Category: Featured
Warner Chapppell Signs Artist/Actress
Global music publisher Warner/Chappell Music has signed a co-publishing agreement with singer, songwriter and actress Jana Kramer. Kramer recently signed with Elektra Nashville for her upcoming major label country debut. The actress, who plays Alex Dupre on One Tree Hill sold over 40,000 copies of her song “I Won’t Give Up,” in one week after it […]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Industry Ink: Black River Ups Dawn Delvo
Pickin’ on the Patio • Pandora • Details about the Eminem Supreme Court case • BMLG’s Ashley Jeanette • Robyn Ludwick
Category: Artist, Featured, Financial/Legal, Label
Albums From Jake Owen and Randy Montana On The Way
New albums from RCA’s Jake Owen and Mercury’s Randy Montana are due this summer.
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Legacyworks Reunites Songs With Heirs
Legacyworks LLC reports it has successfully reclaimed deceased songwriter Tommy Durden’s ownership of “Heartbreak Hotel” and in the next few months it will be returned to the writer’s heirs. Copyright grant termination was filed by Legacyworks in 2005 on behalf of Durden’s daughter. Later this year the company will also see songwriter Richard Dehr’s copyright […]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Signings, Events And Certs.
Avenue Re-elects Board • Recording Academy Hosts Rap Panel • This Music Signs Ruttan •The Platinum/Gold Report
Category: Featured
Big Gifts For Good Causes
ACM, Swift Support St. Jude • Darryl Worley and Friends In-The-Round • MCTI Makes Big Donation To Children’s Hospital • GRAMMY In the Schools
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Lambert Reaches No. 1, Revs Up Pistol Annies
Hot on the heels of her latest chart-topping single, Miranda Lambert officially released the first music from her new trio, Pistol Annies. The newlywed was in Nashville to toast the success of “Heart Like Mine” on June 2 at Virago, where BMI hosted an intimate, celebratory dinner. Co-written by Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Travis Howard, […]
Category: Artist, Featured, MusicFest, Organizations
The TV Force Impacts Sales
“The force is strong with that one,” confided Yoda in one of the Star Wars epics. Judging by this week’s Nielsen SoundScan numbers he might have been talking about the power of TV to sell music.
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing
BMLG Appoints Jake Basden Director of Publicity
Big Machine Label Group has hired Jake Basden to the position of Director of Publicity. In this position, Basden (pronounced Bays-den) will oversee all aspects of media relations for the three labels under the BMLG umbrella.
Randy Travis’ Anniversary Celebration
Randy Travis is busy promoting his new duets album, Anniversary Celebration. He and Josh Turner performed a track from the release last night (6/14) on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Tonight, Travis’s 25-year career will be honored at The GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, where he will discuss his career and new record […]
Hartigan Joins Rodeowave, Arista Appoints West Coast Regional
Promotion veteran Lori Hartigan has joined newly formed Rodeowave Entertainment as Partner. In this role Hartigan will serve as key principal for the label in sales, marketing, radio, management, and promotion.
