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Broadcasters Foundation Helping Texas

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 kevincarter Broadcasters Foundation

• The Broadcasters Foundation of America is providing emergency aid to broadcast colleagues, who have been hit hard by the

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Iconic Beach Boys Partner With Iconic Artists

February 18, 2021 kevincarter Irving Azoff, The Beach Boys

• Legendary Grammy® award-winning rock band, The Beach Boys have entered into a partnership with Irving Azoff‘s new venture, Iconic

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iHeartMedia To Acquire Triton Digital

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 kevincarter iHeartMedia, Triton Digital

• iHeartMedia announced it has entered into an agreement with The E.W. Scripps Company to acquire Triton Digital® for $230

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UMG Accelerates IPO Timeline

February 15, 2021February 16, 2021 kevincarter Universal Music Group

• Late last month RAMP reported that Tencent Holdings Limited had completed the acquisition of an additional 10% equity stake —

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7MM Buys, Sells, Swaps

February 5, 2021 kevincarter Seven Mountains Media

• Seven Mountains Media (7MM) just pulled off a complex, three-company, three-market acquisition, divestiture and swap involving Sound Communications and

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Rhino Names New CFO

February 2, 2021 kevincarter Rhino, Warner Music Group

• Karen Schoenrock has been named Chief Financial Officer of Global Catalog, Recorded Music and Rhino Entertainment, the catalog division

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Sony Music To Acquire Kobalt, AWAL

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 kevincarter AWAL, Sony Music, The Orchard

• Sony Music Entertainment (SME) has entered into a definitive agreement with Kobalt Music Group Ltd. to acquire Kobalt’s recorded

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Big Hit Gets Bigger

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 kevincarter Big Hit Entertainment, BTS

• Big Hit Entertainment, the agency behind global superstars BTS, announced that it plans to invest 70 billion won ($63

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HBO Exec Joins Nexstar Board

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 kevincarter Nexstar Media Group, WGN Radio

• Nexstar Media Group, Inc., which owns and operates a bunch of television stations, WGN America, Antenna TV, and WGN

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CMA To The Rescue Again

January 25, 2021 kevincarter CMA

• Furthering its support of music industry pros who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Country Music