Author Archive: Sarah Skates
Sarah Skates has worked in the music business for more than a decade and is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
Hirings at Webster PR, Fifth Third Bank
Anita Mandell, Montine Felso Join Webster & Associates • Anson Lewis Joins Fifth Third’s Music Division
Category: Featured
Facebook Serves More Ads Than Any Other Website
Facebook serves about twice as many advertisements as the next leading website according to the latest news from ComScore. In the last 15 months, Facebook served 1.37 trillion ads, more than double Yahoo, which pushed out 641.89 billion ads to come in second place. ComScore reports that nearly 1.11 trillion display ads were delivered to […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Craig Morgan’s Hunting Show Returns To Outdoor Channel
Craig Morgan’s hunting show has been renewed for a second season on the Outdoor Channel. The first season of Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors became one of the network’s top-rated Saturday morning hunting programs. Season two will have 13 new episodes and is set to premiere June 25. The reality show gives viewers an all-access […]
Shania TV Show Debuts With Solid Ratings
Shania Twain has been making the media rounds supporting her new book From This Moment On, and her new show on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. She covers the new issue of People, appeared on Oprah, and was interviewed on Nightline. The OWN original series Why Not? With Shania Twain, premiered Sunday, May 8 at 11 […]
Chet Atkins Exhibit Coming To Hall of Fame
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is planning a cameo exhibition about revered musician and producer Chet Atkins. The Luttrell, Tennessee native, who died in 2001, made his mark as one of Nashville’s A-Team studio musicians, a performer, recording artist, producer and record executive. “His signature guitar licks shaped recordings by scores of […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
Hometowns Not Forgotten By Rising Stars
The Band Perry, Thompson Square, David Nail, Edens Edge and Trent Tomlinson are returning to their hometowns for good causes.
John Rich Makes “The Celebrity Apprentice” Final Four
John Rich is one of the final four contestants on this season’s The Celebrity Apprentice. He is competing against rapper Lil Jon, actress Marlee Matlin, and actor/ singer Meatloaf for the win. In the most recent episode (5/8), Rich recruited help from late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon, who donated $10,000 to Rich’s team. Also […]
Paisley Preps Album Release, Int’l Tour
Brad Paisley is prepping for the Mon., May 23 release of This Is Country Music, his first all-new studio set since 2009’s acclaimed American Saturday Night. The new project from Arista Nashville has already produced two radio hits: the title track and current single “Old Alabama,” which is No. 1 this week on MusicRow’s Country […]
Industry Ink Tuesday (5/10)
Logan Bosemer Joins KCA • Loretta Lynn Added To Dale Franklin Gala • Opry House on “Today Show” • “Inside Music Row’s” 200th Episode • Local Drummer’s Instructional Series
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Chris Young’s “Neon” Lights Up Release Schedule
Chris Young’s third album, Neon, will be released July 12 by RCA Nashville. James Stroud produced the ten track project, which has seven songs co-written by Young, including the hit lead single “Tomorrow.” Penned with Frank Myers and Anthony Smith, it is the fastest-rising single of Young’s career. It has scanned more than 225,000 digital […]
Tickets For Swift’s “Speak Now…Help Now” Benefit
Taylor Swift is opening the final dress rehearsal for her Speak Now Tour to the public, with 100 percent of ticket proceeds going to tornado relief efforts. She announced the benefit last week and has now revealed ticketing details.
