Mike Harris and Dave Cobb Named New Heads of UMG Nashville Following Cindy Mabe’s Ouster
F ollowing Cindy Mabe’s departure as CEO/chairman of Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) earlier on Thursday (Feb. 6), parent company Universal Music Group has appointed Mike Harris as CEO and ...
Cindy Mabe Exits Universal Music Group Nashville
C indy Mabe, Universal Music Group Nashville’s chair/CEO, has left the company, Billboard has confirmed. Mabe, whose reign lasted almost two years, was the successor to Mike Dungan, who retired in ...
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Don Was Talks MusiCares Grateful Dead Tribute, Shares What Song Dave Matthews and John Mayer Planned to Play and More
Gabi Porter On Friday, Jan. 31, Don Was served as the musical director during the MusiCares Person of the Year gathering, ...
Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Records Founder Who Worked With Ashanti and Ja Rule, Dies at 54
Before launching Murder Inc. in New York City in 1998, Gotti worked as an A&R at Def Jam, where he helped bring DMX, Jay-Z ...
Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Contribute Unreleased Tracks to LA Wildfire Benefit Compilation
Los Angeles Rising, benefitting Sweet Relief, also features songs by Devo, Grinderman, Primal Scream, Gary Numan and more ...
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“Def Jam has lost one of its most creative soldiers who was hip-hop,” says YouTube’s Lyor Cohen. Jed Wallace targets the actress naming him in the sexual harassment and retaliation complaint she filed ...