Category: Weekend
Real-Life Struggles Yield Songwriting Success For Phillip Coleman
For the past eight years songwriter Phillip Coleman has been a real-life example of his best known song, “Cost of Livin’” […]
Category: Featured, Publishing, Weekend
Charlie Cook On Air: Resolutions
Let’s see, which New Year’s resolution should I break first? I made three: Lose weight, work an extra hour every day, and quit swearing so much […]
Sales Trilogy Part Two: Catalog Is Cool, Again
Sales Trilogy: Part Two will put the year’s achievements in perspective across genres, by artist, by sales format and by market share.
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
SiriusXM Adds 1.7M Subscribers in 2011
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced yesterday it ended the year with nearly […]
Davidson, EMI Renew Publishing Deal
Hit songwriter Dallas Davidson and EMI Music Publishing have entered a new co-publishing deal, extending their four-year relationship […]
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Carrie and Faith Appear in Tony Bennett Special
A host of country and Nashville-related artists will appear with the legendary Tony Bennett for the PBS special Tony Bennett: Duets II […]
Gibson Guitar Announces Strategic Partnership
The Gibson Guitar Corp. is continuing to diversify its range of products, following the announcement of a strategic partnership with consumer audio leader Onkyo Corporation […]
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Sales Trilogy Part 1: 2011 Country Sales Mostly Flat
Another country sales year is now in the record books and it was a sixteenth-note type finish. Not as close as this year’s Republican presidential Iowa Caucus (8 votes), but hopefully more memorable. […]
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Pandora Tussles Traditional Radio Over Ad Revenue
As recently as three years ago there was little or no mention of Pandora at the annual country radio broadcasters event in Nashville, CRS. Now a public company, Pandora is very much on radio’s radar […]
CoverGirl Gets Lashed For Taylor Ad
Thanks to her relationship with CoverGirl, Taylor Swift has brought her youthful visage to the pages of glossy magazines everywhere […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend