Loudeye powers its first Digital Music Store in enlarged European Union
SEATTLE, WA. (Loudeye/ www.loudeye.com) - Loudeye Corp. a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions, today announced the entry of its digital media services into the enlarged European Union through the launch of Mobitel's Zabavaj.se music store in Slovenia. Mobitel is a leading ...
| Russell Simmons, Media and Business Entrepreneur, supports Nielsen's use of People Meters in Local TV Markets
NEW YORK (Nielsen Media Research/ www.vnu.com) - Nielsen Media Research today announced that Russell Simmons, Chairman & CEO of Rush Communications, one of the largest African-American-owned media companies, is supporting the Local People Meters (LPMs) as a more accurate and reliable way to measure ...
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Sharman Networks use Weedshare to establish in Australian Court that Kazaa has legitimate purposes
SYDNEY, Australia (Todd Macalpine/ OZMUSICWEED / www.ozmusicweed.com) - Ozmusicweed, the first Australian Weedshare site (https://www.ozmusicweed.com) has this week been involved in the currently unfolding court case in Sydney (NSD110/2004) involving Sharman Networks, providers of the Kazaa software ...
| Tower Records: Year Ends on high note
SACRAMENTO, CA. (Tower Records/ www.towerrecords.com) - In perhaps the most dramatic year in its 44 year history, Tower Records, America's leading independent music and movie retailer, has achieved what many thought would have been impossible ... Within 35 days of filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February ...
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MTV Networks Chairman and CEO Judy McGrath and MTV Networks Group President Van Toffler to speak at the CSFB Media and Telecom Week Conference
NEW YORK (Viacom, Inc/ www.viacom.com) - Viacom Inc. today announced that MTV Networks Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Judy McGrath and MTV Networks Group President Van Toffler will participate in a question and answer luncheon session at the 6th Annual Credit Suisse First Boston Media and Telecom ...
| SNOCAP melts barriers to growth in the Digital Music Marketplace
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (For SNOCAP, mPRm Public Relations/ www.mprm.com) - Labels and Individual Artists Can Now Embrace Peer-to-Peer Networks as a Channel to Sell Music - Music Lovers to See the Emergence of Compelling New Digital Music Services - Universal Music Group First Major Label to Sign Agreement ...
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Concord Records completes acquisition of Fantasy, Inc.
LOS ANGELES (Concord Records/ www.concordrecords.com) - Two Companies Merge to Form the Concord Music Group, Inc., a New Leader in Independent, Adult-Focused Recorded Music - Tailwind Capital Partners Partner with Norman Lear and Hal Gaba to Provide Equity Financing Concord Records, Inc. and Fantasy, ...
| BitPass expands Online Music efforts with CD Baby partnership
PALO ALTO, CA. (BitPass, Inc/ www.bitpass.com) - BitPass, Inc., one of the leading Internet payments companies enabling digital content sales, today extended its reach in digital music by entering into a partnership with CD Baby, the largest seller of independent CDs on the Web, to distribute the retailer's ...
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Sony BMG Entertaiment names Top Management For Sony BMG Music France
LONDON, UK (Sony BMG) - Maarten Steinkamp, head of SONY BMG Music Entertainment's operations in Continental Europe, announced today the appointment of top management for SONY BMG Music France. Olivier Montfort has been named Chairman and CEO, SONY BMG Music France; Christophe Lameignere has been named ...
| Loudeye to provide Digital Media Services for the Music Choice Network Launch of Customized and On Demand Video Music Channels
SEATTLE, WA. (Loudeye Corp./ www.loudeye.com) - Loudeye Corp., a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions, today announced it was selected by Music Choice, the premier, multi-platform music network, to provide content ingestion, encoding, editing, watermarking and delivery services ...
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Australian Record Industry action against operators of Kazaa
LONDON, UK (IFPI) Statement by Jay Berman IFPI Chairman and CEO Jay Berman said: "We are very pleased to see the Australian music industry bringing the operators of Kazaa to court. The Australian case claims that Kazaa is violating copyright on a massive scale, misleading its users and deliberately ...
| KidSational Records hires Producer and Songwriter Rod 'Allegro' Norman as Director of Music Production
SAVANNAH, GA. (KidSational Inc. www.kidsationalinc.com/ www.tgkmusic.com) - KidSational, Inc. announced that it has hired Rod "Allegro" Norman to be Director of Music Production for its record label, KidSational Records, which represents the teen pop group, TGK. "Mr. Norman is well respected in the ...
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UK music creates record of album sales!
LONDON, UK (BPI/ www.bpi.co.uk) - The third quarter of 2004 concluded the best 12 months for album sales in UK record industry history, with shipments hitting an all-time high of 237 million units. Figures released from UK record companies' trade association the BPI show recorded music sales set for ...
| EMI Music UK makes Robbie, Kylie and Blue available as Pre-Pay Realtone Packs
LONDON, UK (Immediate Future Limited/ www.immediatefuture.co.uk) - EMI Music UK has agreed a deal with The Carphone Warehouse to provide the greatest hits albums of Robbie Williams, Kylie and Blue, as realtone downloads, using edits of the audio masters as mobile tones. The compilations, 'Now Dance', ...
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Wurld Media announces Conclusion of Agreements with Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (Wurld Media/ www.wurldmedia.com/ www.peerimpact.com) - Wurld Media, a leading developer of proprietary e-commerce and file transport technologies, today announced it had signed agreements with three major record labels. SONY BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner ...
| KOCH Records announces new partnership with Diplomat Records
NEW YORK (KOCH Records) - KOCH Records is proud to announce a new deal with Diplomat Records which will extend their existing partnership and see several new, exciting albums released in 2005. The new deal will see the release of several records in 2005. KOCH and Diplomat Records have released the successful ...
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MIDEM 2005 Goes Mobile
CANNES, France (MIDEM PR/ www.midem.com) - Key players from the mobile music business will head to Cannes next year to attend the second Mobile Music Forum, which takes place on January 23, as a curtain-raiser to MIDEM 2005 - The International Music Market (Cannes Jan 23-27). International experts from ...
| Italian police officer shot at by Naples gang involved in piracy
BRUSSELS, Belgium (IFPI) - A Fiscal Police officer, coordinator of a unit involved in the recent Anti-piracy operation 'Jolly Roger' was shot at on Sunday morning, November 14 by two people near the Gianturco police station in Naples. The brigadier, who has ten years' experience in copyright investigations, ...
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Musicrypt delivers for Live Aid
TORONTO, Canada (www.musicrypt.com) - Toronto based Musicrypt Inc. has joined forces with Warner Music Canada to deliver key Live Aid tracks to radio. Musicrypt has donated its Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) and its technical staff to extract the audio tracks from the DVD and deliver them ...
| Apple to open first Retail Store in Europe on London's Regent Street Saturday, November 20
LONDON, UK (Apple Computer/ www.apple.com) - Apple's first retail store in Europe will open on Regent Street in London's West End shopping district Saturday, November 20 at 10:00 a.m. The Apple Store Regent Street will offer the first opportunity to experience Apple's unique retail stores in Europe, ...
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