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    • May 2, 2003
    Allen Butler leaves his post as the president of Sony's Nashville division, a position he's held for nearly 10 years
    May 5, 2003
    John Grady takes over as the head of Sony Nashville, overseeing the careers of such acts as The Dixie Chicks, Travis Tritt, Patty Loveless and Billy Gilman
    Jun 16, 2003
    MTV renames The National Network as Spike TV, bringing the TNN monicker to an end. The cable channel had started out as The Nashville Network, the channel devoted exclusively to country music
    Jul 31, 2003
    Clint Black announces the formation of his own label, Equity Records
    Oct 31, 2003
    DreamWorks Records executives announce to employees that the label is being sold to the Universal Music Group by the first of the year. The roster includes Toby Keith, Jimmy Wayne, Jessica Andrews and Emerson Drive
    Nov 6, 2003
    Sony and BMG announce plans to merge their operations. The deal puts Columbia and Epic in the same corporate entity as former rivals RCA, BNA and Arista
    Nov 24, 2003
    Edgar Bronfman Jr. announces the purchase of the Warner Music Group for $2.6 billion. Including Atlantic, Elektra and Reprise, the deal affects music by Faith Hill, John Michael Montgomery, Emmylou Harris and Dwight Yoakam, among others
    Mar 3, 2004
    After the company is bought by Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner Bros. fires Nashville division chief Jim Ed Norman, ending a 20-year run in the position
    May 7, 2004
    DreamWorks is absorbed by Nashville's Universal Music Group, with DreamWorks' James Stroud set to co-head the label with Luke Lewis. DreamWorks acts include Toby Keith, Jimmy Wayne, Emerson Drive, Darryl Worley and Jessica Andrews
    May 11, 2004
    Jim Ed Norman finishes his tenure as the head of Warner Bros.' country division. During his 20 years in charge, he worked with such acts as Faith Hill, Travis Tritt, The Forester Sisters, Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr.



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