VANCOUVER – Former Anschutz Entertainment Group topper Tim Leiweke is headed to Canada to run Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors pro sport teams. Like AEG, which runs the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Galaxy, MLSE also owns sports stadiums, concert venues and other entertainment platforms….
Nettwerk Music Group Raises $10.25 Million
Nettwerk Music Group has raised $10.25 million in equity growth financing from private equity firm HBC Investments, previous investor Beedie Capital and Nettwerk’s four founding partners, Terry McBride, Ric Arboit, Dan Fraser and Mark Jowett. The company encompasses a record label, artist management company, producer management company and music publishing company. Nettwerk plans to use…
Diplo Clears ‘Harlem Shake’ Samples
Diplo has cleared unlicensed samples that Baauer used in “Harlem Shake” in a bid to help his Mad Decent artist avoid legal entanglements. The producer and label head worked out an arrangement with Jayson Musson and Hector Delgado after the artists, who were sampled in the the viral hit, said they hadn’t been compensated. “We…
Kanye West to Perforn on SNL Finale
Set your DVRs. Kanye West is closing out “Saturday Night Live” with a bang. The hip-hop icon has been booked as the musical guest for the season finale. “SNL” confirmed the rumors by announcing that Yeezy will perform on the May 18 episode with host Ben Affleck. This marks his fifth time performing on the…
Mid-Week Album Charts
Michael Buble will debut at #1 on next week’s album chart with a total greater than his previous non-holiday album, Crazy Love, which opened in October 2009 with 132k. Crazy Love was released on a Friday, however, so its total represents only the first three days of sales. With Mother’s Day quickly approaching, Buble’s latest…
Lauryn Hill Confirms Sony Deal, Calls Reports ‘Inaccurate’
Lauryn Hill took to her Tumblr page to comment on recent media reports that she’d inked a new deal with Sony Music in order to help her avoid prison time for three years’ worth of missed tax returns. She wrote that she will be launching a new label through Sony to release her new music…
Selena Gomez Gets Big Gain on Billboard’s Social 50 Chart
Selena Gomez flies 22-5 on the Social 50 chart this week, earning the singer/actress her highest rank (No. 5) since Nov. 24, 2012. The chart surge is owed in part to a performance of the track on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” (April 18), as well as residual buzz from its premiere performance on the…
Alabama Shakes, M83 Lead A2IM’s Libera Awards Nominations
Alabama Shakes, M83 and BOY are among the breakout indie artists of 2012 nominated for this year’s Libera Awards. A2IM, the American Association for Independent Music, recently announced the full slate of nominees, which include both artists and labels said to represent the best of the independent community. Nominees are chosen by select members of…
Warner Music Group Outlines Parlophone Integration Process, Expects $70 Million in Annual Cost Savings
In a memo to the Warner Music Group staff today, CEO Stephen Cooper has laid out the procedure by which the Parlophone Label Group will be integrated into the company. Warner acquired Parlophone from Universal Music Group in February as part of the latter’s offloading of certain assets from EMI’s recorded-music divisions, which were required…
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