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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records today formally launched Imperial Music, a new independent music company led by former Astralwerks executive Glenn Mendlinger that soft-launched last year.According to the announcement, the New York-based label is a new division of Republic and signs, develops and markets emerging independent artists and creators, and partners with Ingrooves Music Group for distribution services.

EXCLUSIVE:  Two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern is starring with Richard Grieco, Michael Paré, Sofia Nistratova, Nick Davi, Mike Mendez in the horror thriller feature The Devil’s Trap which is commencing production.

A new documentary set to air tonight includes accounts of how the music industry turned a blind eye to rock stars engaging in sexual relationships with teenage girls in the 1970s and 1980s. Among the musicians discussed in ‘Look Away’ are Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Guns N Roses’ Axl Rose.“There are so many stories”, director Sophie Cunningham tells Sky News.

The Musicians’ Union and the Ivors Academy have called for more support for British music makers who are still shielding, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The team behind the Lifetime documentary series Surviving Jeffrey Epstein is turning its attention to the music industry.

Clint Eastwood received a star-studded tribute ahead of the release of his upcoming film "Cry Macho." Director Steven Spielberg along with actors Mel Gibson, Hilary Swank and others honored Eastwood, 91, in a featurette released by Warner Bros.

Motown Records and rapper/songwriter YoungBoy Never Broke Again have announced a global joint venture with his Never Broken Again, LLC record label.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Jeff Rabhan (pictured), the music industry veteran who spent the last decade as chairman of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University, has joined the Los Angeles Academy of Artists and Music Production (LAAMP) as executive director.

Lilliana Vazquez will host the event with special appearances by Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Ana Navarro, Soledad O’Brien, and Alexis McGill Johnson.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Recording Academy, Berklee College of Music Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship and Arizona State University have announced the launch of the “Women in the Mix Study,” which will survey women and gender-expansive people working in the American music industry to better understand their roles and realities within the field.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRCA Records has announced the appointment of Carolyn Williams to the newly created role of executive vice president. According to the announcement, she will work with RCA’s executive team to oversee the company’s artist and label brand-management and marketing operations.

Jana Kramer is opening up about some recent photos that surfaced online, which appeared to show her ex-husband, Mike Caussin, "canoodling" with a new woman during a Mexico getaway. The singer and actress, 37, who officially divorced the former NFL tight end, 34, last month after six years of marriage, addressed the photos which were made public on social media by the Instagram account Cocktails and Gossip last week.

Farrah Abraham stunned during her recent vacation in Mexico.  The 30-year-old reality TV star spent time soaking up the sun in Tulum.The "Teen Mom" star posed in a white bikini and an all-white cover-up for pictures on a yacht.  Abraham also spent time out in an all-black outfit. She was all smiles as she took selfies throughout the vacation.

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William Earl Kristen Burke has been named president of Warner Music Canada, succeeding Steve Kane who has been with the Warner Music Group company since 2004. Burke arrives from Universal Music Canada, where she spent 20 years and was named EVP and general manager in 2018.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSiriusXM and TikTok launched TikTok Radio (located on channel 4) at noon ET on Friday (August 20), which seems to be a way for people who have satellite radio but can’t figure out TikTok to hear the top songs trending on the wildly popular platform.

Free Guy director Shawn Levy is giving fans an inside look into how Ryan Reynolds scored a cameo from a Marvel star for the new movie!

William Earl Madonna has signed with Alexandra Baker of High Rise PR, whose clients include Billie Eilish and Finneas, Duran Duran, Clairo and Noah Cyrus, among others. She had previously been represented by Kelly Bush Novak at ID PR, who signed on in 2018, and BB Gun Press, which was founded by veteran music publicist Brian Bumbery, currently heading up publicity for Apple Music.