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June 13, 2022
Rapper Roddy Ricch Arrested On Weapons Charges Prior To Show In New York
GRAMMY winning rapper RODDY RICCH (real name: RODRICK MOORE) was arrested in QUEENS, NEW YORK on SATURDAY (6/11) just hours before he was set to perform at the GOVERNOR'S BALL concert at CITI FIELD. RICCH's vehicle was stopped at a security … more »
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May 10, 2022
Marketing Vet Paris Montoya Named ADA Sr. Dir./International Label Management
Longtime music marketing exec PARIS MONTOYA has been hired as Sr. Director, International Label Management by ADA (ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE). He will continue to be based in the company's NEW YORK CITY offices. MONTOYA was previously … more »
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March 8, 2022
Futuri Names Zena Burns SVP/Content & Special Projects
ZENA BURNS has been named SVP/Content & Special Projects at FUTURI. Having led marketing at FUTURI since 2015 (most recently as SVP/Strategic Marketing & Brand Development), BURNS will now focus exclusively on growing content creation efforts … more »
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February 18, 2022
Academy Of Country Music Makes Six New Hires Across Several Departments
The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC has expanded its team across several departments, hiring LORI KRAFT as Dir./Brand & Creative Design, STEVE MEKLER as Dir./Brand Marketing & Partnerships, JENNIFER DAVIS as Mgr./Events, REBECCA FISHER as Mgr./Strategic … more »
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February 10, 2022
New Podcast Looks At '91 Crown Heights Riot
AUDACY's PINEAPPLE STREET STUDIOS is releasing a new five-part podcast about the 1991 CROWN HEIGHTS riot in BROOKLYN. "LOVE THY NEIGHBOR," hosted by WIRED and NEW YORK MAGAZINE contributor COLLIER MEYERSON, looks at the events that started … more »
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January 12, 2022
Ronnie Spector, The Original ‘Bad Girl Of Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ and Lead Singer For The Ronettes, Passes At 78
VERONICA YVETTE BENNETT, aka RONNIE SPECTOR, who was inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME in 2007 as a member of THE RONETTES, died after a brief illness at the age of 78 after a brief battle with cancer. The family released a statement: … more »
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December 3, 2021
Industry Veteran Gene Higgins Comes Out Of Retirement, Launches Consulting Firm
Industry veteran GENE HIGGINS is coming out of retirement, with his new, NASHVILLE-based GENE HIGGINS CONSULTING FIRM, to work on independent and major film projects across MC1 NASHVILLE, DARK LONESOME FILMS, PARADE STORMER PRODUCTIONS and more. HIGGINS … more »
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November 12, 2021
L.A. Times Names Jazmin Aguilera Head Of Audio
JAZMIN AGUILERA has joined the LOS ANGELES TIMES as Head Of Audio. The self-admitted “creative pragmatist” is a native of SANTA CRUZ, developing her creativity, empathy and curiosity among the city’s buskers and eccentrics. … more »
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October 25, 2021
Bluegrass Great Sonny Osborne Dies At 84
Bluegrass star and GRAND OLE OPRY member SONNY OSBORNE of THE OSBORNE BROTHERS died YESTERDAY (10/24) at the age of 84, according to several media reports. While banjo player SONNY retired from performing in 2005, his mandolinist brother and bandmate, … more »
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September 29, 2021
Dave Mays And Kendrick Ashton Launch Hip-Hop Podcast Network, Breakbeat
DAVE MAYS, creator of THE SOURCE magazine and THE ST. JAMES Co-CEO KENDRICK ASHTON have teamed to launch BREAKBEAT, a Hip-Hop podcast network. MAYS said, "I've had a 40-year love affair with Hip-Hop, and over that time, it has grown into the … more »