Latest news releases for Entertainment Consumer Audio from Billboard Publicity Wire 2008-08-28T09:25:32Z http://billboard.prweb.com/images_v4/prw_logo.gif PRWeb xml@emediawire.com http://billboard.prweb.com/atom10/bbconsumeraudio.xml 2008-08-26T19:17:28Z Celebrated young Norwegian composer's solo piano album, Stone Rose, is firmly grounded in America; poignant pieces resonate with purity, complemented by flugelhorn, violin and cello. Pianist Ola Gjeilo plans New York-area performances to support the growth of Stone Rose. New age radio and solo piano critics praise Ola Gjeilo's debut album. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 27, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/StoneRose/OlaGjeilo/prweb1251904.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/StoneRose/OlaGjeilo/prweb1251904.htm 2008-08-26T14:09:14Z The first online music label to give 100% of its net profits to water projects in the developing world joins with an original and bold electric guitar player, Nic Mc, www.nicmc.com (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1207034.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1207034.htm 2008-08-11T06:10:01Z Thumbplay® (www.thumbplay.com), the #1 mobile entertainment destination in the U.S.*, today announced that it is working with MTV to enhance and manage its mobile personalization offerings for MTV, MTV2, MTV Hits, MTV Jams and MTV Tr3s. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/mobile/thumbplay/prweb1199214.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/mobile/thumbplay/prweb1199214.htm 2008-08-05T12:30:02Z Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, and Music Choice, the award-winning, multi-platform video and music network, today announced the record-breaking success of Universal Motown Recording artist Lil Wayne’s Lollipop video on Music Choice. The video had been viewed an unprecedented one million times two weeks in a row. Lil Wayne is the first artist ever to achieve this milestone since Music Choice launched its free Video On Demand Music Network in late 2004. With over ten million views to date, Rentrak, an independent media measurement and analytics company, confirms that Lil Wayne’s Lollipop holds the ALL-TIME RECORD as the most popular music video on Music Choice EVER! (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/choice/prweb1182714.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/choice/prweb1182714.htm 2008-07-10T09:05:01Z JAMD.com, the consumer website of Getty Images, the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content and digital media, announced that its new JAMD Mobile application will be available free on the Apple App Store today. JAMD Mobile provides a fresh new celebrity image experience. It gives people an exciting, tangible way to carry and interact with millions of images using Getty Images’ constantly updated collection of celebrity, fashion, news and sports. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/jamd_mobile/image/prweb1094214.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/jamd_mobile/image/prweb1094214.htm 2008-06-27T15:03:36Z Inglewood California hero Squeak Ru has signed with the Fontana/Universal distributed DMAFT Records, a part of the Oglio Entertainment Group, to release his solo debut "FatWorld" and the companion iTunes exclusive "Digital FatWorld 2". Squeak Ru's releases includes appearances from Ice Cube, MC Eiht, G-Luv, Damani from Snoop Dogg's new group Westurn Union, Treach from Naughty By Nature and The Reputables. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 29, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1061074.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1061074.htm 2008-06-15T12:32:13Z Professor Andrew Linn of Sheffield University released the mathematical formula for the perfect voice: a female talking 164 words per minute with a 0.48 second pause between sentences that fall rather than rise in intonation holds the most appeal to the panellists who were part of the research.Falling into this category is voice-over artist Natascha Slasten. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1026464.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1026464.htm 2008-06-14T18:23:43Z Tim Hockenberry's stunning solo debut recording, Back In Your Arms (About Records/Artist Garage/Fontana/UMD), was released on June 3, 2008. On Monday, June 16th the music will be the focus of a live video shoot for digital streaming at San Francisco's Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1026064.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1026064.htm 2008-06-13T17:27:20Z Larkin's debut recording, Two Hands (About Records/Artist Garage/Fontana/UMD), features ten smart and compelling originals to be released in stores on June 17th. "I Do", a song about San Francisco's historic legalizing of same-sex marriage, will be available as a free download on http://www.larkingayl.com. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1025364.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1025364.htm 2008-06-10T13:22:35Z Fox Interactive Media SVP & GM Ron Berryman and AOL EVP Lynda Clarizio among Speakers at Annual Industry Summit (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1015574.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1015574.htm 2008-06-05T07:11:55Z New acoustic music label, Blue Coast Records, challenges the current trend and declares value is in the ears of the Discerning Listener. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 4, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb993554.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb993554.htm 2008-06-03T11:05:15Z SpiralFrog, Inc. (www.spiralfrog.com), the free, ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced a digital distribution agreement with EMI Music, one of the world’s leading independent music companies. With the agreement, EMI’s expansive catalog of digital music and music videos will become available to consumers for legal downloading in North America via SpiralFrog. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/spiralfrog/prweb996244.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/spiralfrog/prweb996244.htm 2008-05-30T08:00:01Z The fourth studio album by The Inc./Universal Motown superstar singer-songwriter ASHANTI, titled THE DECLARATION, reaches retail stores and digital online sellers on June 3rd, 2008. Album producers and collaborators include such genre-defining talents as Robin Thicke, Jermaine Dupri, Babyface, L.T. Hutton, and Pharrell Williams. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/ashanti/album/prweb985684.