Category: Weekend
Weekly Chart Report (9/02/11)
Keith Urban might be a prophet. About three months ago he tunefully predicted that it was “gonna be a long hot summer” and well, it definitely has been.
Charlie Cook On Air
August is the month of state and county fairs. Headlining: bad food. Iowa has a new dish this year of Fried Butter. Really? Plain butter isn’t enough to drive up health care costs in the state?
Pistol Annies Shoot Straight To The Top
“Hell on Heels” marches to No. 1 on the country albums chart.
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Breaking News: Sony Exits Hit Nashville
MusicRow has confirmed a long list of exiting staffers.
Gibson Statement: “No Charges Filed”
Today Gibson released an official statement about yesterday’s federal raids that closed its manufacturing facilities in Nashville and Memphis.
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Weekend
CMA Awards Bidding War Draws To A Close?
As reported last week, the major television networks have been in a bidding war for broadcast rights to the CMA Awards. ABC has been the show’s home in recent years, and despite efforts by NBC and CBS, two outlets are reporting that “Country Music’s Biggest Night” will likely stay put on ABC. The Hollywood Reporter […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Financial/Legal, Organizations, Weekend
Breaking News: Details on CMA Noms Announcement
Awards noms will be revealed at events in New York, Nashville
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations, Weekend
Gibson Guitar Raided
Gibson’s plants in Nashville and Memphis were raided today by federal agents. Law enforcement is not giving any details in the case, but The Tennessean reports that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were executing search warrants at the offices. Today’s searches could be related to past investigations about […]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Weekend
Ticket Technology War Escalates
Touring is big business and filling the seats in a club or a giant stadium starts with one transaction—the ticket sale. The service charges that are collected from the sale of tickets is also big business. Ticketmaster, owned by Live Nation Entertainment is the big dog in this market, currently dominating ticket sales at venues […]
