Dupri Named Head of Virgin Records Urban
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Hit producer and sometime rapper Jermaine Dupri, who's produced chart-topping songs for acts ranging from Usher to Mariah Carey, has been named president of Virgin Records Urban Music, a newly created division of the label.
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Anubhav Sinha who gave a new definition to action with his mega hit Dus is now turning producer.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers and the  Who will headline the U.S. version of the Virgin Festival, set  for September 23 at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
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The consumer electronics arm of the Virgin Group is introducing a new 5-gigabyte hard-disk portable music player, bringing a powerful brand name in music to the increasingly crowded product space. -The Associated Press
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LONDON - The founder of Virgin Atlantic Airlines is spreading his wings. No longer content with conquering the skies, Richard Branson has set his sights higher-- much higher.
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New York's Metropolitan Opera said on Friday it appointed a senior executive of Sony Music as general manager, one of the most powerful jobs in the arts and one that had been tipped for renowned tenor Placido Domingo.
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Janet Jackson's boyfriend, record  producer Jermaine Dupri, has been appointed president of urban  music at Island Records, sources said on Tuesday. A formal  announcement from Universal Music Group is expected Wednesday.
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A section of the street where the Motown sound originated has been renamed after the music label's legendary founder.
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Steve Smith will replace Uli Holdenreid as senior vice president of managed services. He will report to Ann Livermore.
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As Universal Music nears a deal to buy out the rap star Jay-Z and his partners from their venture, Roc-A-Fella Records, the company has renewed an unconventional plan to bring the artist into its executive ranks by naming him president of the Def Jam
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Long before Richard Branson became the latest billionaire with a reality TV show, before he started his cellphone company, his airline and his record label, he sold music from the Virgin Record Shop on Oxford Street in London.
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The insurance broker Marsh & McLennan named the former head of the ACE insurance company, Brian Duperreault, as its chief executive.
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Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz has started his own record label.
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Virgin Electronics, the consumer electronics arm of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, has announced an own brand digital music player.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Jay-Z has been named  president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings, home of such acts as  Grammy frontrunner Kanye West and rap veteran LL Cool j.
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Privately held Warner Music Group on Wednesday named Michael Fleisher, former chief executive of research firm Gartner Inc., as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the music company that is home to artists like Madonna and Josh Groban.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter said Monday that he will leave his post as president of Universal Music Group's Def Jam Records label after his contract expires this year.