New York - Q Prime, a recording artist management agency that counts Metallica, Shania Twain and Red Hot Chili Peppers among its clients, has announced plans to launch its own record label, FMQB.com reports. The Mom&Pop Music Company will be based in New York City and distributed by RED. "Our ambition is not to be 'indie' or 'major,'" Q Prime's Cliff Burnstein told FMQB.com. "Instead, we are striving toward what would now be considered a boutique label, taking our inspiration from great historical music companies like A&M, Chrysalis, Sire and Island -- labels that maintained the best balance of cultural importance and commercial appeal."

Los Angeles - Metallica have blamed their management company Q Prime for asking bloggers to take down their reviews of rough mixes of the band's new album -- bloggers who were invited to a listening party to hear said tracks, according to a post on Metallica.com. "Our response was 'WHY?!!! Why take down mostly positive reviews of the new material and prevent people from getting psyched about the next record... that makes no sense to us!' So after a few rounds of managerial ear spank and sentencing everyone at Q Prime to 20 push-ups each, we figured why not take matters into our own hands and just post the links here on our site."