Amoeba Music Donates And Matches ALL Of Sales From Their MUSIC FOR HAITI Program On Amoeba To Benefit DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - During the month of February, Amoeba Music will be donating sales from their MUSIC FOR HAITI program on Amoeba.com, and in addition will make a matching donation on each sale dollar for dollar. Donations will be given directly to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ...
| Ditto Music Help Unsigned Artists Gain Billboard Chart Placements
Birmingham, UK (Top40 Charts/ Ditto Music) - Ditto Music, the digital music distribution specialist for unsigned acts, have launched a ground breaking venture so that independent artists can now qualify for US and Canada Chart placement and claim airplay royalties. Suzi Quatro, a major label veteran ...
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Thumbplay Forges 20 New Content Deals For Just-Launched Thumbplay Music; 8 Million Tracks Now Under License For The Cloud-Based, On-Demand Service
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Thumbplay) - Thumbplay (www.thumbplay.com), the leading mobile entertainment company in the U.S., has forged agreements with 20 new content partners for its new Thumbplay Music application. The number of tracks currently under license for the service now exceeds 8 million. ...
| Country Weekly Magazine Announces New Staffing Changes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Top40 Charts/ American Media, Inc.) - American Media, Inc. (AMI) announced today that Lisa Konicki, former Photo Editor of Country Weekly magazine, has been named the new Editor-in-Chief effective February 1. Country Weekly is America's only weekly magazine devoted entirely to country ...
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Farm Aid Congratulates MusiCares 2010 Person Of The Year, Board Member Neil Young
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Top40 Charts/ Farm Aid) - Tonight, Farm Aid board member Neil Young will be honored as MusiCares' Person of the Year at its award event. Young is being honored for his artistic accomplishments and his philanthropic work with Farm Aid and The Bridge School. As a co-founder and board ...
| Captivating Tunes From 'A' To likeZEBRA
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ likeZEBRA Official Wesbite) - Ears are perked; likeZEBRA is the new voice of the music underground, an innovative networking hub where fans can connect with the unsigned bands they love and gain exclusive access to new independent music, and only independent music. likeZEBRA ...
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Live Nation Entertainment Comments On Liberty Media's Proposed Partial Tender Offer
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Live Nation) - Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ("Live Nation") (NYSE: LYV) notes the announcement by Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media") of its intention to commence a partial tender offer to acquire up to 34,500,000 shares of Live Nation's outstanding common stock ...
| Live Nation & Ticketmaster Entertainment Merger Receives U.S. Department Of Justice Clearance
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Live Nation/ Ticketmaster Entertainment) - Live Nation, Inc. ("Live Nation") (NYSE: LYV) and Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. ("Ticketmaster") (Nasdaq: TKTM) today announced that they have reached agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and with the Canadian ...
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Universal Music Publishing Group Signs Publishing Agreement With Albert Music, Home Of AC/DC And Many Others!
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music) - Universal Music Publishing Group Signs Publishing Agreement with Albert Music, Home of AC/DC and many others International, UK (January 25, 2010) - Andrew Jenkins, Executive Vice President, Universal Music Publishing International today announced the signing ...
| Quincy Jones, John Mayer And Bill Withers Lead Speaker Lineup For ASCAP 'I Create Music' Expo
LOS ANGELES, CA (Top40 Charts/ ASCAP) - Music legends Quincy Jones and Bill Withers and music superstar John Mayer will lead the list of speakers at the 5th annual ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO, it was announced today by ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). The three-day ...
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Consumers Nationwide Speak With One Voice On Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ TicketDisaster Organization) - The members of the TicketDisaster.org coalition today announced that nearly 25,000 consumers have directly contacted the Department of Justice (DOJ), urging the Antitrust Division to listen to their collective voice and block the Ticketmaster-Live ...
| SGA Warns That FCC Net Neutrality Proposal Could Enshrine Music Piracy And Devastate Creators
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ SGA) - Warning of potential devastation to music creators, the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) Thursday filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing its grave concern about a new proposed rule that could result in continued widespread music ...
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RIAA Calls Upon FCC To Endorse ISP Adoption Of Network Management Policies That Unleash Full Potential Of Legitimate Online Music Services, Deter Illegal Downloading With Flexible, Transparent Anti-Piracy Programs
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ RIAA) - Calling the Internet the future of music distribution and soon the channel for the majority of music revenues, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), on behalf of the major music labels, today submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission ...
| Universal Music Group (UMG) Partners With Free All Music To Offer Free Legal Downloads
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has partnered with ad-sponsored digital music download service FreeAllMusic.com (www.freeallmusic.com) to offer consumers free, legal downloads from UMG's broad digital catalog of chart-topping ...
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BIGBANG @ NAMM FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2 pm
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ It's Alive! Media & Management) - For those of you heading to NAMM (https://www.namm.org) this year, stop by the B/C Patio Stage at 2 pm on Friday, January 15 to catch Bigbang (https://thebigbangweb.com/). Bigbang, dubbed Norway's Greatest Live Band, has been a major force ...
| Omnifone Extends Relationship With Gracenote, Allows For Cloud-Based Music Solutions In More Than 30 Countries In 2010
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Omnifone/ racenote) - Omnifone, the leading independent provider of digital music services globally, today announces that it has expanded its relationship with Gracenote, integrating Gracenote's state-of-the-art music recognition and recommendation technology with its own ...
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Atlantic Records Is No 1 For 2009: Label Triumphs For Second Consecutive Year With Industry-Leading Market Share
NEW YORK, NY (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - For the second year in a row, Atlantic Records ranks as the No 1 label in the music industry - with the biggest U.S. total album market share of 2009. As reported by Nielsen SoundScan (for calendar year ending January 3), Atlantic wrapped up the year with ...
| TicketLiquidator's Ticket Of The Week: Lady Gaga Tickets
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ TicketLiquidator) - TicketLiquidator, the leading provider of the world's most extensive online ticket inventory of hard-to-find, low-priced concert tickets, sports tickets and theater tickets announced today that Lady Gaga tickets are available for her new 2010 "Monster ...
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RIAA Welcomes WTO Appellate Decision
WASHINGTON, DC (Top40 Charts/ RIAA) - In response to the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body decision affirming China's violation of its WTO obligations, RIAA offered the following comment, attributed to Neil Turkewitz, EVP, International: "We greet today's important and unequivocal ...
| Argentina extends term of protection for performers and producers
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (Top40 Charts/ IFPI) - Argentina has extended the term of protection on sound recordings for performers and producers from 50 to 70 years. The move is welcomed by the music industry in Argentina and internationally. It will improve incentives for producers to invest in the recording ...
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