Ian Courtney, Author at CelebrityAccess

Legendary Producer & Engineer Al Schmitt Dead At 91

Posted by Ian Courtney - April 27, 2021

LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — Al Schmitt, a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and producer who helped to bring some of the most notable recordings of the pop era to life, has…

Long Lines But Few Other Issues Reported As The SVOG Application Portal Goes Live

Posted by Ian Courtney - April 26, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — After a disastrous and aborted launch on April 8th, followed by 17 days of delay, the Small Business Administration finally opened the application portal for Shuttered Venue Operator…

Hasbro Sells eOnes Music To Blackstone In An All-Cash Deal

Posted by Ian Courtney - April 26, 2021

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (CelebrityAccess) — Toymaker and media conglomerate Hasbro, Inc. announced it has sealed a deal to sell the music division of Entertainment One (eOne Music) to private equity titan…

Downtown Pivots To Label Services, Sells Music Publishing Catalog To Concord

Posted by Ian Courtney - April 26, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Downtown Holding Corp announced it has sold its music publishing stake to Concord and plans to re-orient its business to focus on the music services sector. The deal…

Steve Lassiter, Matt McGuire, and Heath Baumhor Launch Reliant Talent

Posted by Ian Courtney - April 26, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — A trio of former senior APA agents, Steve Lassiter, Matt McGuire, and Heath Baumhor, have teamed up to launch Reliant Talent Agency, a full-service entertainment company focused on…