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The Deals: 10K Signs JV With Hip-Hop Label Focused on Emerging Acts; Milk & Honey Teams With mprs on Producer Catalog Acquisitions

Atlantic Music Group’s 10K Projects signed a joint venture deal with Runway Records, a newly launched label led by Ben Bijur, who was recently hired at Atlantic Music Group as vp or A&R. The imprint will be “a developmental hub for emerging hip-hop artists,” according to a press release. Runway’s first signing is Atlanta-based rapper […]

Riley Green, Miranda Lambert, Tucker Wetmore & More Honored at Billboard’s 2026 Country Power Players Event

On Wednesday (June 3), Billboard honored this year’s Country Power Players honorees during a ceremony held at The Eye Rooftop at Category 10 in downtown Nashville, celebrating many of the genre’s top artists and music executives. Billboard co-chief content officers Leila Cobo and Jason Lipshutz ushered in the evening by recognizing the current and enduring […]

Universal Purchases Part of Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Shares in UMG

Universal Music Group (UMG) said on Thursday (June 4) it repurchased 14.1 million of shares of its stock following moves by Bill Ackman‘s Pershing Square to offload the investment firm’s entire 80-million share stake in UMG after the record company’s board rejected Pershing’s offer to take over the company. Related Universal Music Group’s Board Rejects […]