Crystal Caviness
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May 09, 2008
The number of Country Music television shows now being issued as DVDs, particularly from the 1960s and '70s, is rising faster than Martha White biscuits.
Sony Legacy's "The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show, 1969-1971," for example, earned Platinum status by topping 100,000 sales just four months...
December 21, 2007
The leaders at BMI think of themselves as caretakers, in the business of protecting copyrights, nurturing the careers of songwriters and publishers and servicing music users, too.
In fact, this performing rights organization was born in direct response to these needs. In 1939, a group of radi...
December 21, 2007
Welcome to the 21st-century SESAC, where pride, excellence and continuous growth and development are the norm.
SESAC, founded in 1930, with headquarters today in Nashville and offices in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and London, is playing an aggressive role in the performing rights world.
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December 21, 2007
Service is the key word at ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, where senior management keeps the focus on its songwriter and publisher members when discussing the 93-year-old organization's goals. "ASCAP is the only performing rights organization in the United States ...
May 12, 2007
One can only imagine what size business card Clear Channel's Clay Hunnicutt carries. In 2006, Hunnicutt's cluster of job titles sounded like he's a one-man operation: VP of Country Programming; Director of Programming for Nashville's five-station group (WSIX, WRVW, WNRQ, WUBT and WLAC); Brand Ma...
January 09, 2007
Lewis Bogach wants to create water cooler moments.
As the Vice President of Programming and Production at CMT and the chief of its recently-launched broadband channel video initiative, CMT Loaded, Bogach observed that linear channels (a.k.a. cable or network television) offer finite programming...
January 02, 2007
Day in, day out, Troy Tomlinson asks himself the same question when making decisions in his Music Row office as President and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. "Does this contribute to an environment that is healthy for our writers and our employees?"
"Every decision we make must pass through t...
May 09, 2006
The folks at Great American Country are ready to take their show on the road. After spending the past year revamping the look and feel of the Country Music cable network with new graphics and programming, GAC is intent on growing its ratings.
"Last year was the year to get the look and feel of th...
May 09, 2006
There is more to hear and tell about the Grand Ole Opry's first appearance at New York's Carnegie Hall in 44 years than viewers see on GAC's music-filled special, "Grand Ole Opry At Carnegie Hall," which premiered March 12 on the cable network and re-aired in April.
To share the rest of the story...