Category : Record Labels
Russell Simmons & Partners Launch All Def Music
Russell Simmons, Brian Robbins and Steve Rifkind partner with Universal Music Group to launch All Def Music, the first major label created specifically for YouTube...
UMG East Coast Label Group Names Two Vice Presidents
Universal Music Group's East Coast Label Group promotes Jules Ferree and Mauro DeCeglie to Vice Presidents of Brand Partnerships for Island Def Jam and Republic...
Recording Academy Elects Officers, Updates GRAMMY Categories
The Recording Academy elected new national officers including Christine Albert as Chair and approved category changes for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards....
Tiara Thomas Signs To Division1/Interscope Records
Singer-songwriter Tiara Thomas signs to Rico Love's Division1/Interscope Records after co-writing Wale's #1 hit 'Bad' while attending Ball State University....
Mountain Dew & Complex Launch Green Label Youth Culture
Mountain Dew and Complex Media launch Green-Label.com, a digital platform covering youth culture across music, art, sports and style. The site evolves Mountain Dew's legacy...
Interscope Recording Artist Mateo Joins Keyshia Cole On Tour
Interscope artist Mateo opens for Keyshia Cole on her 18-city Woman to Woman tour. The R&B singer prepares new single release while supporting the multiplatinum...
Afrojack Signs Exclusive Worldwide Deal With UMG
Grammy-winning DJ Afrojack signs exclusive worldwide deal with Universal Music Group. His new single 'As Your Friend' featuring Chris Brown impacts radio this week....
Ne-Yo Signs Sonna Rele to Universal Motown Records
Ne-Yo signs international artist Sonna Rele to Universal Motown Records in his role as Senior VP of A&R. He surprised her on stage in London...
FBI Releases Records on Whitney Houston
FBI releases 128-page file revealing three investigations involving Whitney Houston, including a 1992 extortion attempt and fan mail threats in 1988 and 1999....
Epic Records Removes Lil Wayne’s Emmett Till Verse
Epic Records forced Future to remove Lil Wayne's controversial verse referencing Emmett Till from 'Karate Chop' after pressure from civil rights groups....
Sylvia Rhone Announces Joint Venture With Epic Records
Epic Records forms joint venture with music industry legend Sylvia Rhone to launch Vested in Culture label. The new venture will debut artists including Kat...
Craig Davis Exits Capitol Records LA Move
Capitol Records is relocating back to Los Angeles' iconic Capitol Building in Hollywood within 6 weeks. Rep Craig Davis exits the company this Friday....
Changes at Warner Music Group. Moscowitz Resigns
Todd Moscowitz resigns as co-President/CEO of Warner Music Group, with labels now reporting to COO Julie Greenwald. Drake's new label headed to WMG....
UMG Partners with Moontoast on D2C Expansion
Universal Music Group partners with Moontoast to expand direct-to-consumer offerings through social commerce and analytics platforms across digital channels....
Adidas NEO Label Announces Justin Bieber As New Style Icon
Adidas NEO Label appoints Justin Bieber as global style icon in two-year partnership through 2014. Fans can hunt for his custom gold sneakers online to...
Chris Schwartz Relaunches Legendary Label With Beanie Sigel
Chris Schwartz proudly announces Ruffhouse Records' relaunch with Beanie Sigel as the first artist, despite the rapper's tax evasion sentencing....
Krutz Family Cellars Launches 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon in LA
Krutz Family Cellars releases 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon with art label by Medeski Martin & Wood's Billy Martin at Warner Bros Records' Vinyl Revisionists show....
Former Record Label Exec Dwayne Alexander Stabbed to Death
Former Capitol Records publicist Dwayne Alexander, 48, was fatally stabbed by a 22-year-old student while working as a counselor at a Los Angeles Job Corps...
Elise Wright Joins vzillion as Executive
Former Universal Music Group SVP Elise Wright joins vzillion as VP of Marketing Digital Messaging. Wright oversaw careers of Stevie Wonder, Akon, Amy Winehouse, and...
Epic Records Signs Outkast and Ciara
LA Reid signs Outkast and Ciara to Epic Records as he rebuilds the label's roster. Both artists have previous history working with Reid....
Changes at Interscope and Def Jam
Interscope Records executed multiple layoffs this week with more planned. Def Jam is expected to announce similar staff reductions within 30 days....
Epic Records Signs “The Sing-Off” S2 Winner Committed!
Epic Records has officially signed Committed, the winning group from NBC's The Sing-Off Season 2. The a cappella group beat out three other finalists....
Interscope & Ralph Lauren Promote OneRepublic’s “Secrets”
Interscope Records partnered with Ralph Lauren Fragrances to feature OneRepublic's hit "Secrets" in a Bruce Weber-directed ad for The Big Pony Collection....
Barry Weiss Out at Sony Music Moves to…
Barry Weiss leaves Sony Music Entertainment to join Universal Music, where he'll run East Coast operations under CEO Lucian Grainge starting January 2011....
American Idol Season 9: Top Contenders Collection
19 Recordings/RCA Records releases American Idol Season 9 compilation featuring top 10 contestants including Crystal Bowersox, Lee Dewyze, and Aaron Kelly....
