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By Gary Trust, New York (@gthot20)
| 5:43 PM, December 22
While the stroke of midnight and this morning's sunrise disproved the Mayans' doomsday prediction for yesterday (Dec. 21), radio nevertheless had fun with the prophecy, as the dire forecast's signature song, R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)," registered a hefty surge in airplay yesterday and in recent days.
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By Associated Press
| 9:56 PM, December 21
Authorities say Lee Dorman, the bassist of psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, has died at age 70. Orange County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Gail Krause says Dorman was found dead in a vehicle Friday morning. A coroner's investigation is under way, but foul play is not suspected.
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By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles
| 9:47 PM, December 21
Industry sources are forecasting that Taylor Swift's latest album, "Red," is on track to possibly spend a sixth non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week. The album could move between 260,000 and 290,000 by the end of the tracking week on Dec. 23.
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Publishing
By Ed Christman (@edchristman), New York
| 6:15 PM, December 21
In its second deal of the day, BMG Rights Management has acquired the Mute back catalog owned by EMI, which includes records released by artists like Depeche Mode, Erasure, Moby, Goldfrapp and Nick Cave. While BMG acquired the Mute catalog assets, the Mute label itself is unaffected by the deal and remains a separate stand-alone entity.
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TV & Film
By Alex Pham (@AlexPham), Los Angeles
| 5:12 PM, December 21
On Thursday, when YouTube sent out its regular reports on view counts, one data company, SocialBlade, noticed that the channel views for Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group saw its channel count sliced by about 2 billion views. That led some folks to conclude that the views were “fake” and that nefarious “black hat” techniques were being cooked up by the labels to falsely inflate their views. The truth, however, isn’t nearly as sexy ...
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Latin
By Leila Cobo (@leilacobo), Miami
| 4:00 PM, December 21
Latin singer Ricardo Arjona will offer fans tickets for 99 cents to his Feb. 10 show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island as a “Christmas gift” to victims of Hurricane Sandy. The show is part of Arjona’s 11-city “Arjona En Vivo U.S.A. Tour: Metamorfosis,” which kicks off Jan. 25 and Jan. 26 in Puerto Rico.
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By William Gruger, New York
| 2:17 PM, December 21
Jenni Rivera hits number 1 in the Social 50 tally this past week as expected, due to the culmination of online activity surrounding her passing, particularly the public memorial in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
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By Ed Christman, New York
| 11:15 AM, December 21
Rizvi Traverse, a private equity firm, appears to be on the verge of acquiring SESAC, according to a filing with the SEC earlier this month indicated a deal is in the works.
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By Ed Christman (@edchristman), New York
| 9:33 AM, December 21
In the latest Publishing Briefs: Reach Music links with Zac Brown, his band and label Southern Ground; Jewel signs with Downtown Music; House of Hassle inks Grizzly Bear, Menomena, Paul Banks, many more; Patrick Joseph Music/SONGS Music launches with George Teren; Kobalt’s Willard Ahdritz will deliver keynote at MIDEM; BMG Chrysalis signs John Fullbright, BassNectar, and renews with busbee; ASCAP announces initial Sundance lineup; Windish Music Licensing syncs up with Hidden Track; Red Igloo links with CPM/South Africa.
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By Andy Gensler (@andygensler), New York
| 8:54 AM, December 21
The Fix overflows today: Gee Roberson forms Blueprint label; BMG scores EMI's Rosetta catalog; Rob Wiesenthal leaves Sony/ATV for WMG; majors bidding war for Glassnote; Metallica's sales slump post-Spotify; possible reasons why Kanye's not on the "12-12-12" album; Tate Stevens wins "X Factor"; Ravi Shankar memorial service; Clear Channel new EDM station; way more.
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By Billboard staff
| 8:41 AM, December 21
Geffen Records chairman Gee Roberson will transition to create and own a full service record company called Blueprint to be distributed by Interscope Geffen A&M.; Several artists on the Geffen roster are expected to join Roberson at the New York-based label, including Hit-Boy and LEP Bogus Boys.
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By Keith Caulfield (@keith_caulfield), Los Angeles
| 8:30 AM, December 21
Outside the top 10, there was a lot of action on the Billboard 200 this week. The soundtrack to the ABC TV series "Nashville" earns the biggest sales week of the year for a TV soundtrack, as it starts with 56,000 sold, debuting at No. 14 on the Billboard 200. The third volume in the "Glee's" "Christmas" album series starts at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 with 45,000 sold. And the soundtrack to "The Hobbit" starts at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 with 36,000 sold.
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By Billboard staff
| 7:00 AM, December 21
As part of our year-end special, we asked you, the audience three specific questions about 2012 -- and we got dozens of thoughtful, intelligent, well-considered responses. In the last of three groups of responses -- 2012’s most important/influential artist in the music business -- "What will the most important/influential issue facing the music industry be in 2013?" – we see a huge variety of answers: ticketing, the decline of physical sales/rise of digital, the Internet Radio Fairness Act, UMG/EMI, EDM, and everything in between, ending on an up note from attorney Mary Ann McCready.
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