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1 week ago | 
billboard.com | Marc Schneider
SM Entertainment Building Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images HYBE has disclosed the sale of its remaining 9.38% stake in rival SM Entertainment to Tencent Music Entertainment (TME), a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Tencent.
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1 week ago | 
billboard.com | Marc Schneider
Executive Turntable: Big Loud and Warner Nashville Dial In Radio Teams, Plus Poo Bear Gets Board Also this week: Recognition forms a senior advisory group, Sundaze PR hires a chief operating officer and BBR Music Group promotes a pair.
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2 weeks ago | 
billboard.com | Steve Knopper |Marc Schneider
Susto frontman Justin Osborne did not record bluegrass versions of his previously released indie-rock songs as a play to book more festival dates. But it didn’t hurt. After moving to Asheville, N.C., and becoming inspired by the genre’s rich roots there, the rechristened Susto Stringband’s 2025 album with the local Holler Choir, Volume 1, opened up a lot of opportunities, Osborne says.
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2 weeks ago | 
billboard.com | Tom Roland |Marc Schneider
It’s a familiar pattern: paisley, to be specific about the visual; cutting and masculine, to identify the sonics. A late-1960s version of the Telecaster guitar with that amoeba-like design and signature sound was particularly fascinating to Brad Paisley once he discovered that Fender had produced a line that matched his last name.
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2 weeks ago | 
billboard.com | Kristin Robinson |Marc Schneider
Senate Bill to Promote Music Tourism Passes Unanimously The American Music Tourism Act aims to boost travel and support for iconic music sites in the U.S., like Graceland and The Grammy Museum, as well as concerts and festivals.
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2 weeks ago | 
billboard.com | Marc Schneider
Welcome to another Executive Turntable, Billboard’s weekly compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between — across the music business. Later, carve out some time today to peruse our annual list of the industry’s top whippersnappers (aka 40 Under 40). Matt O’Neil is now chief marketing officer of the combined Legends + ASM Global.
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3 weeks ago | 
billboard.com | Marc Schneider
Publishing Briefs: Concord Sees the Light With Jon Nite, Plus Warner Chappell UK Meet The Mubbles Also in the news: BMI launches a program to build up emerging composers while Reservoir inks its first catalog deal in India.
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3 weeks ago | 
billboard.com | Marc Schneider
Don Was, Justin Selltzer, Adam Granite, Timothy Xu and Stacy Yang in Shanghai. Courtesy Photo Universal Music Group has announced the expansion of two of its most storied labels — Deutsche Grammophon and Blue Note Records — into greater China, marking a significant move to tap into the country’s rapidly growing classical and jazz music scenes.
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3 weeks ago | 
billboard.com | Marc Schneider
It’s time to drop the needle on another Executive Turntable, Billboard’s weekly compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between — across the music business. There’s been quite a bit of staffing news this week, “Da Pope” included, so let’s get to it. Downtown Music Publishing appointed Jason Taylor as vice president of business development, based in Los Angeles and reporting to chief creative officer Jedd Katrancha.
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4 weeks ago | 
billboard.com | Marc Schneider
Warner Music Group has announced the beta launch of WMG Pulse, a new bespoke platform designed to provide artists and songwriters with helpful insights into their streaming performance, fan engagement and even earnings. The label said WMG Pulse will consolidate real-time data from various sources into a single view, offering detailed information on streaming, audience, social media and user-generated content (UGC) performance.
