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    • Jan 8, 2007
    Sugar Hill Records announces it's moving its headquarters from Durham, North Carolina, to Nashville. The label has worked through the years with the likes of Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, The Del McCoury Band and Nickel Creek
    May 4, 2007
    "We flat ran out of money. End of story." And end of the label. Neal McCoy closes 903 Music, leaving McCoy and Darryl Worley without recording deals
    May 14, 2007
    Columbia announces Rick Rubin, the rock producer who's worked with Johnny Cash and The Dixie Chicks, has joined the executive ranks of the label's pop division
    Jun 6, 2007
    Sony BMG sends a letter to country radio stations ordering them to stop playing Tracy Lawrence's version of "Find Out Who Your Friends Are," featuring Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. Most stations ignore the edict, rescinded the next day
    Jun 7, 2007
    Sony BMG apologizes to radio for a June 6 letter demanding stations stop playing a version of Tracy Lawrence's "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney. The label calls it "a distraction and a waste of your time"
    Jun 23, 2007
    RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database, quietly launches at 11:27 p.m. Pacific Time. Two days later, the website's debut is officially announced
    Nov 2, 2007
    Big Machine Records introduces a sister label, the Valory Music Company. Its first three artists are Jewel, Jimmy Wayne and Justin Moore. In future years, the roster will include Reba McEntire, Brantley Gilbert and Thomas Rhett
    Nov 5, 2007
    John Michael Montgomery formally announces the creation of his own label, Stringtown Records
    Jul 16, 2008
    Producer James Stroud--known for his work with Tim McGraw, Clay Walker and Toby Keith--announces the formation of Stroudavarious Records
    Aug 5, 2008
    Sony buys BMG's half of Sony BMG for $1.2 billion. The resulting Sony Music Entertainment combines the rosters of Columbia, RCA, Arista and BNA



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