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December 29, 2016
UMG's Lucian Grainge Offers A Message To The Troops In Year-End Review
2017 was a pretty good year if you were UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP Chairman/CEO SIR LUCIAN GRAINGE. In JUNE, he was knighted (NET NEWS 6/10) and in NOVEMBER, his music group boasted revenue in the black, about 4% worth (NET NEWS, 11/10). GRAINGE also took a … more »
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November 16, 2016
KDGE/Dallas Set To Debut New Format Thursday, November 17th, Ending 27 Years Of The Edge
iHEARTMEDIA Alternative KDGE (102.1 THE EDGE)/DALLAS is teasing a format flip for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17th at 5p. ALL ACCESS has learned that the station began airing a loop of SEMISONIC "Closing Time" and R.E.M. "It's The End Of … more »
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November 10, 2016
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen Passes At 82
LEONARD COHEN, a 2008 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME inductee who was an acclaimed novelist and poet before launching a career as a folk singer-songwriter, passed away today at the age of 82. COHEN, best-known for his anthem “Hallelujah,” which … more »
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October 10, 2016
Artists Combine For '30 Days, 30 Songs' Anti-Trump Playlist
A consortium of artists have launched "30 Days, 30 Songs," an independent project in support of defeating Republican presidential nominee DONALD TRUMP. Created by writer DAVE EGGERS and the team that created "90 Days, 90 Reasons, 30 … more »
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September 16, 2016
Neil Diamond To Release 'Acoustic Christmas'
NEIL DIAMOND will release an all-new holiday collection, "Acoustic CHRISTMAS," on CAPITOL RECORDS, OCTOBER 28th, with a vinyl version following on NOVEMBER 19th. The album will feature new recordings of holiday classics and original tracks by … more »
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May 3, 2016
WBER (90.5 FM)/Rochester Listeners Name Station's Top 90 Artists Of All Time
MONROE BOCES#1 Alternative WBER (90.5 FM)/ROCHESTER, NY, listeners have voted on the station's Top 90 artists of all-time for a countdown fund-raiser, with THE CURE, BEASTIE BOYS, DEPECHE MODE, R.E.M. and ANI DiFRANCO making the Top 5. WBER listeners … more »
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March 11, 2016
R.E.M. Signs Worldwide Deal With Universal Music Publishing Group
R.E.M.has reached an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP, it was announced today by UMPG Chairman/CEO JODY GERSON. With career sales of over 85 million albums, R.E.M. released 15 studio albums (nine of which … more »
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December 15, 2015
R.E.M. Inks Licensing Agreement With Concord Bicycle Music For Warner Bros. Catalog
R.E.M. and CONCORD BICYCLE MUSIC have agreed on a multi-year, worldwide licensing agreement for the band’s recording output on WARNER BROS. RECORDS, spanning the years 1988 through 2011. The pact, which is set to begin early next year, … more »
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December 14, 2015
IRS Nashville Shuttered
Label sources have confirmed that IRS NASHVILLE, a division of CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP and UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, has been shuttered as of last FRIDAY (DECEMBER 11th). President JOHN GRADY launched the branch more than two years ago in conjunction with … more »
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August 26, 2015
Goodbye To Sports As WMTI (106.1 The Ticket)/New Orleans Launches 2-Song Stunt
CUMULUS Sports WMTI (106.1 THE TICKET)/NEW ORLEANS is now stunting with a loop of two songs, R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It " and the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS' "The Zephyr Song." The station's TWITTER … more »