Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The Academy of Contemporary Music, a trailblazing music school, is set to create a new model for music education as it opens it first U.S. campus at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2009. The new school, known as the ACM@UCO, will provide unique educational ...
| Cindy Mabe Promoted To Sr. VP, Marketing For Capitol Records Nashville
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Records Nashville) - Capitol Records Nashville has promoted Cindy Mabe to SVP, Marketing. Cindy Mabe previously held the position of VP Marketing. Mabe will continue to report directly to Mike Dungan, President and CEO of Capitol Records Nashville. She will oversee ...
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Music Week: Making Online Music Pay Conference
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Music Week PR) - The music industry will find some answers to the tricky problem of how to make money from online music when Music Week hosts a new conference this summer. Making Online Music Pay - how the music business can monetise the digital space - will take place at London's ...
| Fontana Partners With SonicStar
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has signed an exclusive distribution deal with SonicStar Records, it was announced today by Ron Spaulding, Executive Vice President & General ...
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UMPG Wins Publisher of the Year (for the 2nd Consecutive Year) and Songwriter of the Year at BMI Christian Music Awards
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Publishing Group) - BMI saluted the writers and publishers of the past year's most performed songs on Christian radio and television during the annual Christian Music Awards held this Saturday in Nashville. UMPG's Donald Lawrence was named the 2009 ...
| Detroit Free Press' Anthem Now Available For Sale On iTunes!
DETROIT, MI. (Top40 Charts/ Detroit Media Partnership) - The inspirational music behind the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News' branding campaign has been released as a full song and is now available exclusively on iTunes. The new single, entitled "This Time" features Brian Vander Ark on vocals, ...
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The ASCAP Foundation Children Will Listen Program Comes To The Kennedy Center For 'Ragtime' Performance
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ ASCAP) - The ASCAP Foundation Children Will Listen program, which is designed to introduce the American Musical Theater to youngsters who might otherwise not have the opportunity to experience it, travels to Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center on April 24th to bring over ...
| Celebrity Fans Join The Rivmixx Music Revolution
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Rivmixx/ Chameleon PR) - Recently added new profiles of celebrities such as Coldplay, Lily Allen, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue on Rivmixx (https://www.rivmixx.com/) music social networking website have proven to be a big hit with music fans. Rivmixx's celebrity profiles ...
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Imagem Music Group To Buy Rodgers & Hammerstein, Becoming World's Leading Independent Music Publisher
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Imagem Music Group) - Imagem Music Group, the music publishing investment fund of ABP, the Netherlands based world's third largest pension fund and CP Masters BV, one of Europe's leading independent music publishers, is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement to acquire ...
| Universal Music Publishing Group Signs Music Catalogues of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. To Worldwide Administration Agreements
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Publishing Group) - David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) and Doug Frank, President, Music Operations, Warner Bros. Entertainment, announced today that UMPG has successfully negotiated a worldwide publishing administration ...
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Margeaux Watson Appointed Senior Vice President, Media Relations, Universal Motown Records
NEW YORK, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - Margeaux Watson has been appointed Senior Vice President of Media Relations for Universal Motown Records, it was announced today by Sylvia Rhone, President of Universal Motown Records, and Andrew Kronfeld, General Manager of the label. In this ...
| Universal Music Group And YouTube To Launch Revolutionary Premium Music And Video Service
NEW YORK, NY. & SAN BRUNO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - Doug Morris, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company and Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc., today announced that UMG and YouTube, ...
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Original Signal Recordings (OSR) Partners With Universal Motown Records
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - Original Signal Recordings has partnered with Universal Motown Records, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, it was announced today by OSR Co-Founders Daniel Klaus and Lucas Mann, Universal Motown President Sylvia ...
| Statement From Rich Bengloff, President Of The American Association For Independent Music (A2IM) On New York State Governor David Patterson's Budget Which Excluded Imposing A State Tax On Digital Music Sales
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - 'A2IM applauds New York State Governor David Patterson and the members of the New York State legislature, especially Speaker Silver and Senate Majority Leader Smith, for not including the proposed sales tax on digital music in the New York State budget ...
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Marilyn Bergman To Step Down As President And Chairman Of ASCAP After 15 Years
LOS ANGELES, CA. and NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ ASCAP) - Three-time Academy Award-winning songwriter Marilyn Bergman today announced her decision to step down as President and Chairman of the Board of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). Her successor will be elected ...
| New Amazon MP3 Store Predicted to Become Instant Hit In Germany
MUNICH, GERMANY (Top40 Charts/ Strategy Analytics) - Most German broadband users prefer Amazon for online media purchases according to a survey just published by Strategy Analytics. The report, 'Digital Media Survey: Germany Country Profile,' asked broadband users in Germany from which sites they would ...
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Todd Moscowitz Joins Warner Bros. Records
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Warner Bros. Records announced today that Todd Moscowitz has joined Warner Bros. Records as its Executive Vice President. Moscowitz currently serves as CEO of WMG's Independent Label Group (ILG), which includes the Asylum and East West labels. In his ...
| Universal Music Latin Entertainment (UMLE) Partners With The Axis Agency
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Latin Entertainment) - Universal Music Latin Entertainment (UMLE), the world's leading Latin music company, has partnered with The Axis Agency, one of the nation's leading multicultural marketing and communications agencies, to develop and implement targeted ...
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Universal Music Nashville Promotes Jason Owen to Senior Vice President of Artist Development & Marketing
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - Universal Music Nashville, the country music division of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, has promoted Jason Owen to Senior Vice President of Artist Development and Marketing for its MCA and Mercury Nashville labels, ...
| MySpace Music Strengthens Senior Executive Lineup with Three New Additions
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ MySpace Music) - MySpace Music, the world's premier music community, today announced three new additions to the company's expanding senior executive team across several key fields including Global Expansion, Online and Offline Marketing, Content, Technology and Business ...
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