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Martin Shkreli Sues RZA, Escalating Lawsuit Over Rare Wu-Tang Album

Martin Shkreli is suing Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA over the group’s one-of-a-kind album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, accusing the rapper of wrongfully double-selling the rights to the famous record. The move will pull RZA (Robert Diggs) into a long-running lawsuit filed against Shkreli by PleasrDAO, a digital art collective that paid $4 million to […]

Bruce Resnikoff Promoted to Chairman of Universal Music Enterprises

Universal Music Group (UMG) announced Tuesday (Feb. 3) that Bruce Resnikoff has been promoted to chairman of the company’s global catalog division, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). Stepping into his previous role of president & CEO is Jamie Krents, who will also continue serving as president & CEO of UMG’s Verve Label Group. Resnikoff, who joined […]

‘Favorite Country Song’ Is Now HARDY’s Longest-Leading Country Airplay Hit Among All His No. 1s

HARDY secures a third total and consecutive week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Feb. 7), as “Favorite Country Song” drew 31.6 million audience impressions Jan. 23-29, according to Luminate. Related Is NFL’s Roger Goodell Expecting Another Anti-ICE Message From Bad Bunny at Super Bowl? ‘This Platform Is Used to Unite People’ […]

JIVE Revived: RCA Reboots Label With Mike Weiss and David Melhado as Co‑Presidents

Fifteen years after being folded into RCA Records, the influential hip-hop, R&B and pop label JIVE Records is being relaunched as a standalone frontline imprint under Sony Music’s RCA, with former UnitedMasters executives Mike Weiss and David Melhado named co-presidents. According to a press release, the revived JIVE aims to honor the label’s storied legacy […]