Jones Soda Co. announces launch of MyJones Independent Music
SEATTLE, WA (www.myjonesmusic.com) - Jones Soda Co. (the "Company" or "Jones Soda") is thrilled to announce the launch of a new, innovative addition to the Jones Soda family: MyJones Independent Music. In an effort to support local, regional, and national independent musicians and music fans, MyJones ...
| Infinity Music buys full ownership of Retrophonics West Recording Studios
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (www.infinitymusiccorp.com) - Infinity Music Corp. has acquired 100 percent of Retrophonics West Recording Studios. Infinity Music had previously agreed to buy 75 percent of Retrophonics West, but will now take full ownership of the company. "We're very excited to acquire the rest ...
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DEMO grants the first Titanium + Certification Award to the Apple iTunes Music Store on July 29, 2004
NEW YORK (www.d-e-m-o.com) - DEMO: Digital & Electronic Music Organization, Inc. (www.d-e-m-o.com), granted the first Titanium + Certification Award to the Apple iTunes Music Store on July 29, 2004.
The Titanium + Certification Award was presented to Apple iTunes Music Store to commemorate the monumental ...
| CMA Board Of Directors honors Frances Preston in New York
NEW YORK (CMA announcement) - The Country Music Association Board of Directors honored Country Music Hall of Fame member and retiring President and CEO of BMI Frances W. Preston with a $10,000 donation to the Education and Literacy Programs of the Country Music Hall of Fame on Thursday, July 29, during ...
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Clear Channel Entertainment announces new music structure
HOUSTON, TX (Clear Channel Entertainment) - Clear Channel Entertainment today announced that the company is combining its International and North American music operations to further its position as the leading global live music company. Don Law will serve as Chairman of Global Music, and team with ...
| Niche Media Ventures' Home Entertainment Products to Be Distributed by Musicrama
NEW YORK (S&S Public Relations) - Niche Media Ventures, Inc. today announced that its home entertainment products will be distributed in the United States by Musicrama, Inc. one of the country's leading independent distributors of CDs and DVDs located in New York. In a move to expand its services as ...
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RealNetworks statement about Harmony Technology and Creating Consumer Choice
SEATTLE, WA. (RealNetworks press release) - RealNetworks, Inc. is delighted by initial consumer and music industry support for Harmony. Compatibility, choice and quality are critically important to consumers and Harmony provides all of these to users of the iPod and over 70 other music devices including ...
| Apple Statement (about RealNetworks' Harmony technology)
CUPERTINO, CA. (Apple press release) - Apple today released the following statement: "We are stunned that RealNetworks has adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker to break into the iPod, and we are investigating the implications of their actions under the DMCA and other laws. We strongly caution ...
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The Recording Academy appoints Wayne J. Zahner Chief Financial Officer
SANTA MONICA, CA. (The Recording Academy) - The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences today announced that it has named Wayne J. Zahner as its Chief Financial Officer. Zahner, who previously held the title of Controller/Director of Business Affairs at the Academy, will report directly to Neil ...
| Roc-a-fella Records brings new music division
DURHAM, NC (Roc-a-fella Records) - Roc-a-fella Records will celebrate its new division, "Roc Music" during the 2004 Southeast Music and Entertainment Summit (SMES). The new imprint showcases rock, alternative, pop, and R&B artists, several of whom will be on hand at the label's exclusive "Roc Music" ...
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Sounds 24/7 names New Orleans man President
PHOENIX, AZ (www.Sounds247.com) - Sounds 24-7, Inc. announced C. A. Francois of New Orleans, a successful businessman over the past 30 years, has been named the new President of Sounds 24-7. Sam Rodenberger, who has held that position, resigned the post to take over as Director of Special Markets and ...
| CD Baby and Vision Music USA form partnership to help Independent Musicians
AUSTIN, TX. (www.visionmusicusa.com) - Vision Music USA and CD Baby have decided to pool their collective resources and form a strategic alliance aimed at helping the independent music community. CD Baby is the world's No1 online retailer for independent CD's. They currently have 67,123 artists selling ...
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Record Company seeks copyright protection from Federal Court
NASHVILLE, TN. (Belnap & Curtis PLLC) - In an unusual role reversal, a major record label finds itself in copyright trouble. In dispute is a fan photograph that found its way onto the back cover of Charlie Daniels' latest CD. The fan claims the photo is unlicensed and the record company wants a court ...
| Virgin Entertainment Group links 27 Corporate and Megastore locations in U.S. with SAVVIS Managed Network
NEW YORK (SAVVIS Communications) - Demonstrating its growing presence in the retail industry, SAVVIS Communications, a leading global IT utility, today announced that Virgin Entertainment Group, the pre-eminent specialty music and entertainment retailer, has chosen SAVVIS' managed utility network services ...
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Don Kirshner signs new contract
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (Kirshner International Inc) - Kirshner International, Inc. announced today, that after extensive negotiations with the companies' namesake, Don Kirshner, that a contract has been entered with Mr. Kirshner for three years with an option for an additional three years. Mr. Kirshner ...
| Motorola and Apple bring iTunes music player to Motorola's next-generation mobile phones
ROSEMONT, IL. (Motorola Inc.) - Motorola, Inc. and Apple today announced they are partnering to enable millions of music lovers to transfer their favorite songs from the iTunes jukebox on their Mac or PC, including songs from the iTunes Music Store, to Motorola's next-generation 'always with you' mobile ...
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Music bosses 'head royalty fight'
LONDON, UK (BPI) - Britain's music industry is leading a fight to protect music copyrights on 50-year-old songs by the likes of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and James Brown. The campaign, led by the British Phonographic Industry, is in response to a legal loophole effective Jan. 1, 2005, allowing copies ...
| Infinity Music debuts as a Public Company
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL. (Infinity Music Corp.) - Infinity Music Corp. (https://www.infinitymusiccorp.com) has begun trading as a public company. Although new as a public company, subsidiaries of the company have been in operation since 1977. Infinity was formed through a series of mergers between companies ...
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ViaStar signs Spirit Voyage Music to exclusive North American distribution agreement
PHOENIX, AZ (ViaStar Corporation) - ViaStar Media Corporation announced today that the Company has signed a multi-year Exclusive North American Distribution Agreement with Spirit Voyage Music Inc. Spirit Voyage is one of the leading wholesalers of "lifestyle music," music for meditation, yoga and healing ...
| Pirate CD sales rises to $4.5Bln a year
LOS ANGELES (IFPI) - A study has shown that street-corner peddlers of pirated compact discs sold more than 1 billion illegally copied CDs last year, turning a shady black-market trade into an estimated $4.5 billion industry. The worldwide pirate music business reportedly is worth $4.5 billion with 35 ...
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