Amazon, in partnership with Apple, has quietly turned on a new feature in Prime Video’s apps for Apple devices that lets users buy or rent TV shows and movies, using the in-app payment feature.
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Warner Records has brought in music business veteran Stefan Max for the role of senior vice president of A&R, the label announced on Friday. Max is a 10-year WMG veteran, having joined Warner's Roadrunner Records in 2010 as director of A&R before making his way to Atlantic two years later as vp of A&R.Some of Max's top signings over the years include Young the Giant (at Roadrunner), and Icona Pop, Vance Joy and Absofacto (at Atlantic).
Amazon, in partnership with Apple, has quietly turned on a new feature in Prime Video’s apps for Apple devices that lets users buy or rent TV shows and movies, using the in-app payment feature.
By Denise Petski
By Denise Petski
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout New York, Ty Warner, the owner of the Four Seasons hotel, will provide free rooms for medical personnel in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic are being offered complimentary stays at the luxe hotel on East 57th Street.
Cinq Music Group has hired Fotemah “Tmah” Mba as head of A&R for U.S.
It's inspired by the 1995 Pacino and De Niro-starring film of the same name
Months before the November 2019 premiere of the Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, in which emerging actor-musician Joshua Bassett stars as Ricky Bowen, his manager helped him land a meeting with Nate Albert, executive vp A&R at Warner Records. Bassett arrived with a dozen demos ready to perform on guitar.
BMG Production Music (BMGPM) is expanding its operations into Canada with Anna Andrych and Matt Cansick at the helm, the company announced Thursday (March 19). BMGPM launched a new branch office in Toronto and another in Montreal earlier this year.
Doireann Garrihy took to Instagram to reveal that she has reached a massive milestone in her life.
By Dominic Patten
Michelle Keegan has unboxed a stunning new collection with Very.co.uk and it’s got us all counting down the days until summer. The floral-filled spring/summer 2020 range, which launches exclusively on the website on Thursday, sees the brunette bombshell appearing in an extreme unboxing video as a super pink portable wardrobe arrives on her driveway.
By Denise Petski
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) chairman and CEO Jody Gerson will receive the Abe Olman publisher award at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner, it was announced Wednesday (March 11). The event is scheduled for June 11 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
They were due to hit NYC this weekend
The Feminist Institute and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York have postponed the benefit concert that was set to feature a reunion of Hole’s Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur. The concert, called Bans Off My Body, was set to take place this Saturday, March 14. A new date for the show has not yet been announced.
Sony/ATV has signed a worldwide co-publishing deal with songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ian Fitchuk, the company announced Tuesday (March 10). The agreement cover Fitchuk's future works.
Atlantic Records has promoted three A&R executives, the company announced Wednesday (March 4). They include Brandon Davis and Jeff Levin, both of whom have been promoted to senior vp, A&R, and Riggs Morales, who has been upped to senior vp, A&R and artist development.
By Dominic Patten
Tame Impala maestro Kevin Parker has extended his exclusive songwriter agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing to cover global representation of his future works.The multihyphenate Western Australian artist originally signed with the music publishing giant for representation in Australia back in 2009, ahead of Tame Impala’s debut album release InnerSpeaker.Parker’s career has been on the rise ever since.