Industry Ink Friday (9/9/11)
• MusicRow sends get-well wishes to CMA Sr. VP Bobette Dudley, who has been in a local hospital for three weeks. She has undergone two surgeries and experienced numerous complications, but is now heading in the right direction and is being released today. She can be reached at bdudley@cmaworld.com, at home 385-0040, or on her cell 714-1299.
• Glen Campbell’s The Goodbye Tour will stop at the Ryman Auditorium on Nov. 30 at the 650AM WSM Listener Appreciation concert. Tickets go on sale today (9/9). He is suffering from Alzheimers and recently released a new album, Ghost On The Canvas.
Minnie Murphy
• Minnie Murphy has signed a deal with 99 Matrix Records, a newly-formed independent label and will release a three-song pop/jazz compilation late summer which will be distributed by Renfield Digital a division of Stadium Entertainment Holdings, Inc. The first single from the set, “The Forbidden Hope Diamond,” is available on digital retail sites. Murphy is also slated to appear in the new film Redemption Road, slated for theaters this month.
• Music industry businesswomen Preshias Harris, Suzzane Skinner and Kat Atwood are working together under the name HSA and have been tapped by educational toy and game manufacturer McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds to produce and promote a new line of board games, card games and electronic games geared specifically toward country music enthusiasts.
• Janet Bozeman’s Bozeman Media has updated contact info. Reach her at 3122 Winberry Dr., Franklin, TN 37064 and office (615) 472-8417 or cell (615) 429-0227.
Lee Richey
• Lee Richey has exited his PD/MD/Afternoon shift position with WCJW-AM/Warsaw, NY after 10 years. Reach him at 585-519-7970 or leejr@rochester.rr.com. The station has not announced plans for hiring a replacement.
