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2023 Billboard Music Awards Viewership & Social Engagement Spike in Digital Debut

2023 Billboard Music Awards content garnered more than 293 million cross-platform views in its first 48 hours, dick clark productions announced Wednesday (Nov. 22). The show, making its debut in a digital format, was the No. 1 social program across all of TV and streaming on Sunday and jumped 47% in year-over-year social engagements. Billboard […]

London Mayor Rejects Plan To Build New MSG Sphere in the City

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rejected Madison Square Garden’s long-standing proposal to build a Sphere arena in London, less than two months after the company debuted its first Sphere project to critical acclaim in Las Vegas. News of the rejection came by way of a letter from Khan to Anthony Hollingsworth, director of the London […]

Kelly Clarkson Delivers a Frank Sinatra Classic on ‘Kellyoke’

Kelly Clarkson kicked off the week with a classic on Monday (Nov. 20), when she performed Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “I Get a Kick Out of You.” “I get no kick from champagne / Mere alcohol doesn’t thrill me at all / So tell me why should it be true / That I get a […]

Downtown Music Holdings Chief Commercial Officer Tracy Maddux Steps Down

Tracy Maddux, chief commercial officer at Downtown Music Holdings, is stepping down from his role effective immediately, the company announced Sunday (Nov. 19). Maddux was previously CEO at CD Baby, whose parent company, AVL Digital Group, was acquired by Downtown in 2019. According to a press release announcing his exit, Maddux most recently contributed to […]