The top Nashville manager talks about licensing country classics, having a gay character among the leads, whether a plot twist that seemed to parallel Naomi Judd's death gave him pause, and whether "Spelling-esque" is an appropriate adjective.

Award-winning producer, recording artist manager and President/CEO of Sandbox Entertainment Jason Owen and Sony Music Entertainment’s (SME) Premium Content Division today announced a development agreement with Sandbox Productions to produce a slate of original long-form projects across multiple platforms and distributors. 

Following cross-genre pairings for management client Kelsea Ballerini that included collaborations with Halsey, Kenny Chesney and LANY, he’s brokered a slot for her on the Jonas Brothers’ upcoming tour. And after racking up another round of ACM, CMA and Grammy Awards, Dan + Shay are prepping their first arena-headlining tour.