Taylor Swift Outraged Over Sale of Albums to Music Manager Braun

July 1, 2019, 12:33 PM UTC

Scooter Braun, manager of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, acquired Taylor Swift’s old record label, Big Machine, gaining the megastar’s back catalog and provoking her ire.

Swift claims she has tried to buy her music back from Big Machine for years, and dubbed Braun a bully in a blog post on Tumblr. She left Big Machine last year for a deal with Universal Music Group’s Republic Records -- where she owns her own masters.

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“Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ ...

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