COMPANY INSIGHTS
Range Media Partners Adds Nashville Music Industry Vets William Lowery & Shawn McSpadden To Leadership
Range Media Partners on Wednesday announced its hiring of William Lowery and Shawn McSpadden, a pair of Nashville-based music industry veterans who will help it broaden the reach of label Range Music while continuing to work out of the Tennessee capital.
Former Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew Joins European Football Ownership Group
According to AtoZSports, Jones-Drew is joining former Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots wide receiver DeVante Parker, Mötley Crüe
's Vince Neil, and a group of investors from Nashville as part of an ownership group for the Prague Lions of the European Football League.
First Look: Galveston Gets an Influencer Hotel of Its Very Own
Hotel Lucine, which opened in November on the corner of Tenth and Seawall Boulevard, near Porretto Beach, offers something novel. The two-story, 61-room property began life in 1963 as Treasure Isle, a charming midcentury motor lodge built in a U shape around a large outdoor pool. The motel was built, owned, and operated by local architects, twin brothers who loved the building so much that they maintained their offices there
Nicole Kidman bolsters Tennessee's film industry with 'Holland, Michigan'
Nicole Kidman helped bring Amazon Studio's film "Holland, Michigan" to Middle Tennessee and will continue efforts to grow the state's film industry. “There’s so many locations here that have not been explored and also an incredible array of technical talent and untapped artistic talent which I would love to be a part of growing,” Kidman told the Business Journal.
Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley And Wife Brittney Team With Country Industry To Launch NFT Collection
Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and his wife, Brittney, aim to introduce country fans to the NFT community with the June launch of Chill Cowboy Country Club. The couple teamed with WHY&HOW CEO and Founder Bruce Kalmick and WHY&HOW Ventures President Bryan Bulte for the collection.
New hotel planned for St. Charles Avenue from developer of Hotel St. Vincent, Drifter
New Orleans developer Jayson Seidman, whose other hotel projects include the Hotel St. Vincent and The Drifter, is preparing to break ground on a five-story, 40-room hotel at the edge of the Garden District on St. Charles Avenue.
Fast-growing A to Z Sports expands again with five new markets
As of August 4, A to Z Sports expanded its presence from eight markets to 13 markets, adding Buffalo, Denver, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Philadelphia. The network can now cover a third of the NFL
WWE, Fox Eye $100,000-Plus Haul Through ‘Hell in a Cell’ NFT Collection Sale
Dolly Parton to Livestream ‘Dollyverse,’ First-Ever SXSW Performance on Blockchain
Leading up to releases of her original novel, “Run, Rose, Run,” co-written with best-selling author James Patterson, and its companion music album, Dolly Parton is partnering with Fox Entertainment’s Blockchain Creative Labs to launch “Dollyverse,” an audience-centric Web3 experience, at the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals starting next week.
‘Murder At Yellowstone City’: RLJE Films Acquires Western Starring Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane, Isaiah Mustafa, Richard Dreyfuss & More
RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to the Western Murder at Yellowstone City, directed by Richard Gray (Robert the Bruce), for release in theaters and on demand on June 24. Murder at Yellowstone City was produced by Gray, Robert Menzies (The Blackcoat’s Daughter), Kelly Frazier (From Black) and Lisa Wolofsky (Fatman). Jane and Courtney Lauren Penn of Renegade Entertainment exec produced alongside Carter Boehm, Julie Stagner, Will Lowery and Alexis d’Amecourt.
Gina Carano Returns in ‘Terror on the Prairie’ Trailer, First Project After ‘The Mandalorian’ Exit
The Western, backed by conservative media company The Daily Wire, debuted a 60-second trailer Thursday night showing Carano fighting back against a gang of outlaws. Days after she was fired from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian for sharing a controversial post on social media, the mixed martial artist turned actress confirmed that she was setting her sights on a collaboration with The Daily Wire, a conservative media company co-founded by Ben Shapiro. “The Daily Wire is helping make one of my dreams — to develop and produce my own film — come true. I cried out and my prayer was answered.
Fox Entertainment, Bento Box Enter NFT Space, Launch $100 Million Creator Fund Through Newly Formed Blockchain Creative Labs
Fox Entertainment and its animation studio Bento Box Entertainment are getting into NFTs — non-fungible tokens — and launching a $100 million creator fund through its newly created business unit, Blockchain Creative Labs.
Kia’s fast charging EV6 electric crossover is coming to the US in early 2022
The Kia EV6, an all-electric crossover that kicks off the automaker’s Plan S strategy to shift away from internal combustion engines and toward EVs, will come to the U.S. early next year, the company said Tuesday evening during a livestreamed event in New York.
Rose Byrne’s First Production From Her Dollhouse Pictures, ‘Seriously Red’, Underway
In the rowdy and rambunctious musical comedy, Red (played by Boylan) is at a crossroads in her life. A vivacious and hilarious redhaired woman grappling with high expectations and low self-esteem, she pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight as a Dolly Parton impersonator.
A to Z Sports teaming up with 104.5 The Zone to create Nashville’s best content
A to Z Sports Nashville is officially entering a strategic partnership with one of the biggest, strongest sports talk brands in the country, 104.5 The Zone.
Atlanta startup FilmHedge raises $2M, releases lending software for production companies
FilmHedge, an Atlanta-based financial technology startup, raised $2 million to triple its team and released its lending software for movie and TV production companies.
