Author: Zachary Gulino
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Vydia: Empowering Women in Music | Jessica Vaughn, Owner of Head Bitch Music
Vydia interviewed Jessica Vaughn for their blog for Women’s History Month! Some may know Jessica Vaughn as Charlotte Sometimes, JPOLND (the girl who got the big sync placement in Episode 6 of Netflix’s Bridgerton), the Alternative Pop artist LACES, or any of her other artist project names. But what you may not know…
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WIRED: Big Music Needs to Be Broken Up to Save the Industry
Tony Alexander from MIME was quoted in a great article published in WIRED discussing the possibility of breaking up “Big Music.” As the head of Made in Memphis Entertainment, Tony Alexander does a little of everything. He runs a record label, one of just a handful of Black-owned labels in…
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Biz Women: In Her Own Words: Being home stifled Jessica Vaughn until it forced her to grow
Jessica Vaughn from Heavy Hitters wrote an op-ed published by The Business Journal’s Biz Women discussing how she handled being quarantined at home during Covid and used to to grow. “When the pandemic began, I was ready to completely embrace the stay-at-home orders. Most of my life has consisted of…
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Facebook Joins DDEX As Charter Member
Dan Simpson, Music Operations at Facebook Appointed to Board 10 March 2021 – DDEX, the international standards-setting organization dedicated to improving the exchange of data and information across the music industry, announced today that Facebook has joined as a Charter Member of the organization. Facebook, which owns and operates a…
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Jaybird January – February 2021 Newsletter
We’re excited to start the year with three company launches: Music Tech Works’ rightsholder.io, Feed Media Group’s Adaptr, and Trqk. “Rightsholder.io‘s founders have a fresh approach on solving an age-old problem in music licensing: how to find important data, quickly. Music licensing is “a big enough market to care about…
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Made in Memphis Entertainment Promotes Jessica Vaughn and Tim Burnett to Lead Heavy Hitters Music Group
Memphis, TN & Los Angeles, CA (January 26 , 2021) – Tony D. Alexander, Co-Founder, President, and Managing Director of Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME), announced a revised executive team at its sync licensing company, Heavy Hitters Music Group. Bill Slaughter, Heavy Hitters Vice President, retired at the end of…
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Muse By Clios: Jessica Vaughn of Heavy Hitters on Womxn in Music and Authenticity in Brand Deals
Tim Nudd from The Clios interviewed Jessica Vaughn from Heavy Hitters for their Liner Notes series to discuss her musical tastes and journey through the years, as well as recent work she’s proud of and admired. Jessica Vaughn is the creative director of Heavy Hitters Music Group, which is part…
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Pitchfork: What to Know About Music’s Copyright Gold Rush
Tony Alexander from MIME was quoted in Marc Hogan’s analysis of the current music copyright landscape and catalog acquisitions. Where does that leave up-and-coming talent? Songwriters cashing in on this trend don’t necessarily have to be staring down retirement—Hipgnosis’ earlier deals also included The-Dream, No I.D., and Justin Bieber collaborator Poo Bear—but massive…
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MIME and Beatroot Publishing Ink Sub-Publishing Deal with Sentric Music Group to Handle International Administration
December 10, 2020 (Memphis, TN) – MIME and Beatroot Publishing, two prominent independent music publishing companies that are part of the Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME) family of businesses, have shored up their reach around the globe thanks to a new sub-publishing deal with Sentric Music Group. Under the agreement,…
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WMC Action 5 News: 5 Star Stories Studio Sessions: VIP access to soul man David Porter
WMC Action 5 News did a wonderful one on one segment on MIME’s David Porter to discuss MIME, his career, what he’s up to, and more! The Bluff City is known worldwide as the Home of the Blues and Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll. To kick off our 5 Star…