Jay-Z Named President of Def Jam Records
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Jay-Z, who has declared himself retired from his rap career, now has a new job to occupy his time &#151; president and chief executive of the Def Jam record label.
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Rap star Jay-Z, who has little corporate experience, will become the chief executive for one of Universal's biggest divisions.
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LOS ANGELES  - Paramount Classics is  acquiring distribution rights to the documentary "Fade to  Black," a portrait of hip-hop star Jay-Z.
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Electronic Arts Inc. replaced Larry Probst as chief executive on Monday, naming former EA executive John Riccitiello as the new leader of world's largest video game publisher.
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Phil Knight stepped down Thursday as president and chief executive officer of Nike Inc., the $12 billion athletic shoe and clothing company he co-founded and built into the world&#39;s largest shoe maker and one of the best-known brands.
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The head of the hip-hop music label  behind top-selling artists Ashanti and Ja Rule was charged on  Wednesday with laundering more than $1 million in drug money  through his record company, The Inc.
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Atari has appointed entertainment industry veteran James Caparro President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, it was announced today by Bruno Bonnell, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of the Company.
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Janet Jackson's boyfriend, record  producer Jermaine Dupri, has been appointed president of urban  music at Island Records, sources said on Tuesday. A formal  announcement from Universal Music Group is expected Wednesday.
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Business & money: UK's largest independent music retailer appoints administrators.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. named Ronald A. Rittenmeyer, president and chief operating officer, to succeed Michael H. Jordan as chief executive of the company.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - About a month after launching a  joint North American tour, R. Kelly and Jay-Z plan to release  their second collaborative album.
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The head of the hip-hop music label behind top-selling artists Ashanti and Ja Rule was charged on Wednesday with laundering more than &#36;1 million in drug money through his record company, The Inc.
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By Gloria Campisi, Philadelphia Daily News  Mar. 9--Eric Grilly, a leader in the newspaper industry's move into the  digital age, has been named president of Philly.com, it was announced  yesterday.   Brian P.
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Donna Orender, a high-ranking PGA Tour executive, has been named president of the Women's National Basketball Association.
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Paramount Classics is acquiring distribution rights to the documentary "Fade to Black," a portrait of hip-hop star Jay-Z.
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Rapper Jay-Z came out on top of the  post-Thanksgiving U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, tying the  Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1 hits.
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Rapper Jay-Z is continuing a US tour despite the acrimonious departure of R&amp;B star R Kelly from the line-up. The rapper had cancelled the remaining dates after R Kelly left alleging he was hit with pepper spray at Saturday&#39;s concert in New York.