Faith flies away with AMAS
Country singer Faith Hill won her first three American Music Awards of the day, leading a field that a included her band, Tim McGraw, R&B siren Toni Braxton and rapper Dr. Dre. Among the nominees to…
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Eminem sets PPV concert
Eminem has signed for his first nationally televised full-length concert performance, a Feb. 17 pay-per-view special under the aegis of In Demand, the dominant PPV distributor in the U.S.
BMG brass bails out
The dramatic changes in BMG Entertainment's top executive ranks continued Monday afternoon as two high level managers at the music arm of German media conglom Bertelsmann AG ankled their posts.
Review: ‘Van Morrison and Linda Gail Lewis’
In quite possibly the most energetic show Van Morrison has delivered on a Los Angeles stage in 20 years, the Belfast Cowboy turned to his R&B roots and blues inspiration to power his way through…
Edmonds launches music arm, taps exex
Tracey Edmonds on Monday bowed Edmonds Record Group, the music arm of her Edmonds Entertainment entity, boasting distrib deals with Universal's Def Jam Recordings, Sony Music and EMI's Priority…
Review: ‘Dave Holland Big Band’
While it often seems that the big band has devolved into an anachronism, its only lifelines nostalgic ones, there's something undeniably bracing about seeing a large ensemble work its way through…
Grooving together
After four months of negotiations, hip-hop destination sites Hookt.com and Platform.net merged on Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Liberty Livewire gives Soundelux new tune
Liberty Livewire Audio announced Thursday that it has rechristened a onetime theme-park division and changed the unit's focus to music and sound design for commercials, trailers and new media.
MP3.com backs copyright fight
Online music portal MP3.com filed documents with the U.S. Copyright Office Monday supporting the music industry's call for an inquiry into how copyright is applied on the Internet. It hopes to use…
UMG labels Lipman as Republic prexy
Universal Music Group topper Doug Morris has named Avery Lipman president of Republic Records, U plans to announce today. Lipman, who founded Republic in 1995 with his brother Monte, will report to…
