Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has extended its worldwide publishing agreement with multi-platinum selling artist/songwriter Darius Rucker. The agreement encompasses his forthcoming album as well as previous works, Learn to Live, and Charleston, SC 1966. Kent Earls, executive vice president/general manager, UMPG Nashville said: “We’re thrilled to extend our already successful relationship with Darius Rucker. “Darius…

John Malone’s Liberty Media continues to slowly raise its stake in Sirius XM Radio. The satellite radio firm, led by CEO Mel Karmazin, reported in a regulatory filing late Tuesday that Liberty has bought additional stock to take its ownership from 48.1 percent to 48.8 percent. It paid around $2.53 each for about 40 million…

If you thought digital sales weren’t growing fast enough, think again. According to Ovum, the global digital music market is expected to grow at 15% annually, reaching nearly $22.5 billion by 2017. Subscription services (Spotify, Pandora, Songza) are acclaimed responsible for the growing revenues, predicted to show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46%…

“This ends when someone is no longer on the box, and I say that knowing it could be me.” The NY Radio Wars have been heated all summer, and we felt it was necessary to hear from both sides of the FM dial. We sat down with Hot 97′s own Peter Rosenberg to discuss him…

Move over 2 Chainz. There’s a new king of the charts. Trey Songz earns his first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week with Chapter V. The R&B heartthrob’s fifth album sold 135,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. While it marks his best chart position to date, it wasn’t enough…

So, how many of your followers are fake? Lady Gaga has more than 29 million Twitter loyalists, but according to a recent analysis conducted by London-based StatusPeople, 73 percent of those accounts are fake, inactive, or other otherwise duds.  In fact, the company’s ‘Fake Follower Check’ finds that accounts for many celebrities and political figures…