Driven Music Conference Returns To Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
26 October, 2011
Continuing the success of last year's Driven Music Conference in Florida, the event will return to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida January 27 - 29, 2012. The Driven Music Conference connects artists and music fans with the most accomplished professionals in the music world. ...
| Google Music Store Coming Soon
21 October, 2011
Google's Google Music store will supposedly allow users to share songs and tunes with each other according to the latest Internet speculation. Google's head of Android, Andy Rubin, confirmed reports of an upcoming launch at All Things D's AsiaD conference in Hong Kong. 'I think we're close,' he said. ...
| The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing Presents Grammy Soundtables At The 131st AES Convention
15 October, 2011
The GRAMMY SoundTables at this year's 131st AES Convention will be presented on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. at Room 1E 15 and 16 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Back by popular demand, the P&E Wing will present a second iteration of "Sonic Imprints: Songs that Changed My Life" ...
| InVogue Records Signs Distribution Deal with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group (ILG) & Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA)
14 October, 2011
InVogue Records has a signed a distribution deal with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group (ILG) & Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA). InVogue Records was founded in 2009 by Nick Moore and released a handful of records including The Plot In You and Chunk! No Captain Chunk!
"I am beyond ...
| RCA Shuts Down Arista, Jive And J Records
10 October, 2011
Three of RCA Records's imprints kicked the bucket today in a move to revamp the label's image. Musicians aren't the only members of the entertainment industry that are feeling the effects of the dwindling economy. Also, RCA Records has closed the doors on three of its leading subsidiary labels Jive, ...
| The Recording Academy Statement On Steve Jobs
06 October, 2011
Visionary, pioneer, innovator, genius - all of these words and more have been used to describe the dynamic, passionate, and driven Steve Jobs, who always believed, and often proved, that the impossible was possible. He took technology and turned it into art, becoming a key player and leader in the entertainment ...
| Apple's Steve Jobs, Father Of Mac, iPhone, iTunes Dies At 56
06 October, 2011
Steve Jobs, co-founder of the leading US technology company Apple Inc, died Wednesday at the age of 56 after a career that saw him redefine how we live with technology.
Jobs, who had battled pancreatic cancer for years, "died peacefully today surrounded by his family," according to a family statement ...
| Amazon Announces Digital Video License Agreement With Twentieth Century Fox; Prime Instant Video Now Offers Customers More Than 11,000 Movies And TV Shows!
27 September, 2011
Amazon.com today announced a licensing agreement with FOX that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream a broad selection of popular movies and TV shows from the FOX library. This deal will bring the total number of Prime instant videos to more than 11,000 movies and TV shows later this fall.
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| Musicares And The Grammy Foundation Elect New Board Officers And Directors
22 September, 2011
The GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Foundation - the affiliated charities of The Recording Academy - announced that their respective Boards have elected new Officers and Directors. Scott Pascucci has been elected to serve as the Chair of MusiCares, with Jon Platt, president of North America creative ...
| CD Format Will Die In Five Years According To HMV Boss
20 September, 2011
THE CD could die out in five years - the boss of HMV claims (@ SUN newspaper). Chief exec Simon Fox said: "the market would be worth just 300 million pounds in three years' time. This compares with almost 900 million pounds last year. Beyond 2016, CDs would be like vinyl - with little presence in a ...
| Universal Music Group Named Best In Cross-Channel Marketing For Email, Social Media Campaign
15 September, 2011
Global interactive marketing provider ExactTarget awarded Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, the Cross-Channel Marketing Campaign of the Year today for its integrated email and social media efforts for recording artist Lil' Wayne.
The top honor in ExactTarget's annual ...
| BMG Rights Management To Acquire Bug Music
13 September, 2011
BMG Rights Management (BMG) and Spectrum Equity Investors (Spectrum) announced today the execution of a definitive agreement under which BMG will acquire Bug Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary, Bug Music, Inc. (Bug Music), which are controlled by Spectrum and Crossroads Media, Inc. (Crossroads).
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| Artists, Musicians, Performers, Publishers And Producers Welcome EU Decision On Copyright Term Extension
13 September, 2011
Today, the EU Council of Ministers adopted the Commission and European Parliament Directive to extend the term of protection for sound recordings in the EU from 50 to 70 years. This ensures that the sound recordings will be protected for at least the life of the artist, will generate new revenues for ...
| Recording Industry Welcomes EU Decision On Copyright Term Extension
13 September, 2011
The international recording industry welcomed today's decision by the European Union to extend the term of copyright protection offered to performers and producers from 50 to 70 years.
The decision was applauded by Pl醕ido Domingo, chairman of IFPI, which represents the recording industry worldwide: ...
| Naxos Of America Adds NMC Recordings, Lipkind Productions And BBC Legends To Its Distributed Label Family
08 September, 2011
Naxos of America announces the beginning of distribution of three labels in September 2011: BBC Legends, Lipkind Productions and NMC Recordings.
Established with the aim of recording the best of contemporary British music to the highest artistic and technical standards, NMC Recordings (https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/) ...
| Start-up Record Label Making Big Waves In Resurgent Music Industry
08 September, 2011
For more than a decade, we've heard dire warnings from many artists, trade magazines and industry executives that the music industry as we know it was nearing extinction. Such a grim prognosis led industry pundits and pseudo-visionaries to continually search for the "new" music business model, as if ...
| CRS 2012 Digital Liners Registration Deadline For Stations Is Oct. 7
07 September, 2011
The clock has started ticking for radio stations to register and take advantage of the digital liners program offered through Country Radio Seminar 2012, to be held Feb. 22-24, 2012.
The deadline for stations wanting to receive all-digital, custom liners must register for CRS 2012 by Friday, Oct. ...
| ABC Music And IODA Partner To Distribute ABC Music Catalog Globally
07 September, 2011
IODA, the global leader in digital distribution, marketing and technology solutions for the independent music industry, today announced it has signed a global distribution deal with ABC Music, the music label of the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), which is Australia's national public broadcast ...
| CRS Raises Bar On The Learning Curve At Country Radio Seminar 2012
30 August, 2011
Country Radio Seminar has raised the bar on the learning curve at CRS 2012, emphasizing the importance of social media and market research in next year�s agenda of educational panels and presentations.
CRS 2012, held Feb. 22-24 in downtown Nashville, is offering an array of panels that are tailored ...
| Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Britney And The Backstreet Boys Are Banned In China!
26 August, 2011
Lady Gaga and the Backstreet Boys have been added to a list of 100 songs deemed to have 'vulgar' content, by officials in China. The listed songs must be removed from music websites by 15th September, as the country tries to remove 'poor taste and vulgar content'.
According to reports, I Want It ...
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