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Federal agency to rule today on song royalty rates
From the Associated PressRoyalties that digital music companies, including Apple Inc. and record labels, pay songwriters for selling their music as ring tones, CDs and permanent digital downloads are to be set today by a federal agency. This is the first time in nearly three...Tags: Warner Music Group Corporation, Napster Inc., Sales, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Apple Inc.
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More than a song
Twenty-seven years after MTV aired its first music video, the network's phenomenal rise still haunts the music industry. Record company executives treated the fledgling network like a radio station, supplying free videos in the hope that the airplay would...Tags: Washington Post Company, Sales, Startups, Video Games, Viacom Inc.
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Music exec wants bigger cut on video games
Tribune NewspapersMany music industry executives who are trying to offset falling CD sales love the sound of "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band." The video games have millions of followers who memorize the notes of songs so they can jam along, and they often buy the original...Tags: Warner Music Group Corporation, Rock and Roll Music, Video Games, Sony Corp., Activision Inc.
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Record labels seek more action on Rock Band and Guitar Hero
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersMany music industry executives facing a CD sales slump love the sound of Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The video games have millions of followers who memorize every note of songs so they can jam along -- and they often buy the original version of their...Tags: Rock and Roll Music, Video Games, Sony Corp., Activision Inc., Sales
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Russians making themselves at home
The Wall Street JournalThe Russians are coming. As many of America's wealthy are roiled by the credit crisis and general financial gloom, a growing number of rich Russians are house-shopping—and buying—in costly U.S. enclaves. Fertilizer mogul Dmitry Rybolovlev is...Tags: Beach Vacations, Time Warner Inc., Government, Real Estate Buyers, Property
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They're doing it Frank Sinatra's way
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAnew era is beginning in the career of Frank Sinatra even if the Chairman of the Board isn't here to participate. The iconic singer died May 14, 1998, and the 10th anniversary is being marked with a flurry of activity, including a new U.S. postage...Tags: Time Warner Inc., Government, Tourism and Leisure, Marilyn Monroe, National Government
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Changing the world a drink at a time
One of the problems with living in a city as liberal as Los Angeles is that sometimes people will put on world music during dinner parties. Another is that you wind up having to listen to a lot of conspiracy theories. I was once hanging out with a TV crew...Tags: Steven Spielberg, Popular Music, Central Intelligence Agency
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Forbes magazine list of 400 richest Americans
The 400 richest Americans, including U.S. citizens now living abroad, as compiled by Forbes magazine. Following each name is the person's age, net worth, hometown and source of wealth. Where more than one name is listed under a number, there is a tie....Tags: George Steinbrenner, H. Wayne Huizenga, Viacom Inc., Tourism and Leisure, Paychex Incorporated
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Consider this
When it comes to awards campaigning, a "Winking-at-the-Truth in Advertising" law sounds like a pretty good idea.
That's because among the scores of "For Your Consideration" ads now proliferating, there's always a few 500-to-1 nags being touted...Tags: Unions, Celebrity, Johnny Depp, Universal Orlando, Film Festivals
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Eisner Couldn't Trump Ovitz
Times Staff WriterMichael Ovitz's days as president of Walt Disney Co. were no longer numbered. They were over. But he would not go quietly into unemployment. Ovitz's former boss, Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner, testified Wednesday in a shareholder lawsuit that the...Tags: Corporate Officers, Lawyers, Public Relations, Universal Orlando, Walt Disney Co.
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Forbes List - Part One of Two
The ranking of the world's richest people as estimated by Forbes magazine. Listings include rank, name, home country or state, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money. Listings where the home country is United States are...Tags: Warren Buffett, Networking, Time Warner Inc., Viacom Inc., George Soros
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At Warner Music, cuts go deep
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe folks at Warner Music Group Corp. are doing more than cutting records these days. They're also cutting jobs. In the year since Warner Music Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman Jr. and his fellow investors bought the once-venerated company, they have...Tags: Notorious B.I.G., Public Employees, Time Warner Inc., Government, Seagram Company Limited (The)
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