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    • Mar 21, 2002
    Sony announces it's added Pam Tillis to the Lucky Dog roster. Her first project for the label: an album featuring her version of songs written by her father, Mel Tillis
    May 23, 2002
    Monument releases The Dixie Chicks' "Long Time Gone," taken as a sign that the group has resolved its 10-month legal battle with the label
    Jul 1, 2002
    Gaylord Entertainment sells Acuff-Rose Music, the first Nashville publishing company, to Sony/ATV/Tree for $157 million. The transfer involves three buildings on Music Row and 55,000 songs, including titles by Hank Williams, Don Gibson, Dallas Frazier and Roy Orbison, among others
    Aug 1, 2002
    Record producer Paul Worley takes over as an executive vice president at Warner Bros. Records in Nashville
    Aug 7, 2002
    MCA Nashville chief Bruce Hinton announces his retirement in a staff meeting, after 19 years of leadership. Luke Lewis, the head of Universal sisters Mercury and Lost Highway, takes over at MCA as well
    Sep 30, 2002
    The five biggest record distribution companies settle a price-fixing suit with 41 states, agreeing to pay $143 million, though they do not admit any wrongdoing. The companies include BMG, EMI, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic, Sony and Universal
    Jan 13, 2003
    Lyric Street Records announces it has signed Sawyer Brown
    Jan 23, 2003
    Gaylord Entertainment announces the retirement of chairman emeritus Edward Gaylord. He presided over the company when it amassed TNN, CMT and the Grand Ole Opry as a central company in country music
    Mar 3, 2003
    Disney's Lyric Street Records announces it's signed Rushlow, a six-piece band fronted by former Little Texas singer Tim Rushlow
    Mar 6, 2003
    Universal South announces that Amanda Wilkinson has signed a contract with the label to record her first album as a solo artist. She had previously recorded with her father and her brother in the family group The Willkinsons



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