Vevo Turning Away From Civilians
• As Forbes reports, “Vevo, the YouTube-style video platform owned by most of the major record labels in the music industry,
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LABEL LOVE
Adelson Now EVP/A&R At Republic
• Republic Records has advanced Ben Adelson to Executive Vice President, A&R, as announced by Rob Stevenson and Wendy Goldstein. Not bad for a
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Beese Named Pres. of Island Records
• Universal Music Group (UMG) announced that Darcus Beese OBE, has been named President of Island Records and will join
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‘The Voice’ Crowns Youngest Winner
• Fifteen-year-old vocal phenomenon Brynn Cartelli became the youngest-ever winner of NBC’s The Voice during Tuesday night’s two-hour finale. As The Boston Globe reports,
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Thompson Named SVP, Rhythm/Crossover @ Epic
• Dontay Thompson has been appointed Senior Vice President, Rhythm/Crossover Promotion for Epic Records. In his new post, Thompson will report
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Sony To Own 90% Of EMI Music Publishing
• Sony Corporation of America has reached an agreement with Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company to purchase the consortium’s approximately
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Poppe Wins ABC’s ‘American Idol’
• Nineteen-year-old Iowa-born Maddie Poppe was named the winner of American Idol on Monday night, wrapping up the show’s inaugural season on ABC.
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What Happens Backstage… Gets Publicized
• It was all killer and no filler this past weekend at Westwood One’s Backstage at The BBMAs event at the
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Logan Now International Counsel At WMG
• Kate Logan has been promoted to General Counsel, International, for Warner Music Group (WMG). Ms. Logan will now be responsible for
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Things Could Get LOUD
• Sony’s RED MUSIC and Steve Rifkind jointly announced the relaunch of the legendary hip-hop label LOUD Records. The label, was
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