AFTRA ‘Very Frustrated’ With Record Labels as Union Inches Toward Strike Vote
AFTRA ‘Very Frustrated’ With Record Labels as Union Inches Toward Strike Vote (Exclusive) October 03, 2011 By Jonathan Handel, THR On the heels of an AFTRA press release issued Saturday, a source close to the union told The Hollywood Reporter that the labor organization is “very frustrated” with the pace of negotiations with the major [...]
How Jay-Z and Kanye West Beat the Leakers With ‘Watch the Throne’
August 12, 2011 By Steven J. Horowitz (This is an abridged version of Steven J. Horowitz’s article in the August 20 issue of Billboard titled “Protecting the ‘Throne’.” For the full article, head here to purchase the issue, and here for a subscription, which gets you the magazine, charts, bulletins and much more.) When [...]
Sony Distribution Center Destroyed by London Rioters, Indie Labels ‘Devastated’
August 09, 2011 By Richard Smirke, London A London warehouse containing stock for a number of U.K. independent labels — including XL Recordings, 4AD, Beggars, Domino and Rough Trade – was destroyed by rioters during a third night of unrest in the British capital. The three-story building, which was owned by Sony DADC and located [...]
Is Sylvia Rhone Headed to Sony to Restart Portrait Records?
Is Sylvia Rhone Headed to Sony to Restart Portrait Records? July 21, 2011 By Jem Aswad and Shirley Halperin The New York Post reported early Thursday morning that former Universal Motown president Sylvia Rhone is heading to Sony to restore the defunct Portrait label, where she would work closely with new Epic head L.A. Reid. [...]
Access Industries Completes Acquisition of Warner Music Group
Access Industries Completes Acquisition of Warner Music Group July 20, 2011 By Ed Christman (@edchristman), New York Access Industries has completed its acquisition of the Warner Music Group ahead of plan, thanks to compliant regulatory agencies and a resilient bond market willing to absorb $1.045 billion in a new bond offering from the company and [...]
L.A. Reid Officially Named Chairman & CEO of Epic Records
L.A. Reid Officially Named Chairman & CEO of Epic Records July 18, 2011 By Billboard staff He’s been on the job for weeks, but on Monday morning LA Reid was officially named Chairman & CEO of Epic Records by new Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris. Reid will report to Morris and oversee the day-to-day [...]
U.S. Intellectual Property Plan Will Impact All Levels of Creative Community
U.S. Intellectual Property Plan Will Impact All Levels of Creative Community Intellectual property protection has become an increasingly important topic in the news, as the government ramps up the role of Victoria Espinel, President Obama’s appointee to the post of Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (see “BMI IPEC Filing Aids Government Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy”). The [...]
The Future’s So Cloudy (We Gotta Get Paid)
by Eric Beall “We’re seeing the future— all over again. Just when the music industry had finally started to almost get the hang of selling mp3s on iTunes (even if we still haven’t figured out how to sell music from around the world, which blows my mind) the weather shifts and suddenly our new technology [...]
Publishers Score Legal Win Against Motive Force
Publishers Score Legal Win Against Motive Force January 05, 2010 – Legal and Management | Publishing By Ed Christman, N.Y. Motive Force LLC and its owner Sean Colombo are permanently enjoined by a Federal Court order from using unlicensed song lyrics in connection with their own Web sites, like LyricWiki.org, or supplying them to other [...]
Independent Artists Speak Out Against Online Infringement
Independent Artists Speak Out Against Online Infringement Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 by Patrick Ross “I’ve seen a fair amount of dismissal in the digital-utopian crowd of the nearly 12,000 individual artists and creators who signed our letter to President Obama and Vice President Biden asking that their rights over their works be respected online. If [...]
