Artist Management

If you're voting for Romney and watching Fox News on a regular basis, you're probably pretty boring when it comes to music. And, you probably also have less interesting and less diverse musical tastes than an ... Read More...

One of the biggest catalog cavities on Spotify has now been filled. Adele's 21, the mega-selling, industry-saving, Grammy-winning album, is now available on Spotify for your streaming pleasure.  And Beatles as... Read More...

Are we getting too granular, too analytical, too obsessive-compulsive with our data? The question is always worth asking, simply because technology always allows us to look closer.  Like this: just this week, ... Read More...

The following comes from top music industry attorney Ken Hertz, who spoke on an artist branding panel at NARM in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Hertz, a senior partner at Beverly Hills-based Hertz and Lichtenstein ... Read More...

Everyone is always talking about the artists' team, the critical support structure that helps spread the music and manage fanbases. But when it comes to successful artists, the most important and well-paid mem... Read More...

Very afraid. Just days after the unveiling of a rather eerie statue, there's now a 12-inch action figure from In Icons. The $99 package comes with three pairs of hands, a mini-iPad, a "One More Thing" ba... Read More...

The stat comes from the LA-based Music Registry, which has been diligently tracking label comings-and-goings since the early 90s. And if there's one specialty that's experienced a lot of 'goings,' it's A&... Read More...

His tenure at Warner Music was rocky, but maybe Live Nation will prove the better corporate fit. On Tuesday, the freshly-acquired BigChampagne signed the paperwork on Ethan Kaplan, a music technologist and f... Read More...

But, how much are they getting paid, exactly? We already tried asking Rhapsody that question, and quickly got the PR hand.  But Rhapsody president Jon Irwin now says the company has paid out "hundreds of mil... Read More...

Turns out Ted Mico's got company... a lot of it. And what a stressful gig: here's a list of major label "new media" executives who were pushed, fired, or otherwise jumped ship over just the past few years. ... Read More...