Rusty Gaston Appointed Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville CEO

Nashville veterans Chuck Rhodes, Mike Meade, Amy Aylward and Wayne Halper, along with Bob Frank, Ted Ellis, Tom Cross and Chuck McDowell III, have launched Fusion Entertainment Company, it was announced Wednesday (Feb. 12).

In the early 2000s when Molly Hawkins was 20, she moved to New York to pursue a career as a DJ — but ended up working in fashion and “hated it,” she says. She became a waitress instead.That spring, she and her friend, Terrible Records co-founder Ethan Silverman, drove to South by Southwest, and when she returned, a friend from Nashville who happened to be in the band Chairlift hit her up, saying, “ ‘I heard you’re in the music industry now!’ ” she recalls.

Red Bull Presents is announcing its return with another full year of music programming in 2020. The program will include a series of live music events in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nashville, Oakland and Philadelphia across the year.

Tim McGraw has parted ways with Sony Music Nashville, sources confirm to Billboard. McGraw and wife Faith Hill inked a highly touted deal with SMN’s parent Sony Music Entertainment three years ago in February 2017.

They're present every time you hear "Love Hurts" in the Aspercreme commercial. Or when "Rocky Top" plays at a Tennessee Volunteers game on TV. And they were there when Jake Gyllenhaal and Rufus Wainwright sang "All I Have to Do Is Dream" during an American Songbook concert at New York's prestigious Lincoln Center.

Jenelle Evans,28, and her ex David Eason seem very much back together! The former couple were seen stepping out for a date night at Aldean’s Kitchen and Rooftop Bar in Nashville, TN on Saturday, Feb. 8 in a photo obtained by TMZ.

By Denise Petski

Taylor Swift has switched music publishers, signing an exclusive global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) after being with Sony/ATV since she first came to Nashville.The agreement, which was announced Thursday and will take effect immediately, strengthens Swift's partnership with the Universal Music family. Universal Music Group serves as Swift’s exclusive worldwide recorded music partner and UMG's Republic Records serves as her U.S.

Taylor Swift has signed an exclusive global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, after being with Sony/ATV since she first came to Nashville as a young teenager.

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will honor independent distributor CD Baby with the 2020 Independent Spirit Award during its forthcoming Music Biz 2020 Annual Conference, the organization announced Thursday (Feb. 6). The award will be presented during the annual Music Biz awards dinner at the conference, which is slated to take place May 11-14 at the JW Marriott hotel in Nashville.

Kalie Shorr kicked off her first headlining tour on Friday evening (Jan. 31) at Nashville’s Exit/In to an attentive audience.

Curb Records founder Mike Curb has a long history of advocating for LGBTQ rights.

A new chapter? Tom Brady drove fans wild after sharing a cryptic photo amid rumors that he is leaving the New England Patriots and moving to Nashville with Gisele Bündchen.

Making good on news that was reported last July but not officially announced until now, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville has appointed Rusty Gaston CEO.

Miranda Lambert brought her Wildcard Tour to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Friday evening (Jan. 24) for an engaging set that spanned her massive catalog. For the second weekend of her 2020 tour, the Texas native performed nearly 30 songs throughout her two hours on stage and proved exactly why she’s one of the genre’s powerhouse acts.

Nashville singer-songwriter David Olney died Saturday (Jan. 18) after collapsing on stage at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.