Latest news releases for Entertainment Legal and Management from Billboard Publicity Wire 2008-07-05T01:52:39Z http://billboard.prweb.com/images_v4/prw_logo.gif PRWeb xml@emediawire.com http://billboard.prweb.com/atom10/bblegal.xml 2008-06-11T22:54:38Z The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals in the music, technology and media worlds and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1020104.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1020104.htm 2008-06-04T11:40:18Z ArtistData is a free service that allows artists and managers the ability to post information only once and have it updated across many online destinations simultaneously, including Eventful, Jambase, MySpace, Pollstar, PureVolume, ShowClix, VIRB and recently added Last.fm, Mojam and Musi-cal. ArtistData's synchronization network continues to expand and will soon include AmieStreet, Buzznet, Beta Records, Famecast, indie911 and Hoooka. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jun 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/artistdata/doubles_network_size/prweb999724.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/artistdata/doubles_network_size/prweb999724.htm 2008-05-20T07:25:02Z SpiralFrog™ (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced the launch of SpiralFrogClub.com and its first North American marketing campaign. The campaign was created and produced by Night Agency, New York. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 20, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb959114.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb959114.htm 2008-05-12T17:35:59Z Top Executives from EA, Disney, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony, G4, Spike TV, MTV, Nokia, Endemol, Qualcomm, Paramount, Vivendi Games, NBC Universal, I-play, DirecTV, Turbine, Playboy, RealNetworks, GSN, Playfirst and Glu Mobile to Converge for Annual "Insiders" Event (Billboard Publicity Wire May 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb938884.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb938884.htm 2008-04-24T17:10:10Z Top Executives from EA, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony, Nokia, Disney, Qualcomm, Paramount Pictures, Vivendi Games, and Glu Mobile to Converge for Annual "Insiders" Event (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb892254.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb892254.htm 2008-04-21T08:35:01Z SpiralFrog, Inc. (www.spiralfrog.com), the free ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced the appointment of Russ Rieger to the newly created position of vice president of strategic initiatives. In this role, Rieger will be responsible for securing and maintaining strategic partnerships within the music, media and advertising industries. Rieger brings 25 years of expertise in entertainment marketing and artist management. His deep knowledge of all aspects of the music business will further SpiralFrog's ability to create a community for brand marketers to connect with music enthusiasts in a meaningful way. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/rieger/spiralfrog/prweb878464.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/rieger/spiralfrog/prweb878464.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 2008-03-11T09:21:10Z Danish composer Torben Thoger has commissioned U.S.-based new age music expert Suzanne Doucet of Only New Age Music to oversee the first-time release of his catalog to the U.S. market. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb762544.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb762544.htm 2008-03-03T20:43:16Z Armond Morales, founding member of the Grammy & Dove Award winning group The Imperials, issues public statement in response to the story that broke last week at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/februaryweb-only/109-43.0.html [ChristianityToday.com]. (Billboard Publicity Wire Mar 4, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb740744.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb740744.htm 2008-02-20T19:09:40Z Jett Williams helping tornado victims through music with friends. (Billboard Publicity Wire Feb 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb714493.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb714493.htm 2008-02-09T11:11:01Z Providence Records releases 'Valencia Vas Vitamins,' interactive music supplements to accompany the soprano's debut album. The first two features are 'The Beginner's Listening Guide' and 'The Wine Song Pairing.' (Billboard Publicity Wire Feb 18, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb686393.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb686393.htm 2008-01-30T15:00:59Z Singer/songwriter Charity Daw will debut on American Idol-Miami on wednseday, January 30th, 2008. This indy recording artist is truly talented and her vocal cords are force to be reconned with. Ms. Daw, a Cuban-American, will display her skills on Idol. Will Charity make it to Hollywood? (Billboard Publicity Wire Jan 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb667303.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb667303.htm 2008-04-14T09:42:02Z Award-Winning UK-Based label joins the Naxos Family of Distributed Labels. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jan 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb637561.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb637561.htm 2008-01-15T05:00:27Z The current industry wide stalemate between music content providers who continue to control Digital Rights Management (DRM), on the one hand, and those who are calling for an all out open file sharing universe on the other, has done little in terms of moving the industry forward for the artists and fans caught in the middle. Music used to be about the interaction and connection between artists and fans, however, for nearly a decade both have been forced to buy tickets to an indefinitely postponed concert due to copyright issues. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jan 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/dirtbag/prweb627011.