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Successful businessman and entrepreneur Percy Miller has officially changed his name to P. Miller and will no longer respond to the name "Master P." (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 13, 2008)
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The Bandwidth Conference, which takes place August 14 & 15 in San Francisco, explores issues of interest to the music and technology communities and the continuing fusion between the industries. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 11, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1191894.htm
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Ceylon Records' recording Artist, DeLon, questions Interscope recording Artist, M.I.A., on a remix music video of her song, "Paper Planes". "Paper Planes" has been extensively promoted by Universal Music Group in the upcoming movie, "Pineapple Express". The remixed video has garnered enormous support from the Sri Lankan and European communities. This controversial video can be viewed on the Ceylon Records' homepage at www.ceylonrecords.com. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 6, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1179054.htm
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Crossover-classical vocalist Valencia Vas returns home for a series of concerts in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware including a deeply personal benefit concert for the Monroe County Head Start program. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 1, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/valenciavas/concert/prweb1166124.htm
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The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals from the music, media and digital music industries, and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 31, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1159304.htm
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The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals from the music, media and digital music industries, and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 24, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1139694.htm
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The Billions Corporation is pleased to announce that Steven Himmelfarb, formerly of Paquin Entertainment in Toronto, has followed Trey Many and Andrew Morgan of the former Aero Booking to the internationally recognized independent booking agency. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 21, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1118804.htm
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The Alliance for Community Media presented their Hometown Video Awards (the Emmy of public access channels) for 2008 July 9th in Washington, DC at the ACM annual conference. Advocates for grassroots media for over thirty years, the ACM promotes excellence in local broadcasting and maximum public access to the airwaves. Winning an award in the music video category was the 30-minute The Black Man Clay Show, produced in Tucson, Arizona by Eric Heithaus. "The Black Man Clay Show" is currently being broadcast in the Metropolitan New York and other areas around the country. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 17, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/blackmanclay/acmmusicvideoaward/prweb1111874.htm
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Resnick Interactive aims to implement new standard in video game music licensing. Gamecues.com provides numerous tools for game makers to acquire original scoring, music and high-definition sound effects for use in commercially sold game titles. Many well known music publishers and copyright holders are in talks to participate and take advantage of special feature sets tailored specifically to their administrative needs. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 15, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1105284.htm
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The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals in the music, technology and media worlds and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 13, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1020104.htm
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ArtistData is a free service that allows artists and managers the ability to post information only once and have it updated across many online destinations simultaneously, including Eventful, Jambase, MySpace, Pollstar, PureVolume, ShowClix, VIRB and recently added Last.fm, Mojam and Musi-cal. ArtistData's synchronization network continues to expand and will soon include AmieStreet, Buzznet, Beta Records, Famecast, indie911 and Hoooka. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 5, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/artistdata/doubles_network_size/prweb999724.htm
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SpiralFrog™ (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced the launch of SpiralFrogClub.com and its first North American marketing campaign. The campaign was created and produced by Night Agency, New York. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 20, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb959114.htm
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Top Executives from EA, Disney, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony, G4, Spike TV, MTV, Nokia, Endemol, Qualcomm, Paramount, Vivendi Games, NBC Universal, I-play, DirecTV, Turbine, Playboy, RealNetworks, GSN, Playfirst and Glu Mobile to Converge for Annual "Insiders" Event (Billboard Publicity Wire May 13, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/05/prweb938884.htm
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Top Executives from EA, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony, Nokia, Disney, Qualcomm, Paramount Pictures, Vivendi Games, and Glu Mobile to Converge for Annual "Insiders" Event (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 25, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/04/prweb892254.htm
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SpiralFrog, Inc. (www.spiralfrog.com), the free ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced the appointment of Russ Rieger to the newly created position of vice president of strategic initiatives. In this role, Rieger will be responsible for securing and maintaining strategic partnerships within the music, media and advertising industries. Rieger brings 25 years of expertise in entertainment marketing and artist management. His deep knowledge of all aspects of the music business will further SpiralFrog's ability to create a community for brand marketers to connect with music enthusiasts in a meaningful way. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 21, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/rieger/spiralfrog/prweb878464.htm
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SpiralFrog, Inc., (www.spiralfrog.com) the free, ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced it crossed a major threshold with almost 850,000 registered users. Based on reported user numbers, SpiralFrog is now positioned as the third largest legal music download site in U.S. and Canada behind only iTunes and Rhapsody. The company also demonstrated further growth with traffic already surpassing two million unique monthly visitors for March. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 27, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb809944.htm
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Danish composer Torben Thoger has commissioned U.S.-based new age music expert Suzanne Doucet of Only New Age Music to oversee the first-time release of his catalog to the U.S. market. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 12, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/03/prweb762544.htm
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Armond Morales, founding member of the Grammy & Dove Award winning group The Imperials, issues public statement in response to the story that broke last week at ChristianityToday.com. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 4, 2008)
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Jett Williams helping tornado victims through music with friends. (Billboard Publicity Wire Feb 21, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/02/prweb714493.htm
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Providence Records releases 'Valencia Vas Vitamins,' interactive music supplements to accompany the soprano's debut album. The first two features are 'The Beginner's Listening Guide' and 'The Wine Song Pairing.' (Billboard Publicity Wire Feb 18, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/02/prweb686393.htm
