Category: Organizations

CMA Details Staff Changes

The Country Music Association has detailed three new hires, plus a few promotions and reassignments across departments. In Communications, Amanda Eckard has been promoted to Senior Manager of Creative Services from Manager of Creative Services and former Tennessean reporter Christian Bottorff has joined the staff as Manager of Creative Services. Eckard will focus on the […]

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Industry Ink Tuesday (9/20/11)

Nashville soundtrack for film Promised Land • Jensen Arrowsmith • Sarah Trahern • ASCAP DIY-U with Latocki • SESAC/StreamLicensing • Ed Hill • Cathy Lemmon

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BMI Annual Revenues Continue Upward

Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), the music rights management organization further extended its 20-year record of annually increasing revenue collections for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2011 with revenues in excess of $931 million. Revenues for 2010 totaled $917 million. According to BMI it will distribute royalties of $796 million to the over 500,000 songwriters, […]

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All For The Hall Los Angeles

Evening focuses on guitars and their stories, and includes a surprise announcement from Gibson about a special limited-run guitar.

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CRB Re-Brands As Country Radio Seminar

Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. is officially re-branding itself and continuing operations under the name Country Radio Seminar. The organization has also set a special presentation from a renowned futurist for CRS 2012.

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Photos: Chenoweth, Lyda, WMBA

Kristin Chenoweth visits CMA • Jacob Lyda chats with Crook & Chase • Tiffany speaks at WMBA event

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5th Annual ACM Honors Tonight

The 5th Annual ACM Honors takes place tonight, Sept. 19, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. The event honors and awards non-televised category winners from the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, held last April. Hosted by performer Joe Nichols and musically directed by Buddy Cannon, the night features musical tribute performances and […]

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Grant and Gill To Be Honored With Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award

Artists Amy Grant and Vince Gill will be presented with The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s 18th annual Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award.

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BMI and HFA Named In InformationWeek 500

The Harry Fox Agency and BMI have both scored spots on the InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology.

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Free Bill Monroe Tribute Opens Bluegrass Week

This September marks the centennial anniversary of Bill Monroe’s birth, and will be commemorated as the IBMA informally kicks off its World of Bluegrass Week in Nashville with a free outdoor bluegrass concert featuring The Del McCoury Band with special guests. The concert will be hosted by the non-profit Foundation for Bluegrass Music on the […]

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Music Execs Join TN Film, Entertainment & Music Commission

This team works to recruit film, television and recording projects to the state.

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