Roger Faxon's Memo To EMI Staff September 08, 2010
- Record Labels The matrix is dead. Ronn Werre, Billy Mann and Nick Gatfield are exiting. And those are just bits from EMI Group CEO Roger Faxon's six page memo to EMI staffers today. Click through for the highlights and the full memo. » Full Story
Latin Grammy Nominations Are In September 08, 2010
- Latin Latin Grammy darlings Alejandro Sanz and Juan Luis Guerra, along with past nominee Jorge Drexler, led the nominations for the 11th edition of the awards with four nods each, tying Mario Domm, the lead singer and songwriter of pop group Camila. » Full Story
Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' Dethrones Eminem on Hot 100 September 08, 2010
- Retail Katy Perry posts back-to-back No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 as “Teenage Dream” is set to top the chart when it’s released in full tomorrow morning (Sept. 9). She spent six weeks at No. 1 with her last radio single “California Gurls” » Full Story
Latin Stars Unite For City Of Hope September 08, 2010
- Latin Plácido Domingo and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villarraigosa were among the VIPs who attended the official launch of "La Gota de la Vida." » Full Story
e5 Global Media's 3-D Festival to Play Times Square September 08, 2010
- Branding Get your glasses ready. The New York media community will have the opportunity to experience 3-D digital cinema, home entertainment and more at the 3-D Experience: Annual 3-D Entertainment and Technology Festival. » Full Story
ComScore: MTV Tops Online Music Sites In August September 08, 2010
- Digital and Mobile ComScore’s August data lists MTV Music Group sites as the most-visited online music destination with 53 million unique visitors. That includes traffic to MTV.com, VH1.com and CMT.com combined. It’s a 165% year-over-year increase. » Full Story
Popkomm: German Govt To Act On Internet Piracy September 08, 2010
- Global But Hans Joachim Otto tells the Berlin music conference he will only aim to tackle illegal downloading through "voluntary cooperation" with rights holders and Internet providers. » Full Story
BETTER KNOW A PANELIST: Next Big Sound's Alex White September 07, 2010
- Branding Did you know that the Billboard and Adweek Music & Advertising event, which runs Sept. 15-16 in Chicago, features a veritable who's who from the music, advertising and branding worlds? Like who? Like Alex White! » Full Story
U.S. Ad Market Forecast To Grow 3% September 07, 2010
- Branding A new forecast from media and marketing research firm SNL Kagan predicts the U.S. ad market will rebound with nearly 3 percent growth this year to $210 billion after two years of declines. » Full Story
Roger Faxon's Plan For EMI September 07, 2010
- Record Labels EMI chief Roger Faxon is moving the company back to a strong centralized leadership and away from the so-called "matrix structure," according to a six-page memo he sent to staffers Tuesday. » Full Story
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