Hed Kandi Lounge Miami Debuts On South Beach
Miami, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Hed Kandi Lounge Miami) - Hed Kandi Lounge Miami has opened the doors to the first location in the United States at 1200 Washington Avenue in South Beach. With a sister venue in Panama City, the ultimate gastro-lounge concept fuses its signature down-tempo dance music with ...
| IFPI: Global digital music sales grow as music industry develops new business models!
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ IFPI) - The music industry has transformed its business models, offering consumers an increasing range of new services with leading technology partners. Yet generating value in an environment where 95 per cent of music downloads are illegal and unpaid for is still the biggest ...
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Music Industry Eyes Future At MIDEM
CANNES, France (Top40 Charts/ MIDEM PR) - 8,000 participants, spanning all sectors of the global music business, from over 80 countries LEFT Cannes saying that MIDEM 2009 had served as a launching pad for them to examine new business models that embrace digital and that they are facing the future with ...
| Kyte Announces Agreement With Sony Music Entertainment
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Kyte) - Kyte (www.kyte.com), the universal digital media platform, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Sony Music Entertainment (SME) in the United States and in Germany to provide an online and mobile video platform which will enable SME's artists ...
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Music Xray Sets Out To End the Need To Aggressively Promote Music
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Music XRay) - Over the past eighteen months, Platinum Blue Music Intelligence (PBMI) has quietly licensed and developed music information retrieval technology, assembled a skilled team and raised investment capital to help song owners bypass the need to aggressively promote music. ...
| PDG PR SIGNS MILLS MILLER MEDIA AS A NEW CLIENT
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ By Olivia Dikambi/ PDG PR) - PDG PR announced today music video director and Mills Miller Media owner, Ian Miller, has joined their clientele roster. Mills Miller, an emerging force on the music video scene often labeled as 'Hip Hop's next visionary director'', is known for videos ...
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Universal Music Publishing Group & SACEM Announce Name of Pan-European Licensing Model, As well As A Variety Of Pan-European Deals With Major Internet Companies
Los Angeles, CA. & Cannes, FR. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Publishing Group) - Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) and Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM), the French Collection Rights Society, today announced that they have named their joint model for the licensing ...
| Industry Comes Together At 2009 NAMM Show
ANAHEIM, CA. (Top40 Charts/ NAMM) - NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, today announced final registration and exhibitor numbers for the 2009 NAMM Show. At show close, NAMM reported 85,799 registrants, a three percent decrease from last year. Even in economically ...
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IODA Inks New Deals With Leading Labels in Brazil, the Netherlands, France and the Caribbean
CANNES, FRANCE (Top40 Charts/ IODA) - IODA, the global leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the independent music and film industry, today announced that labels Som Livre, Munich Records, Scorpio and the Caribbean Music Group have selected IODA to power digital distribution ...
| Producer Loren Weisman Joins Music Industry Newswire As Contributing Editor
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Neotrope Entertainment) - Online-based recording industry publication adds noted music producer Loren Weisman to its editorial staff. Weisman will contribute expertise on issues related to the pro side of the industry, as well as a regular column on how to succeed in ...
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Leading Independents The Orchard and Avex Forge Japan Partnership
CANNES, France (Top 40 Charts/ Orchard) - The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD), a global leader in music and video entertainment, today announced a strategic alliance with Avex, Japan's foremost independent music company and key shareholder in Japan's dominant mobile content joint-venture, Label Mobile. Japan ...
| The Recording Academy New York Chapter Presents A Grammy Professional Development Event With Top Songwriter/Producers Swizz Beatz, Jimmy Bralower, Carvin Haggins Ivan Barias Moderated By Barry Eastmond Wed., Jan 28th
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The Recording Academy New York Chapter's will host an up close and personal education event on Wed., Jan 28th bringing noted urban music songwriters/producers to it's new office for an informative discussion. Throughout the year the committee will utilize ...
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MySpace Music Partners with INgrooves, Nettwerk Music Group, IRIS Distribution, and RoyaltyShare
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ MySpace Music) - MySpace Music, the world's premier online music community, today announced the addition of Nettwerk Music Group, INgrooves, IRIS Distribution, and RoyaltyShare to its rapidly growing roster of independent music partners. In addition, the music catalog ...
| Universal Republic Records Partners With Music Executive & Entrepreneur Jason Flom
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - In a move which underscores their shared commitment to expanding the marketplace for new music, Universal Republic Records and pioneering music executive Jason Flom today announced a new partnership that will have Universal Republic providing promotion, ...
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Storefront Recordings Launches Thru R.E.D.
Beverly Hills, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Storefront Entertainment) - President and Founder of Storefront Entertainment, Jon Leshay, has joined forces with RED Distribution to form Storefront Recordings. The music label will officially launch with the release of Mandy Moore's follow-up album to the 2007 critically ...
| AECG Appoints Evan Medow President, Music Publishing As Part Of The Company's New Partnership With Fuji Media Holdings
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Andrew Freedman Public Relations) - Music industry veteran Evan Medow has joined AECG (Alan Ett Creative Group) as a partner and as President of the newly named Opus 19 Music, AECG's music publishing arm, it was announced today by AECG President & CEO Alan Ett. In October, ...
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The End Of An Era: Virgin Megastore In Times Square To Be Replaced By Forever 21!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The Virgin Megastores announced today that they will close their famous Times Square location. The impending store closure will officially happen in April, and business will remain the same through at least the end of January. Virgin Megastore is the highest volume music store ...
| Sony Music Entertainment Announces Digital Distribution Agreement With Wind-up Records
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music Entertainment) - Sony Music Entertainment and Wind-up Records have expanded their exclusive distribution agreement to include digital rights, it was announced today by Thomas Hesse, President, Global Digital Business, U.S. Sales, and Corporate Strategy, Sony Music ...
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Compass Records Select Quite Great Roots As UK Press Platform
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ Quite Great Communications) - Quite Great Roots, the new folk and roots arm of Quite Great Communications, is pleased to announce that it is now working alongside Nashville based indie label Compass Records to provide press and publicity for all its key acts and releases in ...
| Statement From A2IM President Rich Bengloff On The appointment Of Julius Genachowski As FCC Chairman
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - "We are encouraged by the appointment of a supporter of net neutrality as FCC Chairman. Net neutrality is very important issue to the independent label community, as it assures equal access for players of all sizes to the technologies through which independent ...
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