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As it typically does for holiday weekends, SUITERADIO is offering programming for the upcoming LABOR DAY weekend. Plug-and-play content is available for Country, Pop, AC, Classic Hits and Rock stations. The content is inventory and commitment-free. The personality lineup includes TODD NEWTON and MARIA TODD, OUTLAW DAVE, DAN GALLO and ROWDY YATES. Contact SUITERADIO's JIM JONES here.

LIVE NATIION has rescheduled most of the AUGUST 2023 dates of MADONNA's THE CELEBRATION TOUR that were cancelled due to her her hospitalization for a “serious bacterial infection" (NET NEWS 6/28). Here's what the new schedule looks like:Original Date New DateAUGUST 23, 2023 JANUARY 22, 2024AUGUST 24, 2023 JANUARY 23, 2024AUGUST 26, 2023 JANUARY 29, 2024AUGUST 27, 2023 *CancelledTickets for the original dates are ...

Current LOTUS COMMUNICATIONS Hot AC KPLZ (STAR 101.5)/SEATTLE APD CURT KRUSE and Promotions & Marketing Director JEN PIRAK have been named as the new morning team, replacing MOUG & ANGIE who announced they were parting ways with KPLZ yesterday (NET NEWS 8/14).KRUSE had been on middays, and PIRAK in evenings on KPLZ.LOTUS COMMUNICATIONS also promoted JEFF CONNELL to REGIONAL PD.CONNELL said, “Not only are CURT & JEN well-known to our audience (and the entire PUGET SOUND ...

BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP TODAY (8/15) announced the appointment of two team members in NASHVILLE. BROOKE NIXON has been promoted to Dir./Streaming for the label group. She most recently was Southeast Dir./Promotion Marketing for the company's THE VALORY MUSIC CO. imprint. CHRIS WATERS joins VALORY, succeeding NIXON in the Southeast region. VALORY Pres. GEORGE BRINER said, "It’s an honor to work with BROOKE NIXON and see her growth over the years, and I’m excited for her ...

In JUNE, X (formerly known as TWITTER) was named in a lawsuit brought by SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC, and several independent music publishers over then-TWITTER’s lack of agreements with music rights holders. The suit, which names ELON MUSK’s X Corp. as the sole defendant, alleges what it claims was “rampant infringement of copyrighted music” on the platform, and is seeking in excess of $250 million in damages for what ...

Veteran music industry executive COURTNEY GREGG is launching the NASHVILLE-based BLUE SKY ARTIST MANAGEMENT. GREGG previously was Pres. at CARNIVAL MUSIC, where she collaborated with acts including ELI YOUNG BAND, HAILEY WHITTERS, BRENT COBB, AUBRIE SELLERS, JEDD HUGHES and ADAM HOOD, as well as songwriters SCOOTER CARUSOE, NATALIE HEMBY, MARK IRWIN, BRUCE ROBISON, GRETCHEN PETERS, TROY JONES and DON SCHLITZ.GREGG also handled A&R duties for producer FRANK LIDDELL, contributing to the ...

On WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15th, the TEXAS TRUST CU THEATRE in GRAND PRAIRIE, TX will host "A TEXAS Heroes & Friends Tribute to RANDY TRAVIS - 1 Night, 1 Place, 1 Time." This follows the previously reported tribute show bearing the same name, scheduled for OCTOBER 24th in HUNTSVILLE, AL (NET NEWS 8/2). The lineup for the TEXAS show will be announced soon, and promises to be filled with artists specifically from or greatly associated with the state. As with the HUNTSVILLE show, ...

Early bird registration for COUNTRY RADIO SEMINAR (CRS) 2024 will open on AUGUST 29th for one day only. Those wishing to attend will get the early bird rate of $599. After AUGUST 29th, the registration rate will increase to $699. NEW FACES OF COUNTRY MUSIC SHOWCASE tickets are sold separately for $100 per ticket, and are limited.Attendees will experience CRS 2024 in NASHVILLE from FEBRUARY 28th to MARCH 1st, and can expect more than 20 educational panels, the annual "Digital Music ...

Artist, songwriter and producer JHART is partnering with UNITED MASTERS for the distribution of his EP, "The Wishing, The Wanting, The Longing," set for release on OCTOBER 27th. The first single, “If There Really Is A God,” is now available on all digital outlets.As a songwriter, JHART has spent most of his years co-writing songs for some of the biggest names in the music business (JUSTIN BIEBER, JASON DERULO, RITA ORA, LITTLE MIX, CHARLIE PUTH, KEITH URBAN, CAMILA ...

This is the final Country Daily newsletter you will be receiving, as ALL ACCESS sunsets its news component (and its news staff) as of TODAY (8/15), as previously reported.While much has been written in recent weeks about the 28-year-old site and its leadership, we'd like to take a moment to share its NASHVILLE and Country music history, and offer some thanks. JIM ASKER (now a Senior Charts Manager at BILLBOARD) was the company's first team leader in MUSIC CITY, building a successful business ...