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Singer/songwriter Charity Daw will debut on American Idol-Miami on wednseday, January 30th, 2008. This indy recording artist is truly talented and her vocal cords are force to be reconned with. Ms. Daw, a Cuban-American, will display her skills on Idol. Will Charity make it to Hollywood? (Billboard Publicity Wire Jan 31, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb667303.htm
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Award-Winning UK-Based label joins the Naxos Family of Distributed Labels. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jan 30, 2008)
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The current industry wide stalemate between music content providers who continue to control Digital Rights Management (DRM), on the one hand, and those who are calling for an all out open file sharing universe on the other, has done little in terms of moving the industry forward for the artists and fans caught in the middle. Music used to be about the interaction and connection between artists and fans, however, for nearly a decade both have been forced to buy tickets to an indefinitely postponed concert due to copyright issues. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jan 15, 2008)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/music/dirtbag/prweb627011.htm
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The Bangkok Five set to release new album "We Love What Kills Us" Spring '08 (Billboard Publicity Wire Dec 10, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/12/prweb575215.htm
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Susan Ferris and Long Live Crime Records look towards an exciting New Year. (Billboard Publicity Wire Dec 7, 2007)
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Pyxix says "Documentary Channel" is too generic to be trademarked by DCI; asks court to dismiss DCI's trademark lawsuit against Pyxix; asks for DCI to reimburse Pyxix defense legal fees. (Billboard Publicity Wire Nov 8, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/11/prweb567936.htm
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Radio Reset, perhaps the best kept Indie pop/rock secret in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area have entered into a production agreement with Winky Wright's Pound 4 Pound Records that will be finalized this Saturday October 20th, 2007. (Billboard Publicity Wire Oct 19, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/10/prweb562173.htm
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Class counsel announced today that heart patients nationwide implanted with recalled defibrillator leads filed separate lawsuits in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, against the manufacturer Medtronic Inc., and related companies. Each plaintiff received a cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator combination that was attached to their hearts with a lead wire system manufactured by Medtronic and sold under the brand name Sprint Fidelis. In the case of three of the patients, the Sprint Fidelis lead fractured or frayed, necessitating additional surgery to remove the device and implant a new lead system. The plaintiffs are residents of California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New York and Oregon. (Billboard Publicity Wire Oct 15, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/medtronic/sprint/prweb561496.htm
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Patented DMDS Eliminates Waste and Greenhouse Gases Caused by Delivery of CD's (Billboard Publicity Wire Oct 11, 2007)
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FirstLight Financial Corporation ("FirstLight") announced today that it served as lead arranger and administrative agent of a $36 million senior credit facility for a portfolio company of Linx Partners, LLC ("Linx"). (Billboard Publicity Wire Sep 4, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/firstlight/cimarron/prweb551148.htm
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"This landmark case means that anyone who has contaminated P2P network programs on his computer is committing copyright infringement, since the only reason to have them installed is to make copyrighted files available to all other P2P users," said Pasquale Giordano, President/COO, SafeMedia Corporation (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 29, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/08/prweb550315.htm
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The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference takes place in San Francisco this week and features keynote conversations with Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Standish, VP of Marketing at Warner Bros. Records and Jordan Kurland of Zeitgeist Artist Management. The Bandwidth Conference gathers leaders from the music, technology and media worlds and takes place in San Francisco on August 17 and 18, 2007. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 13, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/08/prweb546249.htm
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The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, which explores the evolving musical experience, announces that artist Alejandro Escovedo will appear as a keynote "conversation with" at the conference, which takes place in San Francisco August 17 and 18, 2007. The Bandwidth Conference features leaders from the music, technology and media worlds. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 8, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/08/prweb545199.htm
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The Definitive Conference For Brand Leaders is targeting elusive male consumers. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 2, 2007)
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The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, which explores the evolving musical experience, announces that Peter Standish, Sr. VP of Marketing, Warner Bros. Records will appear as a keynote "conversation with" at the conference, which takes place in San Francisco August 17 and 18, 2007. The Bandwidth Conference features leaders from the music, technology and media worlds. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 31, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/07/prweb543435.htm
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Pop/rock band Jag Star was just named the winner of the "Next Big Hit" competition. As a result, the band is now occupying the coveted front page feature on iTunes music store, where their winning song "Missed Out" is available for download. "This is priceless!" says lead singer and songwriter Sarah Lewis. "We are thrilled to get this kind of exposure and we've definitely worked our butts off to get here!" The band has racked up many accolades and television placements on their own, and have toured 15 countries including overseas for the U.S. Troops. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 17, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/07/prweb529923.htm
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Second Spring Music Publishing has signed UK alt rockers LINER to an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement. The band has been at the center of attention among bands out of the buzzing music scene in Birmingham, England. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 29, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/second/spring/prweb529296.htm
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SafeMedia Corporation, an anti piracy technology company, warns of the dangers of Identity theft and filesharing over Peer-2-Peer Networks. "I don't think parents would allow their children to download free music or movies if they knew who their kids were sharing files with," said Safwat Fahmy, CEO & president, SafeMedia Corp. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 22, 2007)
Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/05/prweb528128.htm
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Music video social networking site AboveTheLine.TV (www.abovetheline.tv) will be providing up-to-the-minute news on the 16th Annual Music Video Production Association Awards taking place on May 16, 2007 as part of their promotion with Gorilla 4.0 Production Software (www.junglesoftware.com). Members will be able to track the winners of the evening through a live Twitter (www.twitter.com) feed which is accessible on the homepage of AboveTheLine.TV. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 16, 2007)
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Musicrypt has recently asserted its intellectual property rights in Canada by advising certain Canadian users of Destiny Media Technologies' Play MPE that there is serious patent litigation in progress regarding the use of PlayMPE in Canada. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 8, 2007)
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