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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 […]

Billy Strings, Alison Krauss & More to Help Celebrate ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ Soundtrack’s 25th Anniversary

The Grand Ole Opry will help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the RIAA 8x Platinum-certified O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack on Feb. 28 with a special Opry show. Billy Strings, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Alaskan Sunnyside Sisters, Chris Thomas King, Colin Linden, and Del McCoury will perform during the special event, as will Emmylou […]

Blackstone Trims Recognition Catalog With $200 Million Sale to Sony Music

Blackstone, the owner of around $4 billion in music assets including through Recognition Music Group, has sold a portion of the Recognition portfolio to Sony Music Group for more than $200 million, according to sources. The deal, which has not been previously reported, includes mostly publishing assets and a smattering of master recording royalty income streams to songs including some by […]

HARDY Talks ‘McArthur’ Collab With Morgan Wallen, Eric Church & Tim McGraw and If More Is Coming: ‘I Would Love to Expand on This Concept’ (Exclusive)

The last week of January mysterious, intriguing posts popped up on HARDY, Tim McGraw, Morgan Wallen and Eric Church’s social media, each with a different first name and shared McArthur last name against a grainy background, birth and (except for Wallen’s) death dates and a red squiggly line like an EKG heartbeat. Fans and journalists […]