GAGADOLL: Lady Gaga Sex Doll Pushes ARTPOP Marketing Into New Territory
Lady Gaga's been pretty open about her personal life and puts forth a strong image of sexual exploration and of excess. She's also very much into appropriating art and fashion. Continue reading
Test Driving Google Glass’s Unreleased Music Features At A Google Basecamp
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Google is arguably the only company with the cash and moonshot moxie to release something like Google Glass — those funny glasses with the. Continue reading
CHANGES @Billboard, Glassnote, Universal Music
Griffin Sweet has joined Billboard as brand partnership manager, based in New York. Sweet joins Billboard from OMD Sound, the in-house music consulting and intelligence group at Omnicom’s OMD, Universal Music. Continue reading
Live Nation To Buy U2, Madonna Management Companies For $30 Million
Live Nation will purchase two major management companies that it already has close ties with, according to reports. The concert giant will pay more than $30 million for Principle Management, run. Continue reading
Music Managers Plan Rallies To Support Talent Agencies Act Lawsuit
The National Conference of Personal Managers (NCOPM) has scheduled rallies in both New York and Los Angeles in support of their federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the California Talent. Continue reading
SFX Entertainment [SFXE] Acquires 100% Of Electric Zoo, Made Event
Robert Sillerman's SFX Entertainment has acquired Made Event, the production company behind the EDM-oriented Electric Zoo Festival. SFX purchased all of Made Event after previously agreeing to pick up 70%. Continue reading
Arcade Fire Rewards Superfans With Secret Show Ticket Lottery
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. One of the worst-kept secrets among Arcade Fire fans this week is that the band is playing some crazy-sounding secret shows in at the. Continue reading
So, That’s Where The Money Goes: Warner Music’s New $16M Per Year NYC Office
Major record labels have long claimed that they need to take huge profits from hit records to make up for their many misses. But its the excesses, particularly in this. Continue reading
