U.S. Label, City Canyons Records, Goes Down Under!
NEW YORK (City Canyons Records/ www.citycanyons.com) - City Canyons' artists Jen Elliott and Bluestruck, Peter Ulrich (former percussionist of the legendary Dead Can Dance) and Valerian are now being distributed in Australia and New Zealand through an exclusive distribution deal with Indie-CDs.com. ...
| BMI Launches New Songwriter/Artist Podcast; Licenses Podcasters in Nationwide Initiative
NEW YORK (BMI) - BMI Senior Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations Phil Graham announced today that the company is launching a podcast series to bring promising new songwriter/artists to the attention of key industry executives including record company A&R staffers and creative executives at music ...
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Marketing Manager for Beyonce to Speak at American Marketing Association Meeting
HOUSTON, TX. (American Marketing Association) - Heather Wagner, the Marketing/Product Manager for Sanctuary Urban, the Houston-based talent management firm, working with Texas born, seven-time Grammy winning artist Beyonce will discuss marketing entertainment superstars at the monthly luncheon meeting ...
| EMI Music Enters into Agreement with SNOCAP to Drive Expansion of Legitimate Digital Music Market
SAN FRANCISCO (EMI New York) - SNOCAP, the first end-to-end provider of digital licensing and copyright management services for the digital music marketplace and EMI Music, the world's largest independent music company, today announced that they have signed an agreement for SNOCAP to provide identification ...
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RCA Label Group Recognized By R&R Industry Achievement Award Nominations
NASHVILLE, TN. (Sony BMG Music) - The trio of labels that comprise RLG has been nominated for Label Of The Year – Platinum, for the 2005 R&R Industry Achievement Awards. Arista Nashville, BNA Records and RCA Records Nashville are each nominees in the Label Of The Year category. Additionally, ...
| Warner Music Group Opens Public Policy and Government Relations Office in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC. (Warner Music Group) - Warner Music Group (WMG) announced today the appointment of Linda Bloss-Baum as Vice-President, Public Policy and Government Relations. Bloss-Baum will head WMG's new public policy office based in Washington, D.C., and report to Dave Johnson, WMG's Executive Vice ...
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RMD Announces National Music Distribution Deal With Inversus Records of Miami, Florida
BAY CITY, MI. (Sciax Corp./ www.sciax.com) - Sciax Corp. RMD announced today that it has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Inversus Records for all of its music releases in its dance division, widely regarded as one of the top dance music distributors in the country. "We are very pleased to ...
| Eagle Rock Entertainment Announces Spitfire Records Relaunch
NEW YORK (Eagle Rock Entertainment/ www.eaglerockent.com) - Eagle Rock Entertainment, the leading independent source for high quality audio and audio/visual music programming, announces the relaunch of its hard rock and heavy metal label Spitfire Records. The relaunch includes new releases from The ...
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SONY BMG Music Entertaiment Creates SONY BMG Masterworks
NEW YORK (SONY BMG Music Entertaiment) - SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT has created a new classical music division, SONY BMG Masterworks, it was announced today by Michael Smellie, Chief Operating Officer, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Under the leadership of Gilbert Hetherwick, President, SONY BMG Masterworks, ...
| Billboard Launches Major Redesign with April 30 Issue
NEW YORK (Joanne Bloomstein/ Billboard PR) - Billboard, the world's most trusted source of music, video and digital entertainment news, charts, reviews and analysis, announces its first major redesign in more than forty years, premiering with the April 30 issue. The new design will serve as the foundation ...
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Music Choice Inks Deal With KOCH Records
NEW YORK (Music Choice/ www.kochrecords.com) - Music Choice, the pioneering music video network, today has announced a deal with KOCH Records to acquire their wide-ranging music video library for the Music Choice network. Thousands of multi-genre music videos are now available on the Music Choice multi-platform ...
| SONY BMG Music Entertaiment and Warner/Chappell Music Reach New Licensing Agreement for Music Publishing Rights
NEW YORK (John McKay/ Sony BMG) - SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT and Warner/Chappell Music today announced that they have reached a new agreement designed to accelerate the roll out of a wide range of digital music products and services. Products covered under the agreement include DualDisc; mobile music ...
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KidSational Records New Teen Band 'TGK' Gets Endorsement From Simon Cowell
ORLANDO, FL. (KidSational Inc./ www.kidsationalinc.com) - KidSational Records, a subsidiary of KidSational, Inc. announces that its latest pop sensation, TGK, is set to take Britain by storm after getting the thumbs-up from American Idol judge Simon Cowell. TGK, who hail from Orlando, are the brainchild ...
| Global Entertainment & Media Summit In NYC In 3 Weeks
NEW
YORK (www.globalentertainmentnetwork.com) - Where will you be during
the weekend of May 14-15 - At the Global Entertainment and Media
Summit. Its going to be a remarkable event offering you the
chance to learn from dozens of speakers. Major players in the industry
who can help you launch ...
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Delvian Chooses Gate Music for all Retail Music Distribution
LOS ANGELES (Delvian Records) - Delvian Records announced today that it has chosen Gate Music, in partnership with OarFin Distribution, to be their new primary distributor for all of Delvian Records titles. "We chose Gate Music & their partners because they understand new vision, new directions and ...
| JetSpeed Records Invades the High Desert
LOS ANGELES (JetSpeed Records) - The High Desert Music Awards is proud to present its first annual music awards show that gives emerging artists a voice in the local High Desert music scene. The HDMAs are the first to help promote local musicians and to showcase the mass musical talent found in the ...
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RIAA Releases 2004 Latin Music Shipment Report
LOS ANGELES (RIAA) - Shipments of Latin music CDs to retail outlets rose by 23.6 percent in 2004, representing an 18.7 percent increase in value, according to annual data released by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Total Latin music shipments to retail jumped 25.6 percent -- 48.5 ...
| Sony BMG Music Entertaiment Creates Sony BMG MasterWorks
NEW YORK (SONY BMG) - SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT has created a new classical music division, SONY BMG Masterworks, it was announced today by Michael Smellie, Chief Operating Officer, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Under the leadership of Gilbert Hetherwick, President, SONY BMG Masterworks, the new ...
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KOCH Records Announces New Catalog Development and Special Markets Division
NEW YORK (KOCH Records) - KOCH Records announces a new specialized Catalog Development and Special Markets division which will maximize its growing catalog and acquire existing catalog via both acquisitions and licenses. KOCH Records recently announced the purchase of Charlie Parker Records and Dream ...
| Gospel Artists Unite to Raise Awareness of Music Business Practices
NASHVILLE, TN. (G.A.P. Movement) - A coalition of gospel artists, songwriters, industry executives and church leaders announced the formation Tuesday of the Gospel Artists Progressive (G.A.P.) Movement, a new alliance that has pledged to raise awareness of music industry business practices. The non-profit ...
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