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/ashanti/album/prweb985684.htm 2008-05-30T15:00:04Z SeeqPod Inc, the search and discovery technology company specializing in playable search results, announced today that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. The OnHollywood 100 is an annual power list of the top private emerging technology companies in digital entertainment and media. The AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria--innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation handpicked SeeqPod. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/alwayson/seeqpod/prweb987384.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/alwayson/seeqpod/prweb987384.htm 2008-05-19T21:05:01Z Napster (Nasdaq:NAPS), the pioneer of digital music, today announced the launch of the world’s largest and most comprehensive MP3 store at www.napster.com/store. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/napster/music/prweb958234.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/napster/music/prweb958234.htm 2008-05-16T11:41:11Z SpiralFrog, Inc. (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal, ad-supported, Web-based music experience, today announced the expansion of its sales team with the addition of industry veterans Jesse Paynter as senior vice president of sales and Paul Rothkopf as senior vice president of sales strategy. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/sales/prweb944054.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/sales/prweb944054.htm 2008-05-16T11:41:14Z Today, iStockphoto, the company that revolutionized the stock photography market by offering images online for prices as low as $1, announced it will add royalty-free audio tracks to its collection of downloadable stock content in September 2008. In so doing, iStockphoto will become the first company to offer stock imagery, video footage, vector illustrations, Flash files and audio for purchase under one payment model, on one convenient site. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/istockphoto/audio/prweb944364.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/istockphoto/audio/prweb944364.htm 2008-05-12T13:14:53Z Producers Enabled by Innovative Music Licensing Partnership (Billboard Publicity Wire May 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music_provider/licensing_agency/prweb937564.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music_provider/licensing_agency/prweb937564.htm 2008-05-04T11:44:47Z With all the talk about hip hop being dead, indie hip hop labell Thug Life Army Records sets forth a project that proves hip hop is alive and well: outside the boundary of corporate 'boardroom' hip hop. Artist from all across the country including California, New York, Georgia, Texas, St. Louis as well as Canada have contributed to this project set in the mindset of Tupac Shakur (2Pac). (Billboard Publicity Wire May 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb915174.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb915174.htm 2008-05-05T12:25:01Z Whoever thought 'sittin' at a bar' could cause so much commotion? (Billboard Publicity Wire May 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/universal/republic/prweb918654.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/universal/republic/prweb918654.htm 2008-04-25T11:40:01Z SeeqPod: (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/coachella/seeqpod/prweb894484.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/coachella/seeqpod/prweb894484.htm 2008-04-14T07:00:02Z SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced a licensing agreement with RoyaltyShare, a premier provider of technology solutions to the entertainment industry. As a result of the agreement, RoyaltyShare's leading independent record label customers will now be able to leverage its Content Management Service to deliver content directly to SpiralFrog, making thousands of additional songs available for download on the SpiralFrog site. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb856354.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb856354.htm 2008-04-14T09:00:02Z Singer/songwriter Sa Dingding is helping to keep the spotlight on her native China in this Olympic year by winning the prestigious BBC Radio 3 World Music Award for Asia Pacific. This award helps establish Sa Dingding as the new face - and voice - of China around the world. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/sa_dingding/award/prweb857044.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/sa_dingding/award/prweb857044.htm 2008-04-07T12:40:01Z SpiralFrog, Inc., (www.spiralfrog.com) the free and legal, ad-supported web-based music service, today announced it was selected by the non-profit organization, Keep a Child Alive (KCA), to be the exclusive download partner for "Alicia in Africa: Journey to the Motherland," the documentary of Grammy Award-winning musician and Keep a Child Alive (KCA) Co-Founder, Alicia Keys', month-long trip to Africa to visit communities affected by HIV and AIDS. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/child_alive/prweb838624.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/child_alive/prweb838624.htm 2008-04-03T11:40:02Z SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, and BFM Digital, a leading digital music aggregator and distributor of independent music, today announced a licensing agreement to make nearly 80,000 tracks available on the SpiralFrog Web site. BFM Digital's featured labels include Sounds True, Spirit Voyage, APM Music, Point Classics, Laughing Hyena, SoulFood, Sound Ideas and Chacra Music Licensing. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb830164.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb830164.htm 2008-03-31T06:00:05Z SpiralFrog, Inc., the free ad-supported, Web-based music experience, and Warner/Chappell Music (WCM), the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE:WMG), today announced an agreement to make the company's catalog of music compositions available to complement SpiralFrog's growing roster of audio and video content. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/spiralfrog/prweb816724.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/spiralfrog/prweb816724.htm 2008-05-07T10:03:45Z Reggae artist Shade released her new single "Hot Boys" featuring heavyweight Junior Reid. The single was released on April 11, 2008 digitally, and will be available for purchase in stores. www.myspace.com/shadeface (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 29, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb811014.