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Meagher in 2009

Todd Meagher is an American entrepreneur and songwriter.

Music career

Throughout the 1980s Meagher's company Todd Meagher Music had a co-publishing songwriter deal with Warner/Chappell Music co-writing songs with artists including: Brad Gillis and Kelly Keagy for Night Ranger; Alexey "Alexei" Belov for Gorky Park; Jorge DeSaint and Stevie Rachelle for Tuff; Greg D'Angelo and James LoMenzo for White Lion; Erik Turner for Warrant; Julian Lennon and James Scott Cook;[1] Josh Todd;[2] and Vince Neil (of Mötley Crüe).[3][4]

In 2010, Meagher and his company TODD Entertainment, LLC sued The Agency Group and booking agency TKO's President Andrew Goodfriend, seeking $20 million in damages.[5] The case was settled in 2017.[citation needed]

Meagher is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Grammy Awards, as well as being affiliated with the Warner Chappell Music[3][4] and Broadcast Music, Inc.[2] as a writer and music publisher.

Internet ventures

In, 2009, Meagher formed theRevolution, LLC, a music services company with John Lennon's son Julian Lennon and Michael Birch.[1][6]

In 2010, Meagher again partnered with Lennon and Birch to relaunch MyStore.Com, an e-commerce website originally developed in 2005 for artists to sell their music and merchandise on their MySpace page.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Billboard Magazine" (PDF). World Radio History. January 9, 2010. p. 37. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Writer/Composer - Todd Meagher. Publisher - Meagher". Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Todd Meagher". Warner/Chappell Music - Nashville, USA. Archived from the original on November 15, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Todd Meagher". Warner Chappell Music. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Waddell, Ray (November 22, 2010). "Manager Sues The Agency Group, Seeks $20 Million". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  6. ^ Lombardo, Delinda (December 30, 2009). "Julian Lennon Starts A Revolution". Look to the Stars. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  7. ^ Gutierrez, Carl (December 4, 2007). "Imagine! Julian Lennon Invests In MyStore". Forbes. Retrieved April 3, 2023.