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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: TOPSPIN PARTNERS WITH TUNECORE

Published by Musician Playground on May 3, 2012 - 1:18pm

Topspin and TuneCore Announce a 'Technical Integration' Digital sales and marketing has gotten easier and more affordable as two leaders in their respective fields announced a partnership Wednesday. Digital distributor TuneCore and

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: A LOOK AT MUSIC EXEC'S RISING PAY: $34.6 MILLION YEAR FOR IRVING AZOFF

Published by Musician Playground on May 3, 2012 - 12:37pm

Most top music industry executives saw their compensation packages increase in 2011, according to an analysis by THR.THR looked at recently disclosed compensation for the leadership of publicly traded companies with music tie-ins, from

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: LIL WAYNE SIGNS 4-ALBUM DEAL WITH CASHMONEY

Published by Musician Playground on April 17, 2012 - 8:33pm

Lil Wayne has become synonymous with the Young Money/Cash Money phenomenon that has swept up names such as Drake, Nicki Minaj, Mystikal and Busta Rhymes, and the rapper isn't going anywhere soon. Weezy just signed a 4-album

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: IS SONY SLOWLY DIVORCING MUSIC?

Published by Musician Playground on April 17, 2012 - 8:20pm

Sony Corp. wants to revitalize its electronics business, but how will it use music to get there? The company announced a transformation plan Thursday that includes shedding 10,000 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce. Music was mentioned only

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: NEXT BIG SOUND RECEIVES SERIES-A FUNDING

Published by Musician Playground on January 4, 2012 - 5:02pm

On Tuesday, January 3, Next Big Sound, a music analytics company, announced that they have accumulated a Series-A funding round of $6.5 million, which was led by Foundry Group and IA Ventures. According to billboard.biz, Alex White

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: VAN HALEN SIGNS WITH INTERSCOPE

Published by admin on December 4, 2011 - 4:37pm

After 35 years of marriage to Warner Music, Van Halen is swapping labels and will be joining the Universal Music Group's family at Interscope. The upper management at Universal and Interscope pounced on the opportunity to sign the rock band after receiving word of their availability. They prepared a global strategy consisting of merchandising, marketing, touring, and recordings for Van Halen to ensure their success.

There was also a rumor that the band would be signed to Columbia Records according to The Hollywood Reporter, but it quite official that Van Halen will be joining Interscope after Universal provided photographic evidence of Universal's management and members of the band posing together. Van Halen is expected to release their new album, their first since 1984, in 2012 and will make an announcement to the world on Nov. 30 at the Grammy Awards nominations concerts, which will be live on CBS from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Aside from jumping labels, Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth have reunited, and are indeed going to be working together - sorry for the Van Hager fans. The clashing of their egos which occurred 25 years ago has ended and besides for their bassist, Michael Anthony, the band is intact and ready to rock out.