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music/dirtbag/prweb627011.htm 2007-12-07T16:18:37Z The Bangkok Five set to release new album "We Love What Kills Us" Spring '08 (Billboard Publicity Wire Dec 10, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb575215.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb575215.htm 2007-12-06T15:42:14Z Susan Ferris and Long Live Crime Records look towards an exciting New Year. (Billboard Publicity Wire Dec 7, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb574966.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb574966.htm 2007-11-07T22:24:46Z Pyxix says "Documentary Channel" is too generic to be trademarked by DCI; asks court to dismiss DCI's trademark lawsuit against Pyxix; asks for DCI to reimburse Pyxix defense legal fees. (Billboard Publicity Wire Nov 8, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb567936.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb567936.htm 2007-10-17T21:42:57Z Radio Reset, perhaps the best kept Indie pop/rock secret in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area have entered into a production agreement with Winky Wright's Pound 4 Pound Records that will be finalized this Saturday October 20th, 2007. (Billboard Publicity Wire Oct 19, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb562173.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb562173.htm 2007-10-15T16:26:02Z Class counsel announced today that heart patients nationwide implanted with recalled defibrillator leads filed separate lawsuits in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, against the manufacturer Medtronic Inc., and related companies. Each plaintiff received a cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator combination that was attached to their hearts with a lead wire system manufactured by Medtronic and sold under the brand name Sprint Fidelis. In the case of three of the patients, the Sprint Fidelis lead fractured or frayed, necessitating additional surgery to remove the device and implant a new lead system. The plaintiffs are residents of California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New York and Oregon. (Billboard Publicity Wire Oct 15, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/medtronic/sprint/prweb561496.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/medtronic/sprint/prweb561496.htm 2007-10-10T23:18:19Z Patented DMDS Eliminates Waste and Greenhouse Gases Caused by Delivery of CD's (Billboard Publicity Wire Oct 11, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/YANGAROO/DMDS/prweb560434.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/YANGAROO/DMDS/prweb560434.htm 2007-09-04T08:04:01Z FirstLight Financial Corporation ("FirstLight") announced today that it served as lead arranger and administrative agent of a $36 million senior credit facility for a portfolio company of Linx Partners, LLC ("Linx"). (Billboard Publicity Wire Sep 4, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/firstlight/cimarron/prweb551148.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/firstlight/cimarron/prweb551148.htm 2007-08-29T19:52:52Z "This landmark case means that anyone who has contaminated P2P network programs on his computer is committing copyright infringement, since the only reason to have them installed is to make copyrighted files available to all other P2P users," said Pasquale Giordano, President/COO, SafeMedia Corporation (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 29, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb550315.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb550315.htm 2007-08-11T18:26:30Z The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference takes place in San Francisco this week and features keynote conversations with Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Standish, VP of Marketing at Warner Bros. Records and Jordan Kurland of Zeitgeist Artist Management. The Bandwidth Conference gathers leaders from the music, technology and media worlds and takes place in San Francisco on August 17 and 18, 2007. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 13, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb546249.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb546249.htm 2007-08-07T11:48:29Z The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, which explores the evolving musical experience, announces that artist Alejandro Escovedo will appear as a keynote "conversation with" at the conference, which takes place in San Francisco August 17 and 18, 2007. The Bandwidth Conference features leaders from the music, technology and media worlds. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 8, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb545199.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb545199.htm 2007-08-01T13:58:49Z The Definitive Conference For Brand Leaders is targeting elusive male consumers. (Billboard Publicity Wire Aug 2, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb544141.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb544141.htm 2007-07-30T11:25:00Z The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, which explores the evolving musical experience, announces that Peter Standish, Sr. VP of Marketing, Warner Bros. Records will appear as a keynote "conversation with" at the conference, which takes place in San Francisco August 17 and 18, 2007. The Bandwidth Conference features leaders from the music, technology and media worlds. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 31, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb543435.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb543435.htm 2007-07-17T07:21:50Z Pop/rock band Jag Star was just named the winner of the "Next Big Hit" competition. As a result, the band is now occupying the coveted front page feature on iTunes music store, where their winning song "Missed Out" is available for download. "This is priceless!" says lead singer and songwriter Sarah Lewis. "We are thrilled to get this kind of exposure and we've definitely worked our butts off to get here!" The band has racked up many accolades and television placements on their own, and have toured 15 countries including overseas for the U.S. Troops. (Billboard Publicity Wire Jul 17, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb529923.