The Eagles catalog became available for streaming at Rdio on Wednesday after being a longtime holdout from subscription services. No other subscription service in the U.S. had nabbed the Eagles catalog. A check at Deezer’s U.K. site turned up no Eagles catalog. But a few hours later, the group’s catalog was no longer available for…

After a successful collaboration on 2011’s “On the Floor,” which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, among other hit tracks from the album Love?, Jennifer Lopez and producer RedOne are reteaming for future business together. Lopez has signed with 2101 Records, RedOne’s label, which recently announced an exclusive multi-year, worldwide agreement with Universal-owned…

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The act becomes the first duo in the chart’s five-decade history to send its first two singles to No. 1. Plus, Florida Georgia Line’s ‘Cruise’ sails into the top 10 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’  “Can’t Hold Us,” featuring Ray Dalton, rises 2-1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the pair’s second leader. With prior hit…

Adam Levine’s NBC footprint is about to grow larger. The “Voice” coach and Maroon 5 frontman has inked a one-year first-look development deal at NBC with his longtime manager-turned-producing partner Jordan Feldstein. Together, the pair will create both scripted and alternative programming to serve as series and specials for the network. “It would be impossible…

The decision is a defeat for Paul Ellington, the grandson of the great jazz pianist, who sued EMI for hundreds of thousands of dollars. He alleged that EMI had breached a 1961 songwriter royalty agreement with Ellington by deducting fees for foreign affiliates before accounting to Ellington’s 50 percent share of net revenue. In 2011,…

This story — on Sean Glass and his WIN Records reboot — is from the May 11 edition of Billboard and featues a cover package on the passing of the late, great country legend George Jones as well as looks at Anheuser-Busch’s massive spending in the music space; the making of the “Great Gatsby” Soundtrack;…