Right Place, Right Time: How SBK Records’ 30 Months of Existence Launched 30 Years of Music Industry Leadership

The owners of El Place, the queer pizzeria in Boyle Heights, announced the space will close Sunday. But the owners have plans to launch a club-concert location in January. Photo: El Place.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Group has named Matt Young president of Bravado, its merchandise company. Matt Vlasic stepped down as the CEO of the company in October of last year.

There’s more top action for boxing fans to sink their teeth into this weekend, with another huge bout stateside.

NME about what’s really causing the delays in manufacturing vinyl and artists getting their albums made – arguing that the blame does not lie at the feet of Adele.Reports have emerged in recent weeks of a crisis facing vinyl-lovers, with sources telling Variety that more than 500,000 copies of Adele’s long-awaited new album ’30’ have been pressed – causing a huge backlog and problems in the production line for others wishing to get LPs manufactured with the world’s limited resources.As even Ed

Saying “I do” in style. Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young tied the knot in October and the HGTV cameras captured all the special moments for an upcoming TV event.

As New Mexico police continue their investigation into the October 21 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin, on the set of Rust, the first in what is expected to many lawsuits has been filed.

Another person has been injured on the set of Rust, even after the movie paused production!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDru Bass has joined William Morris Endeavor as a music crossover agent in hip hop and R&B, it was announced today by Kirk Sommer and Lucy Dickins, co-heads, worldwide music, WME. Bass joins the agency from UTA, where he represented such artists as Young Thug, Tierra Whack, Issa Rae’s music company RAEDIO, Emmy-nominated composer Amanda Jones, Harvey Mason Jr., Princess Nokia, Burna Boy, Lil Wayne, Michelle Williams, and Lauryn Hill.

EXCLUSIVE: Indie feature The Locksmith, among the first to begin filming in New Mexico after the Rust tragedy, will use rubber guns and CGI instead of real firearms, live ammunition or blanks.

Rust assistant director Dave Halls has broken his silence on the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.Halls handed actor and producer Alec Baldwin the weapon that killed the 42-year-old cinematographer on the film’s set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, shouting “cold gun” to indicate it was safe.Hutchins died in the accidental shooting, while the film’s director Joel Souza was injured.

SANTA FE, N.M. -- The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to “reevaluate its values and practices” to ensure no one is harmed again.David Halls released a statement to the New York Post, breaking his silence following the Oct.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFour-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sam Smith has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with Tim & Danny Music and Warner Chappell Music through a new joint venture, covering all future works.

Rust, which suffered a tragedy last week when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot during a scene rehearsal, has said that she has “no idea” where the live round came from.Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was responsible for weapons on the Santa Fe, New Mexico set, said in a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly by her lawyers that there are “untruths that have been told to the media”.The statement from Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence said: “Safety is

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn an understated, very Swedish way, ABBA co-founder and CISAC president Bjorn Ulvaeus is apoplectic.We’re talking about the soaring value of song catalogs — a boom that has seen Bob Dylan sell his catalog for nearly $400 million, and Hipgnosis Songs spending more than $2 billion on acquisitions in just over three years, with another billion-plus on tap.

Rust” is coming into focus as the industry grapples with the fallout from the Oct.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Tuesday that the state is prepared to take action to improve safety on film sets if the industry’s doesn’t.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorVeteran artist manager Laura Haber has announced the launch of Little Lion Management, which sees her continuing to work with longtime clients First Aid Kit, Tove Lo, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The firm is “focused on a holistic, bespoke, and personally supportive approach to each client’s individual career and personal goals,” according to the announcement.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFilm and TV propmasters — and in particular, the armorers who handle on-set guns and other weapons — remain stunned and baffled by what happened on the Santa Fe set of “Rust,” leading to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.