Radio, Artists Go Head-To-Head On Performance Royalties
Music-Slam.comHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers held a town hall meeting in Detroit on Tuesday to hear both sides of the Performance Rights Act, a bill that he sponsored which…
Performance Royalty Bill Expected To Be Blocked
According to the NAB, a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives now opposes the controversial performance royalty rate. The Local Radio Freedom Act now has 220 House co-sponsors and…
Ozzy Speaks On Black Sabbath Lawsuit
Last week the news broke that Ozzy Osbourne filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi, claiming that the guitarist illegally claimed…
Baron Cohen MTV landing was staged, writer says
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Sacha Baron Cohen's outrageous bare buttock landing in Eminem's face at the MTV Movie Awards was a rehearsed stunt, according to one of the show's…
Massive Attack’s ‘Blue Lines’ producer dies
Record producer Jonny Dollar, who produced Massive Attack's 1991 album 'Blue Lines', has died of cancer in London aged 45. As well as producing 'Blue Lines', Dollar also worked with…
Phil Spector gets 19 years to life for murder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Still maintaining his innocence, music producer Phil Spector was sentenced on Friday to at least 19 years in prison for the 2003 murder of a Hollywood…
Ozzy Osbourne sues over rights to Black Sabbath name
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne has sued his former band mate Tony Iommi over the ownership of the group's name. Osbourne, 60, filed a lawsuit in…
Susan Boyle: A cautionary tale for celebrity age
LONDON (Reuters) - Talent show contestant Susan Boyle's giddying rise from unemployed Scottish church volunteer to global superstar has come at a price, in what is being seen as a…