior to the thi ...
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Dee Snider Keeps It Real on 'Growing Up Twisted'
August 03, 2010 11:20 AM EDT T wisted Sister frontman Dee Snider's new family reality series, "Growing Up Twisted," just debuted on A&E, but the show's concept dates back two decades. Snider tells Billboard.com that good pal Howard Stern was the first to ...
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Billboard Bits: New Michael Jackson Music in the Works, Jessica Simpson in Talks with 'Idol'
July 28, 2010 7:09 PM EDT Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. New Michael Jackson Music in the Works Producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins has announced plans to work on a project involving unreleased Michael Jackson songs. ...
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Kara DioGuardi Praises Ellen's 'Idol' Debut
February 10, 2010 1:33 PM EST "American Idol's" Kara DioGuardi says new judge Ellen DeGeneres' debut with the show was a success, and she looks forward to seeing how the dynamic of the panel develops over the show's ninth season. "I think she did a ...
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Billboard Bits: Howard Stern, Whodini, Metric, Patti Smith and More
February 09, 2010 6:40 PM EST Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip every afternoon. Contrary to popular reports, Howard Stern is not under consideration to replace Simon Cowell as "American Idol" judge. According to the Daily Be ...
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Howard Stern Addresses 'American Idol' Judge Rumors
February 08, 2010 3:16 PM EST Howard Stern told his satellite radio listeners Monday morning (Feb. 9) that the rumor is true: "American Idol" producers are, in fact, considering him to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on the show. What's more, he's tempted to ...
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Howard Stern On 'American Idol' Judge Rumors
February 08, 2010 12:00 AM EST Howard Stern told his satellite radio listeners Monday morning (Feb. 9) that the rumor is true: "American Idol" producers are, in fact, considering him to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on the show. What's more, he's tempted t ...
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Who Can Afford Howard Stern?
February 04, 2010 12:00 AM EST Howard Stern has begun negotiating a new radio contract. Perhaps not technically, but Stern's on-air mentions of his exclusive Sirius XM Radio deal winding down at year's end, and his hedged proclamations of competing offers, are what on ...
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Best Of The 2000s: Part 1
December 22, 2009 11:30 AM EST Through the end of the year, Chart Beat is looking back at the biggest achievements on Billboard's charts in 2009 and throughout the past decade. Tuesday, Dec. 15: Best of 2009, Part 1 Wednesday, Dec. 16: Best of 2009, Part 2 Tuesday, Dec. 22: ...
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Ramones Biopic In The Works
October 01, 2009 4:20 PM EDT Fox Searchlight wants to be sedated. The specialty division is in negotiations to board a project about the life of the Ramones , based on the upcoming memoir "I Slept With Joey Ramone," by the musician's brother, and featuring the ba ...
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Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr Reunite At New York Benefit
April 05, 2009 2:06 AM EDT The David Lynch Foundation's Transcendental Meditation benefit on Saturday (April 4) in New York became a Beatles reunion of sorts as Ringo Starr joined Paul McCartney on stage for the show's three-song finale. The pair's stint onstag ...
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Sirius XM in talks with DirecTV, Liberty - Reports
February 12, 2009 12:00 AM EST Sirius XM Radio Inc's chief executive Mel Karmazin has approached DirecTV Group Inc and Liberty Media in an effort to fend off bankruptcy as well as a bid by EchoStar Corp's Charlie Ergen, media reports said. The reports come as Sirius X ...
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Chart Beat: Christopher Cross, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift
January 22, 2009 2:03 PM EST DOUBLE CROSS: Christopher Cross returns to Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with his second title to appear on this chart. Yes, that's pop star Christopher Cross, not hip-hop duo Kris Kross of "Jump" fame, who last appeared on this tally 11- ...
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This Day in Music
October 07, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2000 - Chris LeDoux gets his new liver. The cowboy singer, diagnosed two months earlier with primary sclerosing cholangitis, undergoes transplant surgery at the Nebraska Health System hospital in Omah 2000 - Chris LeDoux gets his new liver. The cowb ...
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This Day in Music
October 06, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2006 - Mumbai-based EMI Virgin India Ltd announces that it will recall all copies of Slayer's most recent album "Christ Illusion" following protests by a Christian group, Mumbai-based Catholic Secular 2006 - Mumbai-based EMI Virgin In ...
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This Day in Music
July 23, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2003 - Teenage rapper Bow Wow stages a free concert in New York's Bryant Park. The noontime event is sponsored by HBO and will include an announcement of a donation to be made by Bow Wow to the not-fo 2003 - Teenage rapper Bow Wow stages a free ...
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Parton 'Shocked' At 'Howard Stern' Segment
May 14, 2008 12:00 AM EDT Dolly Parton has hit back against "The Howard Stern Show," which last week manipulated recordings from one her audio books into seemingly racist and sexually graphic sound bites. Dolly Parton has hit back against "The Howard Stern Sho ...
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Parton 'Shocked' At 'Howard Stern' Segment
May 14, 2008 12:00 AM EDT Dolly Parton has hit back against "The Howard Stern Show," which last week manipulated recordings from one her audio books into seemingly racist and sexually graphic sound bites. "I have never been so shocked, hurt and humiliated in ...
