Empire Musicwerks is one of the first Independent Labels to sign on with Bill Gates' MSN Music Service
LOS ANGELES (Empire Musicwerks) - "You just saved me 500 bucks! I was about to buy an I-Pod!," said Empire Musicwerks (www.empiremusicwerks.com) President Paul Klein to Bill Gates just after the Microsoft® Chairman and Chief Software Architect demonstrated MSN® Music (www.music.msn.com) and ...
| Brad Davidson promoted to Vice President, Top 40 Promotion, Columbia Records
NEW YORK (Sony BMG Ent.) - Brad Davidson has been promoted to the position of Vice President, Top 40 Promotion, Columbia Records, it was announced today by Charlie Walk, Executive Vice President, Creative Marketing & Promotion, Columbia Records Group. Mr. Davidson is based in New York and will report ...
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Music fans expected to 'Flip Over' new music DualDisc's product that combines CD Player Side and DVD Player Side on One Disc!
NEW YORK (DualDisc Consortium PR) - Major and independent record labels today announced the first-ever retail availability of the much anticipated DualDisc - a two-sided disc made up of a CD player side and a DVD player side. A broad range of titles have begun to hit retail shelves in the first wave ...
| Sony Electronics and Universal Music Group to promote Elton John SA-CD releases
NEW YORK (Sony Electronics) - Sony Electronics and Universal Music Group have teamed up to promote the launch of Elton John's new release, Peachtree Road, and the reissue of his classic catalog albums in the multi-channel hybrid Super Audio CD format. The companies will employ a major radio and retail ...
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Putting the Creative and Media Industries at the centre of plan to make EU the leading knowledge-driven Economy
BRUSSELS, Belgium (IFPI) - A group of Europe's top creative businesses, media and industry associations have joined forces today to launch the Creative and Media Business Alliance to give the sector a strong and united voice in Brussels. This launch coincides with the presentation today of the Kok report ...
| Loudeye announces second Portuguese digital music distribution deal
LONDON, UK (Loudeye Corp/ www.loudeye.com) - Loudeye Corp, a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions, today announced it was chosen by Portuguese label X-Tazee Records (https://www.x-tazee.com) to power a multi-faceted digital music distribution strategy and consumer download ...
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Deirdre McDonald named Senior Vice President, Industry and Government Relations, Sony BMG Music Entertaiment
NEW YORK (Sony BMG) - Deirdre McDonald has been named Senior Vice President, Industry and Government Relations, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, it was jointly announced today by Michele Anthony, Executive Vice President, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, and Chief Operating Officer, Sony Music Label Group ...
| DigiPie announces a digital distribution deal with CD Baby
LOS ANGELES (DIGIPIE/ www.digipie.com) - DigiPie will be offering digital product from over 70,000 artists as a result of a digital distribution deal with CD Baby.com. Effective immediately, DigiPie will offer digital content from CD Baby. This represents a major break through as DigiPie transitions ...
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Apple launches EU iTunes Music Store; Same innovative features & breakthrough Price of Euro 0.99 per Song
SAN JOSE, CA. (Apple/ www.apple.com) - Apple today launched a European Union version of its revolutionary iTunes Music Store, giving music fans in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain the same innovative features and breakthrough price of euro 0.99 per ...
| Puretunes.com settles Record Companies' Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (IFPI) - The company and operators behind the Puretunes.com website, an online service which formerly sold unauthorized unlimited music downloads, have agreed to an out-of-court settlement of a copyright infringement lawsuit brought last year by the major record companies, the Recording ...
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MakeMusic! Inc. names Shuler Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
MINNEAPOLIS (MakeMusic!/ www.makemusic.com) - MakeMusic! Inc, a leader in music-education technology, announced today that it has appointed Alan Shuler as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Alan Shuler has more than 30 years of experience with large and small public and private companies and ...
| Warner Music Group to release DualDiscs this Fall; First Record Company to release new albums on DualDisc
NEW YORK (Warner Records) - Beginning tomorrow, Warner Music Group (WMG) will release four albums in the U.S. from critically acclaimed artists on the new music product DualDisc - a two-sided disc made up of a CD on one side and a DVD on the other. In stores on October 26th, Simple Plan's highly anticipated ...
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ProgRock Records signs distribution deal with OarFin Distribution
LOS ANGELES (WMD Holdings Group PR) - WMD Holdings Group, Inc. announced today that its record label, ProgRock Records, entered an agreement with OarFin Distribution. OarFin is an aggressive distribution company that will stock major retail outlets throughout the United States, such as Tower Records, ...
| 7 UP and the GRAMMY Foundation Launch GRAMMY Season with the Introduction of Limited-Edition 7 UP GRAMMY Musician Cans Designed by GRAMMY Nominated and Winning Artists Michael McDonald, John Ondrasik, Wynonna, Brian McKnight, Randy Travis, and Dave Koz
PLANO, TEXAS (Recording Academy) - 7 UP, the official soft drink of the GRAMMYs and proud sponsor of the GRAMMY Foundation's Signature Schools program, is launching GRAMMY artist-designed cans to support music education in public schools. Six artists have created artistic renditions of the GRAMMY logo ...
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CD Baby pays $10 Million to Musicians for CDs sold - with over 75,000 Artists and Labels, CD Baby is the Largest Independent Music Seller on the Web
LOS ANGELES (CD Baby/ www.cdbaby.com) - Independent online music retailer CD Baby has now paid over $10 million directly to musicians for CDs sold worldwide through their online store at www.cdbaby.com. CD Baby's easy consignment system has given every musician access to worldwide sales and distribution, ...
| Spitzer launches music industry probe
NEW YORK (NY Times/ WS Journal) - EMI Group PLC, the world's third-largest music company, confirmed yesterday it faced a New York probe into how music companies influence what songs are played on the radio. "We are cooperating fully with this inquiry, which is at a preliminary stage," EMI said in a ...
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Horst Unterholzner named Managing Director, Sony BMG Music Ent. Austria
LONDON, UK (Sony BMG) - Horst Unterholzner was named Managing Director, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Austria, it was announced today by Maarten Steinkamp. Mr. Unterholzner will report directly to Mr. Steinkamp, who is Chairman and CEO, Sony BMG Germany/Switzerland/Austria as well as head of Sony BMG's ...
| Fuse Music Network and AG Interactive unite to create the only cross-carrier Mobile Music Service
NEW YORK (CarryOn PR/ www.carryonpr.com/ www.fuse.tv) - Fuse, the nation's only all-music, viewer-influenced television network, and AG Interactive, the new media subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation, announced their intention to jointly develop, distribute and market the first-ever interactive ...
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Midas Records and retailer Dry Ice set to wrap first round of successful promotion with Angel
LOS ANGELES (Luck Media & Marketing/ www.luckmeida.com) - Chalk up another successful promotion for rising pop star ANGEL and Ron Clapper's independent label Midas Records. On Saturday, October 23rd, in Alpharetta, Georgia, Midas wraps up the initial leg of a highly successful promotional mall tour ...
| Digitone Records signs Worldwide distribution deal with Soap
PEOTONE, IL. (Digitone Records/ www.digitonerecords.com) - Emerging virtuosic jam band 'SOAP' has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Digitone Records. Gary Gaskin, Director of A&R for Digitone Records, an independent record label, made the announcement. 'I'm thrilled to have signed Soap ...
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