Adele, PJ Harvey, Lana Del Rey Win at 57th Ivor Novello Awards May 17, 2012
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Global Adele took home two awards, Lana del Rey won Best Contemporary Song, PJ Harvey was handed the Album Award for "Let England Shake" and Ed Sheeran won Best Song Musically & Lyrically at the 57th Ivor Novello Awards, which are organized jointly by BASCA, the British songwriters and composers’ association, and collecting society PRS for Music. » Full Story
Photos: Usher Honors Rico Love; Melanie Fiona Raises the Roof; Jacob Luttrell, EMI Win Big at SESAC Awards May 11, 2012
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R&B/Hip-Hop At SESAC’s 16th annual Pop Music Awards, the top honors went to Songwriter of the Year Rico Love, Song of the Year winner Jacob Luttrell (for his work on Enrique Iglesias’ "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)," and Publisher of the Year EMI Foray Music. But the most buzzed-about moments of the night involved Usher -- who made a surprise appearance to present Love with his award – and Melanie Fiona, who raised the roof with a stellar rendition of the Love-penned "4:00 am." » Full Story
Devo's Gerald Casale Talks Licensing, 360 Deals and Syncs: 'The System Has to Get Better' May 10, 2012
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Rock & Pop Devo's Gerald V. Casale has more experience than most when it comes to the music-rights licensing market. Early in their career, the group saw the opportunity to expand their revenue streams beyond label and publishing deals into merch, sync, endorsements, multimedia and more, taking a businesslike, corporate outlook towards their band and brand -– one that many perceived as tongue-in-cheek, but turns out to have been very prescient. » Full Story
MTV's Van Toffler on How the Beastie Boys Revolutionized Music Videos May 9, 2012
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R&B/Hip-Hop MTV Music Group President Van Toffler, who spent countless occasions in the presence of the Beastie Boys, explains how the band revolutionized the music video format. Here he deconstructs four of their landmark videos honestly assessing the "acting" in "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (to Party!)" and placing the impact of "Sabotage" on par with Michael Jackson's "Thriller." » Full Story
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