As AEG abandons its O2–Staples Center block booking, both it and Sharon Osbourne – whose husband, Ozzy, sued over the policy – are celebrating
Lawyers for Ozzy Osbourne have agreed to drop their lawsuit against AEG after the US venues giant ended its 'Staples Center Commitment' tying booking between Staples Center in LA and the O2 in London.
The long-running 'booking war' between AEG and Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) reached its conclusion earlier this month...
Posted on: 27/09/2018Categories: News from IQ Magazine
The $3.5bn deal sees SiriusXM – majority owned by Liberty Media, whose CEO Greg Maffei is LN's chairman – become the "world's largest audio entertainment company"
SiriusXM has created the "world's largest audio entertainment company" by acquiring internet radio/streaming service Pandora Media, the US satellite radio giant said today, in news that is likely to reignite speculation about a potential merger with Live Nation.
The acquisition – an all-stock deal worth...
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NEC Group's Birmingham arena will be renamed after the shopping centre over the road this December
The UK's NEC Group has announced the rebranding of Genting Arena to Resorts World Arena, aligning its branding with the shopping and entertainment centre opposite the venue.
Genting UK, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based Genting Group, has held the title sponsorship of the 15,700-capacity venue since January 2015, and will continue to do so under the new name. Resorts World Birmingham...
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The international music publishers' association has welcomed John Phelan, formerly of IFPI, as its new director-general
The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) appointed John Phelan as director-general, effective 1 October. He succeeds Coco Carmona.
The announcement was made public during ICMP's Central and Eastern European Music Publishers' Congress in Bucharest.
Irishman Phelan comes to ICMP with a background encompassing law, conservatoire training and several...
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