Music News
YouTube Cracks Down On Universal and Sony For Having 2 Billion Fake Views (Took Views Away!)
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Google slashed the cumulative view counts on YouTube channels belonging to Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG, and RCA Records by more than 2 billion views Tuesday, a drastic winter cleanup that may be aimed at shutting down black hat view count-building techniques employed by a community of rogue view count manipulators on the video-sharing site.
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Lyor Cohen Leaves Warner Music Group!
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NEW YORK — Lyor Cohen, the chief executive of Warner Music Group Corp.’s recorded music division, is resigning at the end of September to start a new chapter as an entrepreneur.
The company announced the move Monday.
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No More 98.7 Kiss FM In NYC? Sad Day In Radio.
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After 30 years as spirited and often ferocious rivals, WBLS (107.5 FM) and WRKS (98.7 FM, Kiss-FM) will become one.
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Cash Money Records Sued Again For Non Payment Of Royalties!
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Cash Money Records once again finds themselves the defendants in a lawsuit, this time from music giant EMI over unpaid royalties.
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Michael Jackson Music Back Catalog Stolen By Hackers
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Sony has confirmed reports that a number of Michael Jackson tracks were stolen from its website by hackers.
More than 50,000 digital files – including unreleased material – were said to have been hijacked, but the company refused to disclose specific details.
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Ne-Yo Appointed Senior Vice President Of A&R For Motown Records
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In the latest step to strengthen the new Motown Records, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), acclaimed artist Ne-Yo will move from Def Jam Recordings to Motown along with his label imprint Compound Entertainment, and will also take on a creative role at Motown as the new Senior Vice President of A&R, it was announced today by Barry Weiss, Chairman & CEO of Universal Republic and Island Def Jam Motown, and Ethiopia Habtemariam, Senior Vice President, Motown Records.
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