MTV has announced a new campaign entitled “Artist To Watch” which highlights who is next up in the game. Every two weeks they will select someone new to highlight, the artists involved span across all genres. MTV is a very big player in the game, so recognition from the company would do amazing things for any one of these careers. I guess…

SOUNDEXCHANGE has reported a new record with total year-end royalty payments reaching approximately $462 million (up 58% from the prior year). The fourth quarter 2012 distribution also increased with more than 22,000 payments totaling approximately $134.9 million, a nearly 10% increase from its Q3 2012 distribution of $122.5 million. The royalties are paid by Internet…

Beats Electronics’ CEO/Co-Founder Jimmy Iovine, principal Dr. Dre and President/COO Luke Wood announced the launch of their new “digital music experience,” Project Daisy, at Las Vegas’ CES show last week, while insisting it was not the successor to Doug and Jimmy’s Farm Club. Noted music tech guru Ian Rogers was named CEO and head of the MOG streaming service with Trent Reznor named Chief Creative Officer. Pictured after rescuing Iovine…

Success seems to follow Irving Azoff around. No sooner does the mega-manager music mogul dump his Live Nation shares to Liberty Media’s John Malone and accept an offer to join the Board of his Starz premium cable channel, a rival to HBO and Showtime, then the company’s stock price rises 9.8% to $15.59 on its first day of trading after being spun off from Liberty Media. Not too shabby. [HitsDailyDouble]