music

Columbia House Wants to Return to Vinyl Roots

12/23/15

Former mail-order music giant Columbia House, whose only sales now belong to a flailing DVD business, wants to return to its vinyl roots. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Pandora to Buy Assets of Music Service Rdio

11/17/15

Popular music-streaming company Pandora Media Inc. plans to pay $75 million for the assets of Spotify competitor Rdio, which filed for bankruptcy Monday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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50 Cent Reveals Upcoming Album and Financial Details in Questioning

08/05/15
Curtis Jackson III, known as 50 Cent, walks to the Giaimo Federal Building in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday to attend a meeting with creditors. 
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Bankrupt Boys’ Music School May Reach Out to Taylor Swift

04/17/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, a bankrupt boarding school wants to call on Taylor Swift for help, and a study finds nearly one of six NFL players file for bankruptcy. Also, actress Kelly Rutherford spoke out about the custody battle that led to her bankruptcy.

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Come on Get Happy…In Bankruptcy?

02/13/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, David Cassidy filed for bankruptcy—but don’t worry, we (still) think we love him. Also, music festival Country Explosion filed for bankruptcy, and BottleRock’s original producers sought $3 million from an early investor.

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Sly Stone Awarded $5 Million in Royalty Fight

01/28/15
This April 1972 file photo shows rock singer Sylvester “Sly” Stone of the music group Sly and The Family Stone.
Associated Press

A Los Angeles jury aw

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‘Real Housewife’ Teresa Giudice Looks ‘Amazing’ in Prison

01/23/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Teresa Giudice looks “so amazing” in prison, TLC is using Kickstarter to fund their final album, and Timothy Durham was profiled on CNBC true-crime TV show “American Greed.”

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The Broke and the Beautiful: OITNB Edition

10/24/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Teresa Giudice will serve time in the prison that was the setting for “Orange Is the New Black,” and the Backstreet Boys settled with former boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman. Also, Girls Gone Wild made a settlement with the Hottest Girl in America 2010.

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Backstreet Boys Settle Bankruptcy Claims

10/23/14
The Backstreet Boys perform during a concert at the City Hall in Vienna on July 15.
European Pressphoto Agency

The Backstreet Boys’ bankruptcy battle is

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