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb529923.htm 2007-05-28T17:14:09Z Second Spring Music Publishing has signed UK alt rockers LINER to an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement. The band has been at the center of attention among bands out of the buzzing music scene in Birmingham, England. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 29, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/second/spring/prweb529296.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/second/spring/prweb529296.htm 2007-07-18T20:26:57Z SafeMedia Corporation, an anti piracy technology company, warns of the dangers of Identity theft and filesharing over Peer-2-Peer Networks. "I don't think parents would allow their children to download free music or movies if they knew who their kids were sharing files with," said Safwat Fahmy, CEO & president, SafeMedia Corp. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 22, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb528128.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb528128.htm 2007-05-16T01:19:19Z Music video social networking site AboveTheLine.TV (www.abovetheline.tv) will be providing up-to-the-minute news on the 16th Annual Music Video Production Association Awards taking place on May 16, 2007 as part of their promotion with Gorilla 4.0 Production Software (www.junglesoftware.com). Members will be able to track the winners of the evening through a live Twitter (www.twitter.com) feed which is accessible on the homepage of AboveTheLine.TV. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 16, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb526858.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb526858.htm 2007-05-07T11:17:51Z Musicrypt has recently asserted its intellectual property rights in Canada by advising certain Canadian users of Destiny Media Technologies' Play MPE that there is serious patent litigation in progress regarding the use of PlayMPE in Canada. (Billboard Publicity Wire May 8, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/musicrypt/DMDS/prweb524345.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/musicrypt/DMDS/prweb524345.htm 2007-04-23T10:52:53Z Orlando music attorney, Nick Nanton, The Indie Lawyer, will speak on "Taking Care of Business" Panel April 26, 2007 at 11 a.m. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 24, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb521014.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb521014.htm 2007-04-24T02:14:57Z "A Guerilla In The Midst" is an exploration into the art of the no-budget film. From multi-award winning guerilla filmmaker, Stan Harrington, the book is an inspirational and insightful book that uses Harrington's first feature, "Bred in the Bone", as a blueprint. As an added bonus, the film is included with the sale of the book. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 24, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb520911.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb520911.htm 2007-04-16T07:54:16Z $1 Billion Target for Private Equity New Film Fund (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 17, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb518941.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb518941.htm 2007-04-16T12:16:37Z Online music community unites to represent independent internet radio. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 16, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb519172.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb519172.htm 2007-04-12T17:54:09Z Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., the Hendrix family music company which owns and administers the Jimi Hendrix music rights, recently obtained a stipulated court order of almost $900,000 against music entrepreneur Ed Chalpin. The payment to Experience Hendrix was the culmination of a 2006 lawsuit commenced in New York against Chalpin and two of his related companies. During the course of this litigation Federal District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, held Chalpin in contempt of court. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 13, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb518448.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb518448.htm 2007-04-11T19:57:18Z Biography Of Phil Spector To Be Published In JuneBook Written by Last Journalist to Interview Him Before the Death of Actress in his L.A. Mansion (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 13, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb518308.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb518308.htm 2007-04-11T22:18:12Z Musicrypt Inc. has received a Buy recommendation with a target price of $1.00 in a research report issued by Cormark Securities Inc. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 12, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/musicrypt/DMDS/prweb518517.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/musicrypt/DMDS/prweb518517.htm 2007-04-10T17:21:52Z BANG Music and Media On Demand Productions (MOD) Join Forces to form BANG/MOD. New business model reflects merging worlds of entertainment and advertising. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 11, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music_production/sound_design/prweb518176.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/music_production/sound_design/prweb518176.htm 2007-04-09T10:53:59Z Billboard continues international expansion with launch in Russia--On sale April 20, 2007. (Billboard Publicity Wire Apr 10, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb517593.htm http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb517593.htm