Russell Simmons is back at it with a television network that he has been successful with before. Uncle Rush has signed a two year deal with HBO which will allow him to submit television projects exclusively to HBO. In the past, Simmons has worked with HBO to air Def Comedy Jam, which helped further the…

The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has announced that Tom Silverman, founder of TommY BoY Records, the New Music Seminar and founding board member of A2IM, will receive the Lifetime Achievement statue at A2IM’s upcoming Libera Awards ceremony on June 20 in New York. Silverman will be the second person to receive the award,…

About 30 percent of U.K. Internet users who accessed digital content illegally streamed or downloaded films, TV shows or music at least once in the most recent quarter, for which data is available, according to British media regulator Ofcom. The quarterly report also found that 18 percent of Web users who are 12 or older…

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to the authority of the board that sets royalty rates for musical works. The high court refused Tuesday to hear an appeal challenging the Copyright Royalty Board, a panel of three copyright judges appointed by the Librarian of Congress. Intercollegiate Broadcast System Inc. said the board should be…

A&R Exec James Mormile explains how he got his start in the competitive music industry early on in college, which led him to his current day job at Interscope Records.