News Update: Amazon Lady Gaga Snafu, Joyner To Blazetrack, UMG Ups Berry, Eventbrite + McCarthy

With a tweet Amazon admitted that their Lady Gaga $.99 album download has overloaded their servers: "We're currently experiencing very high volume. If you order today, you will get the full @ladygaga album for $.99. Thanks for your patience." More on this story here. 

• Former Live Nation executive and industry vet Cheryl C. Joyner joins Blazetrak as EVP and Chief Marketing Officer based in New York.

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• Universal Music Group Distribution has promoted Candace Berry to EVP & G
• Indie ticketer Eventbrite has added Barry McCarthy, former CFO of Netflix, to its Board of Directors. This announcement follows the $50 million financing round led by Tiger Global.