A partnership between promoter giant AEG Live, Ticketmaster and Cablevision, the parent corporation behind MSG Entertainment appears to be in the offing.

Isn't Jimmy Iovine the most powerful person in the music business? Or is

Ed Bicknell

Ed Bicknell, head of international music for the William Morris Agency, has announced that he is leaving the company to return to "civilian life."

Ticketmaster has completed its previously announced acquisition of TicketsNow, the number-two Web-based marketplace for music, sports and other live entertainment event tickets.

British Columbia may be getting a major new summer festival if Shane Bourbonnais has his way.

In this guest blog digital consultant Bill Houghton (no relation) who blogs @ BroodingSavage takes a critical look at the future of ad supported music:

Bardem

They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face.