The Grammy Foundation launches 2005 Grammy Career Day Program
SANTA MONICA, CA. (The Recording Academy) - Top music industry professionals shed light on the realities of the music and recording industries to high school students around the country during the 2005 GRAMMY Career Day program, which kicked off on Dec. 8, 2004, in Dallas, Texas. The 13-city presentation ...
| Mediaport Entertainment and Warner Music Group to offer Music through MusicATMs
NEW YORK (WMG) - Warner Music Group (WMG) and Mediaport Entertainment, Inc., the nation's first unmanned MusicATM company, today announced an agreement to offer consumers music from WMG's world-renowned labels and artists through Mediaport's retail kiosks, MusicATMs, and website (www.mediaport.com). ...
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World's biggest-ever haul of blank CD-Rs is seized in Mexico
LONDON, UK (IFPI) - Almost 16 million blank CD-Recordable discs - a worldwide record - have been seized in raids in Mexico. The bulk of the discs are believed to have been destined for the country's piracy-ridden markets. The raids mark recent stepped-up enforcement efforts by the Mexican authorities ...
| Beverly Hills Film Studios announces strategic alliance with Award-Winning Music Production Company, Touch-Tone Productions
LOS ANGELES (Beverly Hills Film Studios Inc/ www.beverlyhillsfilmstudios.com/ www.touch-toneproductions.com) - Beverly Hills Film Studios Inc. management is pleased to announce today a joint alliance with Touch-Tone Productions, a California-based music production company. With special focus on the ...
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BlueSpawn signs digital distribution agreement with CD Baby
LOS ANGELES (BlueSpawn Records) - Robert Fairweather 'Blizzard In Chicago' album to go live in mid January 2005 for Digital Download Sales at Itunes and several other Digital Download sites (See list below) and CDbaby.com for cd with liner notes for purchase. (Downloads are expected to generate more ...
| Strategy Analytics: iTunes Will Trump Carrier Music Services; Cellular Music On-Demand Service Revenues To Reach $2 Billion In 2009
LONDON, UK (Strategy Analytics, Inc./ www.strategyanalytics.com) - The new Strategy Analytics Wireless Internet Applications report, "Mobile Music on Demand Goes Centre Stage at Vodafone 3G--But Service Concept Questionable," recognizes that mobile operators will struggle to generate volume sales of ...
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ASCAP and Lotte Lehmann Foundation announce New Song Cycle Competition for Young Composers
LOS ANGELES (ASCAP) - Lotte LehmannFrances Richard, ASCAP Vice President and Director of Concert Music and Daron Hagen, President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation (LLF) announced the creation of the first ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Song Cycle Competition. The competition, named for legendary soprano ...
| iTunes Music Store Downloads Top 200 Million Songs
CUPERTINO, CA. (Apple Computer, Inc./ www.apple.com) - Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 200 million songs from the iTunes Music Store. The 200 millionth song was part of "The Complete U2" and was purchased by Ryan Alekman from Belchertown, MA iTunes has made ...
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MIDEM 2005 hosts The First International Indie Summit
CANNES, France (MIDEM/ www.midem.com) - MIDEM 2005, The World's Music Market (Cannes, France, 23-27 January) will launch the first International Indie Summit to be held on Monday 24 January. The summit will bring together some of the most important people, record labels and associations from the independent ...
| MTV Networks to launch Three Customized MTV Channels for Ethnic Audiences in the USA
NEW YORK (MTV PR/ www.mtv.com) - MTV today announced three new U.S. customized MTV channels specifically designed to super-serve ethnic populations in the U.S. These channels will feature the best music and shows from MTV's international channels and original programming, promos and packaging created ...
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MTV signs multi-year, expanded digital music store agreement with Loudeye
SEATTLE, WA. (Loudeye Corp./ www.loudeye.com) - Loudeye Corp, a worldwide leader in business-to-business solutions, today announced a new multi-year agreement with MTV whereby MTV will launch 2 new online music stores powered by Loudeye's OD2 services. Loudeye currently powers MTV digital music stores ...
| Warner Music Group reports 10 Month Results Ended September 2004
NEW YORK (WMG PR) - Warner Music Group (WMG) today announced financial results for the 10 month period ended September 2004. The company is reporting results for a 10 month transition period due to the change in 2004 of its fiscal year end from November 30 to September 30. Highlights Revenue for the ...
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Loudeye powers its first Music Download Store in South Africa
SEATTLE, WA. (Loudeye Corp./ www.loudeye.com) - Loudeye Corp, a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions, today announced the expansion of its OD2 services into South Africa through the launch of a music store for leading retailer Musica. The music store, which will be available ...
| Napster to enter Ringtone Market
SEATTLE, WA. (Napster/ www.dwango.com) - Napster, a division of Roxio, announced today that it has forged an agreement with Dwango Wireless, a leading mobile developer and publisher of entertainment content to launch "Napster Mobile" across major North American carriers. "Napster Mobile" will initially ...
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Jay-Z named President of Def Jam Records: The Island Def Jam Music Group appoints Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter to President & CEO, Def Jam Recordings
NEW YORK (The Island Def Jam Music Group/ Universal Music) - The Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, today announced Grammy Award-winning superstar Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to President & CEO of Def Jam Recordings. The announcement was made ...
| The Island Def Jam Music Group acquires remaining 50% of Landmark Urban Label Roc-A-Fella Records
NEW YORK (The Island Def Jam Music Group/ Universal Music) - The Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has acquired the remaining fifty percent of Roc-A-Fella Records, it was jointly announced today by Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman of The ...
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Billboard and Musicrypt announce Exclusive Partnership
TORNTO, Canada (Axis Marketing & PR/ www.musicrypt.com) - Billboard Radio Monitor, the premier radio industry publication and online destination for timely news, charts and analysis, and sister company to Billboard, today announced an exclusive agreement with Musicrypt Inc, the industry's leading enabler ...
| Stephen Schwartz elected to ASCAP Board of Directors
NEW YORK (ASCAP) - Oscar and Grammy award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz has been elected a Director by the Board of Directors of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), it was announced today by ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman. Mr. Schwartz will ...
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Siren Systems signs first agreements to offer music discovery, community services to CDBaby, 1600 Radio Station clients of MediaSpan
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Siren Systems Inc./ www.sirensystems.com) - Siren Systems, Inc., creator of the world's most accurate song-level music recommendation technology and the first online community technology for music destinations, today announced it has signed agreements that will allow it to offer ...
| Recording Academy announces Official Sponsors for 47th Annual Grammy Awards
SANTA MONICA, CA. (The Recording Academy) - The Recording Academy announced today a wide range of sponsorship partners, to help promote the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards and its surrounding GRAMMY Week events. Sponsors include 7 UP, Heineken, Cadillac, Verizon, PEOPLE, Hilton Hotels Corporation, and Continental ...
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