The legal biz has come a long way since the days of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe, and our look at how lawyers have affected the music biz is where we start this week’s HITS’ High 5.
I.B. Bad has a two-part look at lawyers who have shaped the music industry—part one is here, two is here—and here’s an overview of the ones who ran labels.
Sony Corp. created a new Sony Music Group, uniting Rob Stringer’s Sony Music Entertainment and Jon Platt’s Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Ken Ehrlich, who has been producing the Grammy Awards telecast since 1980, will take a bow after executive-producing next year’s 62nd Grammy Awards.
The New York Thruway is in no danger of being closed in mid-August.
Here’s a look at who's enjoying the most action on Spotify's U.S. Top 50 chart for the week of 7/11. That reminds me, I could use a Slurpee to beat this heat.
HITS LIST: RULES
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RHYTHM, BLUES AND THE FUTURE
The musical tapestry we know as R&B.
WHO'S NEXT?
Predicting the next big catalog deal.
JUST THE VAX, MA'AM
Once we all get vaccinated, how long before we can party?
WORLDWIDE GROOVE
How is globalization bringing far-flung territories into the musical mainstream?
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