Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter And Def Jam Expand With New Label
NEW YORK (Roc-A-Fella Records) - Further expanding on its world-renown brand and mandate to nurture artistic vision, Def Jam Recordings, the largest producer of urban music and a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company is launching Roc La Familia, it was announced today ...
| American Association Of Independent Music Announces Digital Delivery Victories & Responds To SONY BMG Settlement At A2IM West Coast Conclave
LOS ANGELES (Tiffany Shipp/ Ken Sunshine Consultants) - Representatives of approximately 50 independent record labels attended the American Association of Independent Music's (A2IM) West Coast Founders Conclave on Monday in Los Angeles at the Knitting Factory where Acting President Don Rose reported ...
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Jackson Browne's Independent Label Inside Recordings Announces A Major Direct Distribution Deal With ADA
LOS ANGELES (Inside Recordings) - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted singer-songwriter Jackson Browne and his longtime management team, Donald "Buddha" Miller and Cree Clover Miller, have announced the major expansion of Inside Recordings, the independent label Browne founded in 1999. Significant ...
| Clear Channel Music Group & John Scher Settle Dispute
NEW YORK (Clear Channel Music Group) - Clear Channel Music Group and New York promoter John Scher today announced they have resolved their differences in a mutually satisfactory agreement. Details were not disclosed. In 2002 Clear Channel acquired many of the assets of Mr. Scher's former company, ...
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Legal music downloads triple in 2005; file-sharers take heed of lawsuits
LONDON, UK (IFPI) - New IFPI data shows that illegal file-sharing is kept in check as broadband use surges Music fans worldwide turn to legal downloads; lawsuits and spyware top concerns for file-sharers Illegal file-sharing of music is being kept in check while the number of legal tracks downloaded ...
| Blue Note Sale @ Borders Stores
NEW YORK (Blue Note Records) - Blue skies and Blue Notes. They make for a great pairing in these lazy, hazy days of summer. Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff made quite a combination, too. In 1939, these two German immigrants co-founded what would become one of the world's premier record labels, an organization ...
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Warner Music Group Corp. to Conduct Earnings Conference Call on August 4, 2005
NEW YORK (Warner Music Group) - Warner Music Group Corp. will release its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 prior to the opening of the NYSE on Thursday, August 4, 2005 and will hold an earnings update conference call that morning at 8:30am EDT. To access the conference call, please ...
| EMI and Televisa Forge Major Music Partnership for Mexico and US Latin Market
LONDON, UK & MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Jeanne Meyer/ EMI Corporate Communications) - EMI, the world's largest independent music company, and Grupo Televisa, the world's largest Spanish-language media company, announced today that they are combining their respective strengths in music, distribution and media ...
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Steve Corbin Named Vice Pres., Catalog Sales at WEA Corp.
NEW YORK (Warner Music Group) - WEA Corp., Warner Music Group's U.S. sales and retail marketing company, today announced Steve Corbin has joined the company as Vice President, Catalog Sales. Corbin will report to Rick Froio, Senior Vice President of Sales at WEA Corp., and will be based in New York. ...
| CBS And The Recording Academy Sign A Five-Year Extension
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Chris Ender/ CBS/ Recording Academy) - CBS and The Recording Academy have signed a new five-year extension that will keep the annual GRAMMY Awards telecast on CBS through 2011, it was jointly announced by CBS and The Recording Academy. The new agreement further extends one of the ...
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Australia: internet linking sites ruled illegal; ISP found liable for music piracy
SYDNEY, Australia (IFPI) - Sydney, July 14, 2005 The Federal Court of Australia ruled today that Stephen Cooper, the operator of the website www.mp3s4free.net, was liable for authorising copyright infringement by linking to infringing music files on the internet. Justice Brian Tamberlin found that: ...
| BPI Quarterly Review - July 2005
LONDON, UK (BPI) - Download sales top ten million British indie rock fans spark seven inch vinyl revival UK music enjoys US renaissance Second quarter round up; artist albums buck high street downturn Download sales top ten million UK record industry trade association the BPI today announced that ...
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RIAA's Annual Commercial Piracy Report Shows Trafficking In Pirated Music Increasingly Sophisticated, Closer Ties To Criminal Syndicates
WASHINGTON (By Jonathan Lamy/ Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA) - The illegal copying and trafficking of pirated music has become increasingly sophisticated in the past year, according to new data and analysis released today by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in its ...
| Asylum Records Signs Agreement With Atlanta Powerhouse Rap Label, ColliPark Music
NEW YORK (Warner Music Group) - Asylum Records, Warner Music Group's (NYSE: WMG) new incubator label designed to provide a variety of services to urban and independent music labels and artists, announced today a multi-faceted agreement with Atlanta-based ColliPark Music to provide marketing, distribution ...
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International Recording Industry Welcomes Landmark CD Plant Law In Ukraine
BRUSSELS, Belgium (IFPI) - The international recording industry today welcomed the adoption by Ukraine of a landmark CD plant law that is a decisive step in the fight against the country's unacceptably high levels of piracy. Ukraine's Parliament Verkhovna Rada) passed the long-awaited Bill of amendments ...
| Apple Kicks Off iTunes Music Store Countdown to Half a Billion Songs; Live 8 Performances Now Available on iTunes
CUPERTINO, CA. (Apple PR) - Apple today kicked off its countdown to half a billion songs sold on the iTunes Music Store with an online song counter so music fans around the world can participate in the race to purchase and download the 500 millionth song. As part of the countdown, Apple is giving away ...
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BMG Direct Acquires The Columbia House Company
NEW YORK (BMG Direct/ www.bmgmusic.com) - BMG Direct, one of the world's largest direct-to-customer distributors of music, closed the previously announced acquisition with The Blackstone Group, a private investment and advisory firm, of The Columbia House Company, the largest direct marketer of DVDs. ...
| America Online to Bring 'Live 8' to China!!!
DULLES, VA. (AOL PR) - America Online, the world's largest interactive services company, and exclusive online broadcaster of Live 8, will stream the Live 8 concerts on demand in China through its Chinese portal partner, Tencent Communications Corporation at www.qq.com. The concerts will be available ...
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IFPI Statement On FBI Internet Piracy Sweep
LONDON, UK (IFPI) - IFPI Chairman and CEO John Kennedy said: "On behalf the international recording industry, IFPI welcomes the US Justice Department actions against organized internet piracy networks in ten countries. Following on from the landmark decision on Grokster by the U.S. Supreme Court, this ...
| R&R Rocked Cleveland!
CLEVELAND, Oh. (Radio & Records PR) - After three days' worth of fun events and informative debate, it can now be said: R&R Rocked Cleveland! The just-concluded R&R Convention 2005, held here at the Renaissance Hotel from June 23 - 25, featured a rollicking party at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ...
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