Kara DioGuardi’s Publishing Catalog, Including Hits by Pink and Carrie Underwood, Acquired by Spirit Music Group

This year’s ACM Entertainer of the Year nominees are opening the show with an unforgettable performance.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Universal Music Group (UMG) and Daddy Yankee have teamed for a strategic global partnership that encompasses music, film and television projects, the company announced today (Sept. 10).

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHipgnosis Songs has acquired Big Deal Music Group and brought board its senior staff, with Kenny MacPherson becoming CEO of Hipgnosis Songs Group and reporting directly to founder and CEO Merck Mercuriadis. He is joined by Co-Presidents Casey Robison and Jamie Cerreta and Executive Vice President Dave Ayers (New York) as well as Senior Vice President Pete Robinson (Nashville) all of whom have signed new five-year contracts, according to the announcement.

Chris Willman Music WriterSpirit Music Group has picked up the master recordings of three Tim McGraw albums, the publishing company announced Wednesday. The albums being acquired all date back to McGraw’s first stint on the Big Machine label in the mid-2010s, and include the No.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Academy of Country Music Awards are filling in the few missing pieces in a show next week that’s already heavy with previously announced performances, adding numbers by Carrie Underwood and the on-and-offstage duo of Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani.Last year, in her final year as co-host of the CMAs, the other big country awards show, Underwood took part in an all-star opening salute to the great women of country.

Carrie Underwood spent the day at Jay Cutler’s farm over Labor Day weekend with her sons, Isaiah and Jacob.The “Southbound” singer, 37, had an adventure-filled outing on Monday, September 7, meeting Cutler’s two calves, Hank and Ruby, in Tennessee.Underwood, who shares her boys with husband Mike Fisher, posted photos from the hands-on experience, including snaps of Isaiah, 5, and Jacob, 19 months, getting up close and personal with the cows.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWarner Music Group announced that Kareem Chin has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations, effective immediately. Chin comes to WMG from iHeartMedia, Inc., where he held the same title.

Two of country music's biggest stars came together to perform at the genre's most famous venue. On Saturday, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley -- who often co-host the Country Music Association Awards together -- took to the stage at the Grand Ole Opry to perform some of their biggest hits.

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley kicked off the Labour Day weekend with a performance at the Grand Ole Opry.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerActress Amber Midthunder, who is a regular on the CW series Roswell, New Mexico and previously co-starred in FX’s Legion, stars in The Wheel, an indie feature, which she also produced. Steve Pink is the director and also produced the pic.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterUniversal Music Group has named Eric Hutcherson, former EVP and chief human resources officer of the National Basketball Association to the newly created role of executive vice president and chief people and inclusion officer, which will see him working across the company’s record labels, publishing division and operating companies worldwide.Hutcherson, whose appointment is effective immediately, will serve on UMG’s Executive Management Board and report

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn an effort to rally support for the countless music venues impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of buildings across the U.S. — from New York’s Empire State Building to Seattle’s Space Needle — were illuminated in red light on Tuesday evening (Sept.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentShowrun by Lucía Puenzo and produced by Fremantle and Fabula, “Señorita México” (“Miss Mexico”) has added two writers, María Renée Prudencio and Tatiana Merenuk, as it advances towards production, which is scheduled for the first half of 2021.The new series will be produced for Starzplay and Pantaya in Latin America and Spain, in a deal brokered by Fremantle’s international distribution arm, Fremantle and Fabula confirmed Tuesday, as they also

Real Housewives of Cheshire guest star was supported after she spoke out on Instagram, saying "I think laughter is a wonderful thing, maybe they need more of it." She wrote: "Recently someone told me that the way I laugh so much could make people feel uncomfortable, my natural reaction was of course to laugh."Sharing a photo of herself laughing, she wrote: "I’ve been thinking about this for two weeks now, obviously what ever is going through my mind at that moment is hilarious!"But hands up I

Miranda Kerr said she is “so happy” for ex-husband Orlando Bloom and his partner Katy Perry following the birth of their first child together.