FROM STICKY WICKETS TO LOUISVILLE SLUGGERS: In his column, I.B. Bad further notes that Barnett is one of three Brit execs heading up Top Five U.S. labels, along with Peter Edge and Rob Stringer, who head up Sony Music’s two biggest labels in RCA (#2 in YTD new-release share with 7.5%) and Columbia (#3, 7.0%), respectively. These experienced and capable power players are bucking a historic trend that has seen one U.K.-trained executive after the other unable to make the transition to the American music business. (10/23a)
BILL'S PASSAGE COULD RESULT IN U.S. TIKTOK BAN
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill... (4/20a)
BLACKSTONE ASSEMBLING $1.5B BID FOR HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND
A white-knuckle moment (4/20a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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