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Donald Trump Confirms Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Asked Him for a Pardon

Donald Trump confirmed on Monday (Oct. 6) that Sean “Diddy” Combs asked him for a presidential pardon. Taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office yesterday, Trump said the disgraced hip-hop mogul’s team had reached out to ask about the pardon, but the president seemed on the fence about granting one. Combs was sentenced to […]

Tesseract and Hawkeye Music Publishing Team Up to Acquire Artist & Songwriter Catalogs

Tesseract Music and Hawkeye Music Publishing have formed a strategic partnership to acquire and manage music-related intellectual property rights, mainly geared to artist and songwriter catalog acquisitions. Tesseract Music, which apparently counts Tesseract Icons and Tesseract Collective Inc. as its sister companies, is an intellectual property management company founded by entrepreneur Richard Seet, a former […]

Mark Ronson Pairs With Pulse Music Group for New Publishing Venture

Pulse Music Group has forged a new music publishing joint venture with Grammy Award-winning producer-songwriter Mark Ronson and his company Zelig Music, it was announced Tuesday (Oct. 7). The venture’s first signing is Swedish artist Thea Gustafsson, who writes, records and produces under her stage name Becky and the Birds and earlier this year won […]

Ed Sheeran Teaming Up With ‘Adolescence’ Director For ‘One Shot’ Netflix Special To Be Shot Live in New York

Ed Sheeran is taking a runner on his next project. The singer revealed in an Instagram post on Monday night (Oct. 6) that he has teamed up with Netflix to create a “groundbreaking, one-shot music experience” to be directed by Emmy-winning Adolescence director Philip Barantini. Related Taylor Swift Dishes On Which Musician Friend She’s Sure […]

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Sales Climb to 3 Million in U.S.

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has reached 3 million in traditional album sales (physical and digital purchases), across all versions of the album, according to initial reports to data tracking firm Luminate. On the album’s first day of release (Oct. 3), it cleared 2.7 million sold. After Showgirl’s first day, it captured the […]

Believe Launches Publishing Arm With Chris Meehan as CEO

French music company Believe has launched a new music publishing arm, the company announced Tuesday (Oct. 6). Believe Music Publishing launches more than two years after Believe acquired U.K.-based publisher Sentric Music Group, which represented more than four million songs and over 400,000 songwriters in more than 200 territories at the time of the deal. […]

AEG Signs Landmark Deal to Run U.K. Venues on ‘Deep Green Energy’

AEG Europe announced a landmark agreement on Tuesday (Oct. 7) that will make its U.K. venues the first to run on the country’s greenest energy. The European subsidiary of the global live entertainment promoter AEG has collaborated with green energy company Ecotricity on the agreement, which includes the introduction of PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements) with […]