
Melinda Newman
Executive Editor, West Coast and Nashville at Billboard
Executive Editor, West Coast and Nashville, Billboard Former freelancer for Rolling Stone, Billboard, Forbes, Entrepreneur, WaPo, LA Times. Springsteen forever
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billboard.com | Melinda Newman |Alexis Cook
The executiveS leading the genre nowGrowing up in rural Minnesota, Stacy Vee didn’t have particularly lofty ambitions. While attending St. Cloud State University, she says, “my dream job was maybe I could be a special events planner at this hotel on the freeway one day and do weddings and conferences.”Vee did end up planning events — just on a far larger scale than that highway-adjacent hotel.
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billboard.com | Melinda Newman
Growing up in rural Minnesota, Stacy Vee didn’t have particularly lofty ambitions. While attending St. Cloud State University, she says, “my dream job was maybe I could be a special events planner at this hotel on the freeway one day and do weddings and conferences.” Vee did end up planning events — just on a far larger scale than that highway-adjacent hotel.
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billboard.com | Melinda Newman
SENIOR VPs/TEAM LEADERS OF ENTERTAINMENT BANKINGCity National Bank, a leading financier of intellectual property deals that also provides banking for music creators and companies in the music industry, “continues to serve our clients and support our community,” Badgett says.
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billboard.com | Elias Leight |Jason Lipshutz |Melinda Newman |Jessica Nicholson
Another new album, another historic week on the charts for Morgan Wallen. On this week’s Billboard 200 (dated May 31), Wallen’s new album I’m the Problem follows his previous releases Dangerous: The Double Album and One Thing at a Time to a No. 1 debut — this time with a 2025-best 493,000 units moved, according to Luminate, falling just 8,000 short of the 501,000 posted by One Thing upon its 2023 bow.
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billboard.com | Melinda Newman
Gebbia Media has acquired Big Machine Rock from HYBE America for an undisclosed price in an effort to move into the rock space. Big Machine Rock has been part of Big Machine Label Group (BMLG), which was founded by CEO Scott Borchetta in 2005. SB Projects bought BMLG in 2019 and, in 2021, HYBE bought Ithaca Holdings, which included SB Projects and BMLG for $1.05 billion. Big Machine Rock’s current roster includes Daughtry, Badflower, Sammy Hagar and Ryan Perdz.
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