BMI Forecasts US Ringtone Sales to Hit $500 Million This Year
NEW YORK (BMI) - BMI, the U.S. performing rights organization representing more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, released its sales projections for ringtones in the United States market today. BMI predicts that the market will surpass $500 million in retail sales, up from $245 ...
| Lyric Street's Kirk Boyer Confirmed As Indie Music Week Panelist
NASHVILLE, TN. (DaCapo Music) - Indie Music Week (IMW) has announced that Kirk Boyer, Director, A&R for Lyric Street Records, will be a participating industry panelist. IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11th and 12th, will feature three professional industry panels made up of Major and Independent ...
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Vivaton VP to be at Indie Music Week
NASHVILLE, TN. (DaCapo Music) - Indie Music Week has announced that Amy Stevens, Vice President of Legal Affairs and International Licensing for Vivaton Records in Nashville, will be participating as an Indie Music Week panelist. IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry ...
| M3 Records Takes Over Music's Evolution Worldwide
NEW YORK (M3 Records) - Are you tired of the Music Industry telling you what you should like? Are you sick of the same old processed pop copies from the bowels of New York, L. A., St. Louis & Chicago's tapped out music scene? Well you aren't alone. The consensus based on the mail crossing my desk at ...
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Terry McBride, Sean Fanning, MSN and Yahoo! Music GMs to Keynote at Industry Leading Music and Technology Conference
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Axis Marketing & PR/ www.axismarketingpr.com) - Digital Media Wire, the industry's leading mobile and digital entertainment news, events, and information provider, today announced its keynote speakers for the 5th Annual Digital Music Forum, (https://www.digitalmusicforum.com/). This ...
| Ahmet Ertegun First Honoree At The Recording Academy's Inaugural 'Salute To Industry Icons' Event
LOS ANGELES (Recording Academy) - On Feb. 13, founding chairman of Atlantic Records Ahmet Ertegun will be honored by The Recording Academy at its inaugural Salute To Industry Icons event. This exclusive reception — held in conjunction with the 2005 GRAMMY Celebration Party — will feature ...
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GEM LATINA Signs Multi-Year Million Dollar Recording Contract with Convoy Cubano
MONTREAL, Canada (www.gem-music.com) - A spokesperson for Grand Entertainment & Music, Inc. today announced that it has opened a new associate company GEM LATINA, an entertainment, film production and music company. GEM LATINA's mission is to become the leading worldwide provider of original and co-inspired ...
| Napster Ignites Consumer Launch of World's First Portable Subscription Service
LOS ANGELES (Napster PR) - Napster, the biggest brand in digital music, announced today the consumer release of its groundbreaking Napster To Go technology and the unveiling of the new Napster 3.0. Napster To Go, the world's first portable subscription service, lets consumers move an unlimited amount ...
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Verve Music Group Expands Into Burgeoning Adult-Contemporary Market: Re-Launches Famed 'Forecast' Label
NEW
YORK (Verve Music) The Verve Music Group, a subsidiary of Universal
Music Group, the world's leading music company, has expanded into the
burgeoning and often overlooked Adult Contemporary market with the
re-launching of the famed Forecast label, the original home to many of
music's most ...
| Music Industry Book Now Released that Gives 'Inside Scoop'
NEW
YORK (MoodTyme Entertainment) - Musicians, songwriters, and co-owners
of an entertainment company, Grant and LoRene` have released the book
"Music Business: It's All About The Music. Right?" This new writing
offers a realistic, insider view of the industry and show you how to
develop and ...
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Virgin Digital Acquires Shift Music in a Move to Create a Knowledge Base Among Non-Digital Music Consumers
LOS
ANGELES (Virgin Records) Virgin Digital, the digital entertainment
platform of the Virgin Group Ltd., announced today that it has acquired
Los Angeles-based Shift Music Inc., a consumer-facing digital music
conversion, training and consulting company. In a move to converge
physical formats ...
| NRK 100 Celebrates 100th Release
BRISTOL, UK (NRK Records/ www.nrkmusic.com) - NRK can exclusively reveal plans for our special 100th release in February 2005. We've dug through the NRK vaults and offered a host of top name producers/remixers to select their favorite tracks and offer up a 2005 rework or edit of the original recordings. ...
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Central Entertainment Group Launches Latino Division
NEW
YORK (CEG) - Central Entertainment Group, one of the fastest growing
music marketing and booking agencies in the country further expands its
reach with the launch of it's Latin Division CEG Latino. Heading up CEG
Latino are two Latin industry veterans, Johnny Falcones in New York and
Marcelino ...
| Entertainment Company Launches New Charitable Foundation
PALM
BEACH (TGE) - International entertainment company, Titan Global
Entertainment, Inc. has launched a new non-profit foundation to guide
its charitable endeavors into the future, as announced by James
Devericks, chairman and CEO of the company. Hoping to re-define
charitable contributions and ...
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In a World First, Positiva Records Agrees a Deal With Bounce Technology to Enable Personalised RealTones
LONDON,
UK (Positiva Records/BT) - In a world first, Positiva Records, an EMI
Music UK label, and Bounce Technology, are launching a brand new
application for mobile phones that will allow consumers to create their
own realtone from official artist music. At launch, 'MyTone'
will be available ...
| Company Profile for Songphonic Records Ltd
SURREY, UK (Songphonic Records Ltd) - Songphonic is an independent record label providing an artistic platform to develop and deliver quality contemporary music for grown-ups. Operating from a state-of-the-art studio complex in the UK, formerly owned by Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music, the company has ...
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103rd NAMM Show Breaks Attendance And Exhibition Records
NEW
YORK (NAMM) - NAMM, the International Music Products Association,
announced final registration and exhibitor numbers for the 2005 NAMM
Show. At show close, NAMM reported a 5 percent increase in overall
registration for a grand total of 78,091 registrants. The organization
previously announced ...
| Robotics News - First Robot Rap Video in History
NEW
YORK (www.robotsrule.com) - Robots appear to be making fresh new
inroads into the lives of people everywhere. Once relegated to research
projects or to narrow vertical industries such as manufacturing, they
have reached the tipping point and are now set to invade our very
homes. As usual, ...
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The Orchard Adds Eight Leading Digital Music Stores to Its Unparalleled Distribution Network Of 100+ Stores
NEW YORK (The Orchard/ www.theorchard.com) - The Orchard, the world's leading distributor and marketer of independent music, today announced additional distribution partnerships with eight leading digital music stores: Virgin Megastores France, Yeahronimo Media Ventures, 7 Digital, Ruckus, Bollyvista, ...
| New DualDisc Titles To Hit Stores Beginning February 2005
NEW
YORK (SONY) Following an impressive debut over the 2004 holiday season,
major and independent record labels are set to release more than 25
additional titles on DualDisc, an exciting new double-sided music
entertainment product that combines audio and video content on a single
disc.With the ...
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