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Pascal Nègre UMG’s Global Head of New Business
Pascal Nègre, President of Universal Music France, Italy, Middle East and Africa, will now also serve as UMG‘s global Head of New Business. He will continue to serve on UMG’s Executive Board and be based out of Paris, reporting to Chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge. Nègre will be responsible for strategic partnerships, brand relationships, cross-organizational collaboration and ensuring that the…
Justin Timberlake’s ‘Suit & Tie’ Off To Fast Start At Radio, Retail; Hot 100 Debut On Tap
At midnight this morning, Justin Timberlake released his long-awaited new single, “Suit & Tie,” featuring Jay-Z, on his website, with RCA Records simultaneously servicing the song to radio and the iTunes Store. The retro-soulful “Suit” previews Timberlake’s third album, “The 20/20 Experience,” due later this year. In its first day at radio and retail, the song has…
Kylie Minogue Splits with Longtime Manager Terry Blamey
Aussie pop superstar Kylie Minogue is taking time-out from her music career and has split from her manager of 25 years, Terry Blamey. The end of their partnership, which Billboard.biz can confirm, draws curtains on one of the most fruitful artist-manager relationships in Australian music biz history. Blamey, who like Kylie is from Melbourne but…
Adele Wins Best Song Golden Globe for ‘Skyfall’; Mychael Danna Wins Best Score
Although she has nine Grammy Awards to her name, there was no question as to the sincerity of Adele’s surprise when her song “Skyfall” won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, Motion Picture. “Oh my God!” the British singer squealed, telling the Beverly Hilton audience that she saw the evening as “a night out”…
Jimmy Iovine Talks Steve Jobs, Spotify, & Subscription Music Services
Beats Electronics has done a very good job at making expensive headphones a mass-market item. And that’s what makes them a good candidate to crack open the music subscription business, says CEO Jimmy Iovine. Iovine’s pitch: It took guys who know music and culture to sell high-end headphones to the mainstream. And it’s going to…
Rhapsody Will Launch Music Streaming Services In 16 Different Countries This Spring
Music subscription service Rhapsody is going to launch in 16 additional European countries in the second quarter of 2013, CEO Jon Irvin told me during a meeting at CES 2013 Thursday. This marks the first proper international launch for the long-standing music subscription service. Rhapsody already has a presence in the U.K. and Germany through…
The Making of Chip ft. Chris Brown – Champion
Harmony explains step by step how Champion came to be.
Six Technology Trends from CES That Will Shape 2013
Every January, the Consumer Electronics Show gives the world a preview of the flood of gadgets heading our way in the coming year and beyond. Some are incredibly silly, while others are complete game changers. All promise to make people’s lives better somehow. We’ve crisscrossed the show floors to come up with six products —…
Watch The Trailer For a Documentary About the Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is the world’s biggest BitTorrent tracker that allows for P2p file-sharing. It was founded in Sweden in 2003 and made popular by people looking to download music and movies for free. The founders were taken to trial in 2009, sentenced to a year in prison (sentences were later shortened to 4-10 months),…
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