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- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Midem International Music Conference Goes Digital for 2020 Edition: See the Full Program
By Jazz Tangcay LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Rapper T.I., DJ D-Nice, K-pop artist Ailee, YouTube’s Tuma Bassa and top music attorney Kenny Meiselas are some of...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Music Industry Calls for Tuesday Blackout as Labels, Managers Show Solidarity With Black Community on Social Media
By Shirley Halperin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Updated: The collective fury over the death of George Floyd, who was suffocated by a Minnesota police officer kneeling...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Madonna, U2 Manager Guy Oseary No Longer Running Maverick; What Does it Mean for the Collective?
By Shirley Halperin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Guy Oseary has “stepped down” from the day-to-day running Maverick, the management collective he founded in 2014. “I’m ready...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Netflix Taps Alexandra Patsavas to Head Music for Original Series (EXCLUSIVE)
By Shirley Halperin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Veteran music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas is joining Netflix in the newly created role of director, music creative/production for original...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
It’s the End of the World Famous KROQ as We Know It
By Shirley Halperin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – A funny thing happened the week of March 8. Iconic Los Angeles radio station KROQ, long known for showcasing...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Joel Zimmerman, WME’s Former Global Head of Electronic Music, Exits Agency Amid Cutbacks (EXCLUSIVE)
By Shirley Halperin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Joel Zimmerman, WME’s former global head of electronic music, has exited the agency, Variety has learned through multiple sources....
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Rapper 6ix9ine Cries Foul on Ariana Grande, Singer Claps Back as Chart Drama Escalates
By Shirley Halperin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Manufactured YouTube plays versus conjured single sales? Those are the dramatic slurs at play in a chart battle between...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Hiding in Plain Sight: Dr. Luke Is Back With Doja Cat’s Smash ‘Say So,’ But Did He Ever Really Go Away?
By Shirley Halperin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Doja Cat’s fast-rising hit “Say So” — which soars to No. 2 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 this...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Hacked Law Firm Informs Clients Like Lady Gaga and Bruce Springsteen of Data Breach
By Todd Spangler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Major media and entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks said that after its internal data systems were...
- ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago
Andre Harrell, Music Executive Who Discovered Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs, Dies at 59
By Shirley Halperin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Andre Harrell, a veteran music executive best known as the founder of Uptown Records, where Sean “Puffy” Combs got...