BMI, after scrapping plans for a multi-billion dollar sale last year following less-than-expected offers, has decided to explore potential buyers, according to REUTERS. The performing rights organization originally set up a price tag of between $2 and $3b, while privately executives hoped for bids of at least $1.5b.BMI has once again enlisted GOLDMAN SACHS as an advisor to help review strategic opportunities, according to REUTERS, "to once again explore options, including a .
ANTHONY DOMINICK BENEDETTO, known professionally as TONY BENNETT, the last of the old-time torch singers equally adept at jazz, pop and R&B, died FRIDAY (7/21) in NEW YORK at 96.Born AUGUST 3rd, 1926, in ASTORIA, QUEENS, NY, BENNETT performed with military bands in GERMANY during WORLD WAR II. In 1946, he made his debut in a nightclub, sitting in as a singer with trombonist TYREE GLENN at the SHANGRI-LA in ASTORIA. His big break came three years later, when BOB HOPE discovered him .
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP was on CAPITOL HILL last week requesting the U.S. CONGRESS to curtail new AI technology to prevent copyright infringement. UMG General Counsel/EVP JEFFREY HARLESTON appeared as a witness at a SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE meeting on JULY 12th called for a federal “right of publicity” — the intellectual property right that shields a person’s likenesses such as their voice and name. According to MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE, the company also requested .
CUMULUS MEDIA News-Talk WJR/DETROIT has promoted ANN THOMAS to Program Director, making her the first female PD in the station’s 101-year history. She rises from her previous role as APD and Executive Producer for WJR.MIKE WHEELER, former WJR PD, has been upped to Operations Manager for CUMULUS DETROIT/ANN ARBOR, managing operations for the four DETROIT stations and four ANN ARBOR stations. The DETROIT native s broadcasting experience includes more than 20 years in regional roles with .
LAS VEGAS police executed a search warrant on a home in HENDERSON, NV, as part of the investigation into the cold-case murder of rap icon TUPAC SHAKUR in SEPTEMBER, 1996 as the passenger in a BMW driven by MARION "SUGE" KNIGHT when he was gunned down by a mysterious man in a white CADILLAC alongside their vehicle.The department issued the following statement: “LVMPD can confirm a search warrant was served in HENDERSON, NV, on JULY 17th, 2023, as part of the ongoing TUPAC .