Music Industry (21/06/2011) South By Southwest Announces Panelpicker Interface Now Open For 2012
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences and Festivals are now accepting programming proposals for the 2012 event with the launch of the popular PanelPicker. The PanelPicker interface is an innovative online tool that allows the SXSW community to have a significant voice in programming Music, Film, and ...
| Music Industry (20/06/2011) RIAA Comment On Apple's New iCloud Music Service
Two computer hackers who targeted pop stars and record companies in a bid to secure personal information and distribute pre-release tracks online have been handed down prison sentences by a court in Germany. The two men hacked computers containing material belonging to international stars such as Lady ...
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Music Industry (16/06/2011) Popkomm Media Gate - Panel Discussions With Leading Music Industry Members
Popkomm, the internationally established meeting place of the music and entertainment industry, will be taking place from 7 to 9 September on the grounds of the former main airport in Berlin Tempelhof. Over these three days, events at the Popkomm Conference will include panel discussions, workshops ...
| Music Industry (16/06/2011) Create Digital Music And Moog Music Present Handmade Music Salon At Wilco's Solid State Festival
Create Digital Music.com, a blog and community for people making music with technology and Moog Music, an American Instrument manufacturer, will be holding a Handmade Music Salon as part of Wilco's Solid State Music Festival at MASS MOCA in North Adams, Massachusets on July 25 - 26, 2011. In an age ...
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Music Industry (14/06/2011) NAMM Invites Music Enthusiasts And Musicians To 'Wanna Play Music Day' At 2011 Summer Namm, The Summer's Premier Musical Instrument And Product Trade Event
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) announced today that tickets are now available for Nashville's hottest musical instrument and product extravaganza called "Wanna Play Music Day" being held at the Nashville Convention Center on Saturday, July 23 during 2011 Summer NAMM. Tickets for ...
| Music Industry (14/06/2011) Headliner.fm, Groundbreaking Tool For Musicians, Reaches Nearly 100 Million New Fans In 2011
Headliner.fm has established itself as one of the most innovative, cost-effective, and rapidly growing ways for musicians to reach new fans on Facebook, Twitter, and other social destinations by engaging in "recommendation exchanges" with like-minded artists. Since January 2011: - 37,000 new artists ...
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Music Industry (14/06/2011) Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy Unveils Advanced Online Singing Program
The rise in popularity of such shows as American Idol have given many singers the hope that they can be the next famous artist to grace the airwaves. These shows have also taught the viewing public one important fact though-not everyone has what it takes to make the final (or first) cut. Ken ...
| Music Industry (14/06/2011) NMPA Annual Meeting To Feature: Keynote John Morton & Songwriter Icon Richard Marx
The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA), will host its annual meeting June 15th in New York City. Music publishers and songwriters will gather to discuss the state of the music publishing industry, and honor some of the nation's top songwriters. The event will feature a keynote speech by John ...
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Music Industry (13/06/2011) Simon Fuller And Chris Blackwell Launch New Joint Venture
Two of the world's most influential forces in the global entertainment industry - Simon Fuller and Chris Blackwell - today announced the formation of a new joint venture that will create an independent partnership model for artists and content owners in the music and entertainment industries aimed at ...
| Music Industry (08/06/2011) Association Of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) Presents June Panel Show Me More Money! June 16 At House Of Blues In LA
The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP), will present its June luncheon and panel discussion, Show Me More Money!, on Thursday June 16, 2011 from 11:30 am to 1:45 pm at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. In these trying times, "found" money is welcome. This panel of industry ...
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Music Industry (07/06/2011) Singers Forum Offers Weekend Intensive Teen Cabaret Workshop With Lennie Watts And Jeff Cubeta, June 24-26
Singers Forum, a non-profit musical oasis committed to providing the highest quality vocal training for New York City residents, will be offering a weekend intensive Teen Cabaret Workshop from Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 25. The workshop fee is $400 and auditions will be held on Saturday, June ...
| Music Industry (07/06/2011) RIAA Comment On Apple's New iCloud Music Service
Apple Inc. announced today that it has partnered with all four of the major music labels to offer iTunes Match, a new digital music storage service that will launch as part of Apple's iCloud service this fall. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued the following statement by Chairman ...
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Music Industry (06/06/2011) A2im Heralds 6th Anniversary With Largest Ever Indie Week In NYC, June 21-23
A2IM is preparing to kick off its Sixth Anniversary Indie Week in NYC: an intense series of interactive meetings and face-to-face discussions aimed at maximizing indie music revenues and creating business relationships. The members-only event is an international destination, bringing together more than ...
| Music Industry (03/06/2011) Association Of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) Presents Discussion On Music Supervision For First Nashville Panel The National chapter of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP), with generous support from ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, will present its first ever panel discussion in Nashville, Music Supervision: Tips On Placing Songs in Film and TV, on Tuesday June 14, 2011 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at The ...
