Google Announces Plan To Better Prioritize Licensed Music Online
13 August, 2012
Google announced today that it will "update" its "search algorithms" to "help users find legitimate, quality sources of content more easily - whether it's a song previewed on NPR's music website, a TV show on Hulu, or new music streamed from Spotify." It is a move long advocated by the music industry, ...
| IFPI Welcomes Closure Of Demonoid
13 August, 2012
IFPI, which represents the recording industry worldwide, today welcomes the closure of the Demonoid bitTorrent service, which was a significant channel for the distribution of infringing content worldwide.
IFPI made a number of complaints about the unlicensed service, which repeatedly infringed ...
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IBC Announces will.i.am as Convention Keynote Speaker
09 August, 2012
Today IBC announces that international recording artist, technologist, entrepreneur, will.i.am, has chosen the IBC2012 Conference as a key platform to inspire the world's electronic media professionals.
Co-hosted by Intel Corporation's Johan Jervoe, will.i.a.m will lead the IBC2012 Convention keynote.
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| Sound Shapes Transforms Music Into Missions For Playstation Vita And Playstation Computer Entertainment System
08 August, 2012
Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) today announced the North American release of Sound Shapes, developed by Queasy Games, available exclusively for the PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) and PlayStation®3 (PS3™) systems. Following in the footsteps of the critically acclaimed Everyday Shooter ...
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The Recording Academy Statement On Marvin Hamlisch
08 August, 2012
Four-time GRAMMY® winner Marvin Hamlisch was a masterful composer whose work transcended Broadway stages and the silver screen. His compositions for Broadway hits such as "A Chorus Line" and "The Goodbye Girl," and scores for films Sophie's Choice, Ordinary People, and The Way We Were earned him numerous ...
| Sunset Island Music To Invade Newcastle, England
06 August, 2012
Sunset Island Music, the home for unsigned bands and the #1 Music Show on the net, are coming to Newcastle-on-Tyne, England to hold a special filming and broadcast of their popular Radio and TV Shows.
The event, which is scheduled for October 20th at the Newcastle University Student Union, will ...
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Jingle Punks Launches Exclusive Music Library For Content Creators
03 August, 2012
Jingle Punks announced today the launch of an exclusive, pre-cleared music library that can be licensed to content creators via their revolutionary Jingle Player. This new 25,000-song collection affords clients the opportunity to immediately license pre-cleared music not available anywhere else.
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| Nominations Are Now Open For The Music Producers Guild Awards 2013
01 August, 2012
With nominations for its 2013 Awards opening today, the Music Producers Guild is once again flying the flag for the music recording industry by recognising the talent and creative achievements of the UK's top producers, engineers, remixers and mastering engineers.
Now in its fifth year, the Music ...
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Buzzmedia Issues Statement On Spin Layoffs: Charles Aaron To Stay
31 July, 2012
Statement from SPIN confirming that eleven employees have been laid off including editor-in-chief Steve Kadell and managing editor Catherine Davis has been added to the original report.
In response to queries from minonline, SPIN responded with the following statement:
As part of BUZZMEDIA's ...
| Columbia Records Celebrates 125 Years Of Great American Music With 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story
30 July, 2012
Columbia Records will celebrate its 125th anniversary with the release of a book titled 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story on the great American record label and its role in initiating recorded music, cultivating great artists, and igniting cultural change. Written by Pulitzer Prize-and GRAMMY nominated ...
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CD Baby Celebrates New Website Redesign With Zero-cut Promotion
30 July, 2012
Between July 30th and August 3rd, CD Baby, the world's largest online distributor of independent music, will not take their standard retail cut of MP3 purchases made on CDBaby.com, the company's newly redesigned music store. For five days, 100% of the digital download revenue generated on CDBaby.com ...
| American Public Media Launches New Interactive Stations On Slacker Radio
26 July, 2012
Today, American Public Media and Slacker, Inc. launched APM public radio programming, including new interactive stations featuring content from Marketplace® and The Current®, to the Slacker Radio lineup. Slacker Radio's millions of listeners can now enjoy customizable APM programming for free anywhere ...
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BitTorrent to Launch New Initiative Aimed at Generating Revenue for Creators and Publishers
25 July, 2012
Today BitTorrent, Fame House, and DJ Shadow are launching a BitTorrent Bundle that has the potential to monetize the entire torrent ecosystem. Not only does the Bundle contain exclusive content and tracks from DJ Shadow's Hidden Transmissions From The MPC Era (1992-1996); this is also the first BitTorrent ...
| Guitarist Adrian Vandenberg Gets Sued For The Rights To His Own Name
24 July, 2012
In the strange times that we live in as people are trying take every opportunity to hit someone with a bizarre law suit in order to get ahead, the strangest one surprisingly has occurred in the world of Rock n Roll!
Former Vandenberg, Manic Eden, Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg gets sued ...
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CD Baby Partners with SoundCloud, Connecting Over a Quarter-Million Independent Artists To The World's Leading Social Sound Platform
18 July, 2012
CD Baby and SoundCloud have announced a new partnership that will make it easy for indie artists to share music and collaborate with other musicians online. This partnership pairs the world's largest online distributor of independent music with the world's leading social sound platform.
"With just ...
| Germany's Highest Court Says Rapidshare Can Be Held Liable For Copyright Infringement
18 July, 2012
Germany's highest court has ruled that Rapidshare can be held liable for copyright infringement if it fails to take measures after becoming aware of infringing content. The ruling follows legal action brought by game-maker Atari against Rapidshare with respect to one game.
Rapidshare had previously ...
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NAMM Brings Leaders Of Music Product Industry Together For Three Days Of Business, Education And Entertainment In Nashville
17 July, 2012
From networking with current vendors and scoping out new brands to learning at NAMM U sessions and taking in the Nashville nightlife, the music industry stayed busy during a fun and productive three days in Nashville for Summer NAMM. The National Association of Music Merchants' (NAMM) event held July ...
| MTS Management Group Joins CMA And AMA
17 July, 2012
MTS Management Group is pleased to announce that they have joined both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Americana Music Association (AMA.) Confirmation of both memberships were received on Monday.
"I'm very proud to be affiliated with both of these amazing organizations," said Michael ...
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Gibson USA Announces The Grace Potter Signature Flying V
16 July, 2012
Gibson Guitar Corporation announced today its Gibson USA division has released a new signature Flying V created with Grace Potter. In the image of the classic second wave of '60s Flying Vs, the Grace Potter Flying V is crafted in solid Grade-A mahogany, a rich, resonant tonewood that has been responsible ...
| Audio Network Funds Scholarship At The Royal College Of Music
16 July, 2012
International music publisher Audio Network and the Royal College of Music (RCM) are delighted to announce the creation of 'The Audio Network Scholarship' which will fully fund musically talented students through their entire 3 year courses.
Audio Network is committed to supporting and developing ...
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