Virgin Records founder Sir Richard Branson started Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984. The airline survived growing pains and financial strife to become a major transatlantic carrier. Virgin Atlantic celebrated the 40th anniversary of its maiden flight in June.

Richard Branson, co-founder of Virgin Group, built a global empire in airlines, music, telecom, fitness, cruises, and space travel, with a net worth of around $3 billion. He announced the death of his wife Joan,

“We fought hard for the right to be in control of how our music is used, to avoid situations like this kind of crass commercialism and exploitation. Labels like EMI are no longer running the show, and we won’t be bullied by those in the ‘old’ music ...

Jermaine Dupri has officially vacated his position as President of Urban Music at Virgin Records, after underwhelming sales of Janet Jackson’s comeback album 20 Y.O. Contrary to published reports, Dupri, who announced the position in January 2005 ...