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Music Industry (30/05/2011) Creative Sector Worldwide Welcomes G8 Leaders' Commitments On Intellectual Property
Representatives of the creative sector worldwide have welcomed commitments on intellectual property protection made by the G8 Summit today in Deauville, France. The heads of 16 organisations responded to the conclusion of the G8 Summit with the following joint statement: "As representatives ...
| Music Industry (27/05/2011) Capitol Hill Leaders Spotlight Advertisements On Rogue Sites
The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus (IAPC) today turned its focus to major companies whose advertising appears on rogue sites dedicated to the theft of creative works, highlighting the concern that the placement of ads on these sites connotes a veneer of legitimacy and subsidizes ...
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Music Industry (26/05/2011) SRS Labs Launches Campaign To Raise Money In Support Of Musiccares Foundation
SRS Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRSL), officially recognized as one of America's Greatest Brands and the industry leader in surround sound, audio and voice technologies, today announced that they have launched a campaign on their Facebook page to raise money for MusiCares, a non-profit organization of The Recording ...
| Music Industry (26/05/2011) Sean 'Diddy' Combs Launches Mymag - Diddy Dirty Money - A Personal Insight Into His Life And New Band
Music Mogul, Sean "Diddy" Combs, one of the world's most successful music moguls and all-around entrepreneur, offers his fans a revealing glimpse into his life and inspirations with the release of his MYMAG, Diddy Dirty Money - available now via MYMAG.com (http://www.mymag.com) Diddy now adds magazine ...
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Music Industry (25/05/2011) Grateful Dead Partners With That's My Ticket
Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino Entertainment have partnered with That's My Ticket to create various ticket display and ticket-related products. In 1983, after growing tired of watching promoters and scalpers profit from their tickets at the cost of the fans, the Grateful Dead launched their very ...
| Music Industry (25/05/2011) Scmc Music Conference Comes To The Nation Capital - Washington DC
The music industry of today is a very different world, influenced by the changing of times, and characteristics and movements in our culture. The obvious revolution of mp3 downloads and free music online is just one of the catalysts behind changes in the industry. This conference is designed to bring ...
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Music Industry (20/05/2011) Ditto Music, The UK's Largest Digital Music Distribution Company, Launch US Office In Music Row Nashville
After careful review, Ditto Music, the UK's largest digital music distribution and label services company announced the launch of their US office on the prestigious Music Row area of Nashville. Ditto's unique business model has already helped 11 unsigned artists break into the UK Top 40 singles chart, ...
| Music Industry (20/05/2011) Emusic Signs Deal With EMI Music, Brings More Music To Members
Starting today, US members of the digital music service eMusic will now have access to more of their favorite artists and albums through a deal signed between eMusic and EMI Music, one of the world's leading music companies. eMusic US members who login to their account today will find more music from ...
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Music Industry (19/05/2011) The Grammy Foundation Announces 2011 Grammy Signature Schools
The GRAMMY Foundation (www.grammyfoundation.com) today announced that 36 schools nationwide have been selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools (www.grammyintheschools.com) for 2011. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that are making an outstanding ...
| Music Industry (19/05/2011) SGA Lauds Senators' Move To Protect IP And Songwriters
Leaders of the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) today announced their support of, and gratitude for, the hard work of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Senator Orin Hatch and Senator Chuck Grassley in their recent introduction of the PROTECT IP Act. The Act aims at stemming the operation ...
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Music Industry (17/05/2011) The Law Office Of Abe Shainberg Launches An Investigation Into Possible Breaches Of Fiduciary Duty By The Board Of Warner Music Group Corp. In Connection With The Sale Of The Company To Access Industries - WMG
The Law Office of Abe Shainberg is investigating the Board of Directors of Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Access Industries. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, WMG ...
| Music Industry (17/05/2011) Vivendi Signs Its New 5 Euro Billion Bank Loan
Vivendi has finalized and signed a new bank loan with 17 banks for a total amount of ¤5 billion. This loan facility, announced on April 18, 2011 will enable the company to optimize the management of its debt at the time of the 44% stake acquisition in SFR. After this transaction, the dividend payment ...
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Music Industry (16/05/2011) Senate Bill Calls For Tougher Penalties For Unlawful Streaming Of Content
Under current law, illegal uploading and downloading of protected works is already a felony but not streaming. The bill follows upon the recommendations of U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel who in March outlined several steps Congress should take to improve intellectual ...
| Music Industry (13/05/2011) LimeWire And Major Record Labels Reach Settlement
The settlement follows a decision by federal district court Judge Kimba Wood last year to shut down LimeWire after she found both the service and Mr. Gorton liable for inducing massive copyright infringement. A jury trial in New York City on the amount of damages to be paid by Mr. Gorton had begun ...
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Music Industry (13/05/2011) Myxer Partners With EMI Music For Music Videos
Myxer, a mobile technology company that operates the largest mobile entertainment site in the U.S., today announced it has expanded its partnership with EMI Music, one of the world's leading music companies, to include music videos. Since 2009, Myxer has provided MP3 songs, albums and ringtones from ...
| Music Industry (13/05/2011) Senate Introduces PROTECT IP Legislation To Confront Foreign Counterfeiting Websites
The bipartisan bill, S.968-the "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act," or "PROTECT IP Act," is cosponsored by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), ...
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