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WMG taps Blackstone
Zomba Music Publishing president Richard Blackstone is joining Warner Music Group's publishing unit Warner/Chappell Music as chairman-CEO.
XM-AOL deal
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and America Online Inc. are planning to add some of the satellite service's programming to AOL's radio offerings in a bid to bring a sample of paid radio to a wider audience, while boosting traffic at AOL's signature site, it was announced Monday.
Mother takes stand
The mother of a boy who received a multimillion-dollar settlement from Michael Jackson in the 1990s testified Monday in the pop star's molestation trial that she initially refused to let her son sleep in the singer's bed but relented on a trip to Las Vegas.
Chris Curtis dies
LONDON -- Chris Curtis, drummer with 1960s "Merseybeat" combo The Searchers at the height of its fame, has died, colleagues said Tuesday. He was 63.
Tabloid questions
Michael Jackson's former maid testified Friday at the singer's child molestation trial that she and other employees of the pop star used a "media broker" to sell stories to tabloids including one claiming inside knowledge of Jackson's sex life with ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley.
Music subpoena
Warner Music Group has acknowledged that it has received subpoenas from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer as part of his ongoing investigation of radio promotion practices in the music business.
Jackson trial
A former security guard at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch told a lurid story Thursday about seeing the singer sexually abusing a child in the early 1990s, but was attacked by Jackson's lawyer as making the whole thing up "to get even."
50 Cent retains No. 1
Rapper 50 Cent rules the roost on the Billboard 200 for the fifth consecutive week, as his album "The Massacre" holds off a field of new titles and hangs on to the chart's No. 1 spot.
Springsteen touring
Bruce Springsteen will kick off a solo tour of theaters and scaled-down arenas at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on April 25. The American leg of the tour includes a May 2-3 stop at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
Victory in Canada
Victory Records has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Universal Music Canada. The agreement begins July 1.
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Michael Jackson waves to the crowd Friday outside the courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif., on a day that saw his defense team attack prosecution witnesses for selling stories about the embattled pop icon to tabloids. (WireImage.com photo)
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Review: Barry Manilow
He joins the growing group of big-time pop stars taking up residence in Las Vegas showrooms with the surprisingly entertaining "Music and Passion."
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Review: Queen + Paul Rodgers
Fans had to get used to Paul Rodgers stepping in for late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, but the audience responded with noisy approval during a concert at London's Brixton Academy.
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Tune in
Jesse McCartney will help debut Clear Channel's online show "Stripped." Big radio is pushing onto the Web with a new urgency.
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