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Sony Music Entertainment recorded revenues of $1.24 billion for the quarter ending June 30, a 1.3 percent increase compared to the prior-year quarter, and a 39 percent increase in operating income to $84 million.
Two years ago, I traveled to one of the most dangerous spots in the world: Minneapolis/St. Paul. OK, I'm not suggesting that the wonderful Twin Cities suffer from a high crime rate. Merely that the radio conference I attended there, the Conclave, was not a safe place for an artists' advocate, especially since I was stating on a panel that radio should pay artist royalties.
Social networking sites attract a higher percentage of women globally, with 75.8 percent of women online visiting a social networking site in May versus 69.7 percent of men, according to a new comScore report, "Women On The Web: How Women Are Shaping The Internet."
As a follow-up to yesterday's report, the number of people who died at last Saturday's Love Parade festival in Germany has reached 20, according to German police.
More than 500 people were injured and 19 people died on July 24 at Love Parade, a dance/techno festival in Duisburg, Germany, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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A decade before "Kiss Me Deadly" hit No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, Lita Ford was a runaway.
In 1979 Tascam freed multitrack music recording from its exclusive home in the commercial recording studio with the 20-pound TEAC 144 Portastudio. More than 30 years later, the smartphone app is poised to become the next frontier in portable music production.