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb811014.htm 2008-03-28T09:25:01Z Boys II Men, one of the most successful R&B male vocal groups of all time, are going on a world tour. An exclusive behind the scenes video is also available to download free (attached to this release and also available to download from www.boyziimenhitsville.com ). (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/ii_men/hitsville_usa/prweb812384.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/ii_men/hitsville_usa/prweb812384.htm 2008-03-27T07:10:01Z Pop Rock group 3RD CULTURE, http://www.myspace.com/3rdcultureband, celebrates the release of their new single "Heartbreak City" on Friday, March 28, 2008 with a live performance from Arlene's Grocery in NYC at 10:00 p.m. EDT. The show will also be available via a live webcast at http://www.youtube.com/user/3RDCULTURE. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 27, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/3rd_culture/heartbreak/prweb808454.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/3rd_culture/heartbreak/prweb808454.htm 2008-03-27T12:30:02Z 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://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb809944.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb809944.htm 2008-03-26T12:15:02Z Music Choice, the award winning, multi-platform video and music network, announces its slate of thematic video programming for April. "We Love Hip-Hop: A Celebration of Hip-Hop Music" will premiere on Music Choice's On Demand network and its broadband music site in April with Music Choice Originals and a music video catalog that features today's hip-hop megastars. Rapper, singer, producer and actor, Snoop Dogg, the Music Choice Artist of the Month, is featured in two Originals - "Snoop Dogg: Does Starkville" and "Snoop Dogg: Naked." Jim Jones hosts "Hip Hop Style 360;" Flo Rida is featured on Fresh Crops; and Tha Corner showcases Rick Ross. In addition, a "5 Boro Tour" video playlist highlighting Jay Z and popular hip-hop artists from each of the five boroughs of NYC joins the long list of Originals available for viewing all month long. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 26, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/choice/prweb806524.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/choice/prweb806524.htm 2008-03-24T00:11:15Z Dance the Night Away At WMC - a Red Carpet Event with MTV's and Miami's Hottest Celebs! (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb796134.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb796134.htm 2008-03-19T08:33:14Z Century 2 Entertainment made the decision to conduct an Internet test market of the new single by Griffith and Company, "Tell It All", before releasing it to radio. In a matter of days Internet music tracking company SoundClick reported that of the 2,762,291 songs it was tracking, Griffith and Company, "Tell It All" was at Number 1 Country, Number 1 Christian Country, and Number 7 in all genres of music. (SoundClick 02/22/08). With the current radio release the recording has now made its way into the mainstream Christian music charts with a solid debut at number 64 in the Singing News (Singing News, March 08). (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb786994.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb786994.htm 2008-03-21T09:30:03Z SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music site, gives music fans the chance to win $5,000 in concert tickets with a new sweepstakes launching today. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb793224.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb793224.htm 2008-03-19T04:30:02Z SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a leading seller of MP3 players in the United States, today announced the company will promote DRM-free music from more than 50 new and emerging artists on a microSD card. This U.S.-based program is the first of its kind to use microSD cards, and helps launch the new 8GB (gigabyte)(1) Sansa Fuze MP3 player. The "Sansa Sessions" microSD card is comprised of a collection of rock, pop, and hip hop songs, music videos, and photos from more than 30 labels. Featured artists include All Time Low, Ladytron, Magnet, Nada Surf, Of Montreal and The Coup. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/sansa/music/prweb786594.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/sansa/music/prweb786594.htm 2008-03-14T11:55:01Z Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown recording artist Lil Wayne is gearing up to release his highly anticipated album Tha Carter III, the final in the trilogy, on May 13th. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/tha_carter/march/prweb774854.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/tha_carter/march/prweb774854.htm 2008-03-12T04:40:01Z Taking center stage in the digital entertainment revolution, Unicorn Media (www.UnicornMedia.com) today announced an open call for musical content for its highly anticipated new free entertainment service. Unicorn Media emerged from its stealth mode this week, revealing a pre-launch version of its ground-breaking entertainment site where it is accepting professionally produced, high-quality music from singers, bands and music labels all over the world. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/unicorn/media/prweb766134.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/unicorn/media/prweb766134.htm 2008-03-10T04:40:01Z Unicorn Media (www.UnicornMedia.com) announced today an open call for professional-quality film and music content for its highly anticipated new free entertainment service. Unicorn Media emerged from its stealth mode this week, revealing a pre-launch version of its groundbreaking entertainment site, where it is accepting professionally produced, high-quality music, movies and episodic video programming. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/unicorn/media/prweb757574.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/unicorn/media/prweb757574.htm 2008-02-26T12:58:50Z Music parody 'Pop Your Panties with Paris, Nicole and Lindsey' debuts at the New York Film Festival this week. 'Pop Your Panties' is produced by Itsi Atkins and Lisa Nusbaum from Parody 4 Charity Productions, who have dedicated themselves to generate public awareness for Media 4 Humanity. (Billboard Publicity Wire Feb 26, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/PopYourPanties/Release/prweb720863.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/PopYourPanties/Release/prweb720863.htm 2008-05-27T13:50:45Z Artist/Composer Stephen Peppos' Vertigo CD is receiving high accolades from music reviewers and industry insiders of the Contemporary Instrumental and New Age Genres. (Billboard Publicity Wire Feb 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb716793.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb716793.htm