Mariah's modern-day classic is evergreen in more ways than one.
"If you don’t want to make disposable Christmas music, don’t start with disposable artists. You’ve got to work with artists that are going to last."
Former Billboard employees J.B. Moore and Robert Ford left the magazine in 1979 to produce "Christmas Rappin' " for an up-and-coming rapper named Kurtis Blow. The single went gold.
How an unlikely standard by a Jewish Buddhist got cast as a Christmas song.
In a year without major IPOs, the majority of the most valuable music business deals involved catalog acquisitions in one way or another.
With PACE, Becker and his business partner Louis Messina dominated concert promotion in much of the South for over 20 years.
The music investment firm shows global ambitions by acquiring the catalog through a new U.S. subsidiary.
Despite an improved gross margin, the company's operating loss deepened due to an increase in marketing spending and "significant investments" in headcount.
From rising subscription prices to potential terrestrial radio payouts for artists and labels, the future is looking a little brighter for rights holders.
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