Create Music Group Introduces Credit Card for Artists and Songwriters

link!“We’re keen to hear from anyone interested in getting on board to help take this vision forward.”Work is expected to start on the project in April, with the new hub open by the end of the year.This year the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund has awarded £24.1 million to 26 new projects in disadvantaged and remote communities around Scotland to support regeneration and employment projects.

Having built one worldwide sensation, Big Hit Entertainment, the management company and record label behind BTS, is looking to do it again. Big Hit and UMG announced Wednesday a strategic partnership in which they will assemble and debut a new global K-pop boy group together in the United States for the first time.The members will be selected from a global audition process that will be televised sometime next year with a U.S.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBig Hit Entertainment, the South Korean company that brought BTS to the world, and Universal Music Group today announced an expanded strategic partnership that will see the two companies working together to “increase opportunities for artists through innovation and technology, whilst expanding the global reach of K-pop music and culture around the world,” according the announcement.

Cardi B and Offset are back in Los Angeles!

Cardi B and Offset‘s romantic Valentine’s Day dinner didn’t go as planned on Saturday night. The couple, who’s enjoying a family vacation in Tulum, Mexico, were sipping red wine at an outdoor, candlelight dinner when Kulture Kiari Cephus, 2, showed up — bearing gifts. The little fashionista handed her mom a red rose and kissed her dad in a new clip that Cardi shared on February 14.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Music Group has announced an investment in the Arab world’s largest independent record label, Rotana Music, which is part of Rotana Group, widely considered the largest entertainment company in the region.

The French media conglomerate Vivendi says it plans to spin off Universal Music Group in an IPO by the end of 2021. UMG, one of the "Big Three" record labels alongside Warner Music Group and Sony Music, is based in Santa Monica, California and led by CEO Lucian Grange.

Cardi B is trying out life on the farm! In the latest episode of her Facebook series, , the 28-year-old rapper attempts life as a ranch hand alongside country star Mickey Guyton.At the top of the episode, Cardi reveals that she wants to add a farm to the land she shares with her husband, Offset, and their 2-year-old daughter, Kulture.While Cardi said her husband is «not with» the idea, she «don't got to clean poop.»Before venturing out to the farm, Cardi gets glammed up in full hair and makeup,

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorA wealth of visual effects were used to take viewers into the Imperial City and create epic fight sequences for Disney’s live-action “Mulan.”VFX houses around the world including Crafty Apes, Framestore, Image Engine, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Weta Digital all joined forces in bringing the film to life.The key to the film’s visual effects was to have audiences immersed in the vibrant world of “Mulan” and make them feel a part of the landscape and action.

Also Read: Oscars Eliminate Executive Committee Picks for International Feature, Expand ShortlistThe rest of the list: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Guatemala’s “La Llorona,” Hong Kong’s “Better Days,” Iran’s “Sun Children,” Norway’s “Hope,” “Russia’s “Dear Comrades!” and Tunisia’s “The Man Who Sold His Skin.”Normally, the general voters would choose all but three of the films on the shortlist, and then an executive committee would look at the results and add three additional

TikTok have announced an “expanded global alliance” that will benefit both users of the app and artists signed to the label group.The short-form video app, which launched in 2016, allows users to use clips of songs to soundtrack their 15-second or 60-second videos.In a press release, UMG announced that a new deal between the two parties would see their full catalogue be made available for use on the app.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe war of words between Ryan Kavanaugh’s Triller and Universal Music Group escalated Friday, after UMG pulled its catalog from the video-sharing app citing Triller’s failure to pay licensing fees for songs used on its service.Early Friday, Universal Music said it was removing its music from Triller — which positions itself as a rival to popular social-video app TikTok — because, “Triller has shamefully withheld payments owed to our artists and refuses to

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterUniversal Music Group has promoted veteran music attorney Michael Seltzer to executive VP of business & legal affairs and head of commercial transactions.According to the announcement, Seltzer oversees a team of 15 attorneys helping shape and negotiate the company’s agreements including recording contracts, label ventures, label distribution, merchandise, vendors, trademark entities, brand partners, film, TV and theatrical productions and equity and asset

Against the backdrop of the global pandemic, Warner Music Group, which has top artists like Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa in its stable, posted record digital music revenues from emerging streaming platforms as part of its first-quarter financial performance posted on Monday.

“Mike Nichols: A Life,” by Mark Harris (Penguin Press)Inspiration and talent don't always travel together. How many young men and women electrified by director Elia Kazan's Broadway productions of “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1947 and “Death of a Salesman” in 1949 went on to achieve their own success in the performing arts?One who did was a teenage Mike Nichols, whose career in the theater and in film would rival Kazan's in critical and popular acclaim.