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1 Attachment Cash Money Superstar Lil Wayne Serving up Something New for the Taste Buds: The First Single "Lollipop" from his new album set to impact at Crossover and Urban Radio on March 25th THA CARTER III In-Stores May 13th 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. - 2008-03-14

Join the Revolution and Get Discovered with Unicorn Media: Musicians Can Upload, Share and Profit Directly from Their Music 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. - 2008-03-12

Unicorn Media Invites Artists to Join Digital Entertainment Revolution: Entertainment Distribution Service of the Future Issues Call for Content to Music and Film Artists from South by Southwest (SXSW) 2008 Music and Media Conference 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. - 2008-03-10

Pop Your Panties With Paris, Nicole and Lindsey Music Parody Opens NY Film Fest 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. - 2008-02-26

Sonic Bear Music, Va. Beach, VA, releases "Follow The Mist" by Stephen Peppos, a Virginia Artist/Composer, Release Date August 1, 2008 Composer Stephen Peppos' FOLLOW THE MIST debuts at # 3 on the New Age Reporter TOP 100 Charts. Receiving high accolades from industry reviewers. - 2008-02-23

1 Attachment The CD is Dead - Flash Drive Direct Offers Strong Alternative Paradigm to Revive Limp Retail Music Sales. Bare Naked Ladies, White Stripes first to take the leap. The CD is dead and the industry is facing the prospect of a download only era. Music industry mavens know that this business strategy is not suited to the labels. The free file sharing Peer to Peer genie is out of the bottle and already in the hands of the public. The ability for the labels to stake their claim in the download arena and successfully compete with LimeWire, MySpace and other free services is doomed. Flash drive designer and manufacturer Flash Drive Direct has penned a treatise that describes a new and viable replacement for the CD that will appeal to the download demographic and offer a richer media intense delivery system. - 2008-02-14

The Tubes and The Persuasions Sign Distribution Agreements with Wolfgang's Vault Wolfgang's Vault, the online destination for live music, announced today agreement with veteran recording artists The Tubes and The Persuasions to distribute archival concert recordings for download at www.WolfgangsVault.com. - 2008-01-29

New 'Neo Eclectic' Music is Breakthrough Sound for Debut CD 'Color Purple' associate conductor Victor Simonson delivers jazz, classical, gospel, opera, smooth jazz and sacred music on one CD. - 2008-01-25

Wolfgang's Vault Adds New Concerts Wolfgang's Vault, the online destination for live concerts, added 12 exclusive concert recordings today online at www.concertvault.com, including shows by BB.King, Grateful Dead, Richie Havens, Rory Gallagher, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Bellamy Brothers, Freddie King, Golden Earring, Bonnie Raitt and more. The concerts are available for free streaming, and select concerts are available for digital download. - 2008-01-17

Yoko Ono Lennon, The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, Natasha Bedingfield and Pat Monahan of Train, Unveil the All New John Lennon Educational Tour Bus at CES Yoko Ono was joined by The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, Natasha Bedingfield and Pat Monahan of Train for the official unveiling of the new non-profit state-of-the-art John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. The launch took place at the Consumer Electronics Show today. The mission of the venture is to provide students with free hands-on opportunities to make music, produce video projects, and shoot digital photos in the mobile recording studios. The Lennon Bus also has an illustrious history as a hit maker, with chart topping singles from The Black Eyed Peas and Fergie recorded on board. - 2008-01-08

Coby Electronics and WoozyFly.com Partner to Deliver MP3 Players and Music Videos to Coby Customers Coby Electronics, the leader in portable consumer electronics products designed to fit every lifestyle, and WoozyFly.com, (www.woozyfly.com) an online music media company devoted to independent music, today announced a strategic digital content alliance that will deliver Coby MP3 players, MP4 and Portable Media players bundled with original WoozyFly.com music video content to Coby customers globally. - 2008-01-08

PassAlong Networks Launches Rostr Playlist Widget: Users Can Display Music Taste, Brands Can Permeate Social Networks Media distribution developer PassAlong Networks(TM) today launched Rostr(TM), a customizable and interactive Web playlist widget that enables artists, labels, fans and brands to extend their reach into social networks while offering users a unique tool for displaying their music tastes. - 2008-01-03

34 Attachment Fathead Launches New Disney Line Featuring Hannah Montana, Pirates of the Caribbean and Characters From the Disney Pixar Film Cars: Available in Time for the Holidays, Disney Collection Headlines New Era in Fathead Home Decor Fathead(R), the number one brand in sports and entertainment wall graphics and the brand best-known for its official life-size images of professional athletes, animated heroes and entertainment characters, is launching a new line of Fathead wall decor featuring Disney Channel's Hannah Montana, and characters from both the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and the Disney Pixar film Cars, just in time for holiday gift-giving. Disney Pixar Cars characters include Lightning McQueen, Mater, Sally, Luigi, Guido, Doc Hudson and Ramone, and Pirates of the Caribbean features Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner. These spectacular life-size images are a must-have for this holiday season. - 2007-12-17

Legendary Swervedriver Frontman Adam Franklin Brings Indie Fuzz to Masses with Live Audio Webcast on JamNow.com Fans Worldwide Can Experience Live Interview and Performance In Top-Quality Audio, December 12th at 3:00PM ET - 2007-12-11

Artists From Naxos of America Family of Distributed Labels Honored with 14 GRAMMY Nominations The Recording Academy® honored Naxos recording artists today with 11 GRAMMY® Award nominations, the most of any classical music label this year. - 2007-12-08

Eagles' Co-Founder, Randy Meisner Finds Recording Home at Sonic Past Music Label Releases 5 Meisner CD Projects Randy Meisner, co-founder of The Eagles and writer of some of their classic tunes which helped to make them the best-selling group of all-time, has five never-before-released albums on Sonic Past Music. - 2007-12-07

The Ultimate Holiday Luxury Gift: The Superstar Factory Musician's Fantasy Recording Experience As Forbes releases its 2007 Luxury Gift Giving Guide, The SuperStar Factory™ adds the ultimate in fantasy fulfillment. The season's gotta-have experience, for anyone who desires their own personal gold record, is The Musician's Fantasy Recording Experience™, where we turn once-in-a-lifetime dreams into reality. For "someone who has everything," this very special luxury gift is produced for the high-end of the vacation experience market. It's the real deal -- sure to provide the exhilaration of many lifetimes. - 2007-12-06

DiamonDisc Records Releases the Popular Al Jolson Song to Benefit Victims of the Southern California Wildfires DiamonDisc Records and Andrew Heller release a new rendition of "California Here I Come," available on iTunes with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross in Southern California. - 2007-11-30

1 Attachment Media Giants Team With Pluck to Connect With Facebook and OpenSocial: Move Allows the Sharing of Audience Contributions and Profile Information Between Mainstream Media Sites and Social Networks Pluck(R) Corporation today announced it will connect the Pluck SiteLife social media platform with recently announced Facebook and OpenSocial APIs to link the audiences of the world's top media properties and social networking sites. As a result, Pluck customers, which include over 200 of the world's largest media web sites, will be able to share social media contributions and audiences with top social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace. The first media companies to test and take advantage of the new APIs to expand their reach online include Gannett, Reuters, Discovery Communications, The Washington Post, The Economist, Freedom Interactive, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rodale and Meredith Corporation. - 2007-11-28

For your Grammy Consideration for Best Jazz Vocal Album - VINYL by Deborah Lippmann Jazz singer Deborah Lippmann is in consideration for a Grammy nominee for her newest album VINYL. The disc mixes cool jazz with iconic songs, meshed together to form a truly unique compilation. - 2007-11-22

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