Nearly five years after Scooter Braun‘s Ithaca Holdings acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group — and with it, the master recordings to each of Taylor Swift‘s first six studio albums — the infamous battle between Braun and Swift will be the focus of a new season of the Discovery+ …
Read More »Ariana Grande Splits With Manager Scooter Braun
Ariana Grande has broken ties with longtime manager Scooter Braun and HYBE, Rolling Stone can confirm. “Scooter’s team is spinning the story. Ariana is leaving both Scooter and HYBE,” a source close to the situation says. “There is absolutely no truth to her staying.” SB Projects did not immediately respond …
Read More »Scooter Braun's Manager Era May Be Ending
Scooter Braun’s manager era may be coming to an end. After a tumultuous week of reports suggesting many of Braun’s A-list clients were seeking new representation, a source close to SB Projects tells Rolling Stone that while some of those clients are still under contract, Braun is preparing to further …
Read More »Demi Lovato Breaks With Manager Scooter Braun
Demi Lovato is no longer working with four-year manager Scooter Braun, Rolling Stone can confirm. The news was first reported by Billboard. Lovato left Braun’s SB Projects about a month ago and she’s yet to partner with new management. Reps for Lovato and Braun did not immediately reply to a …
Read More »Hybe Buys Quality Control in $300 Million Deal Led by Scooter Braun
South Korean music company Hybe acquired hip-hop label Quality Control (QC Media Holdings) in a reported deal worth approximately $300 million in cash and stock, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Hybe America is led by executive and talent manager Scooter Braun, and according to a filing with Korean regulators, the …
Read More »Scooter Braun Claims He 'Regrets' the Way Taylor Swift Deal Was Handled: I 'Learned an Important Lesson'
Three years after Scooter Braun‘s company Ithaca Holdings acquired Taylor Swift‘s original masters from Big Machine, the music manager is talking about the “important lesson” he claims he learned from the saga. On Friday, Braun appeared on NPR’s The Limits podcast to talk about the fraught drama‘s teachings, as he …
Read More »Big Machine, Taylor Swift Camp Spar Over American Music Awards, Netflix Controversy
Taylor Swift‘s former label Big Machine Group said it was “shocked” by the pop star’s claim that the label is preventing her from performing her old songs on television, telling her “the narrative you have created does not exist.” On Thursday, Swift posted on social media that Big Machine Label …
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