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Introducing DC City Blog – An Insiders Guide to Washington, DC DC City Blog provides insight into the clubs, restaurants, and bars in DC from people who know the city. - 2008-01-16

Introducing "The Delivery Man," a Novel by Joe McGinniss Jr. A story about the MySpace generation set in Las Vegas. - 2008-01-15

Dirtbag Music Launches New Social Music Network with Major Artist and Industry Support 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. - 2008-01-15

Mission House Music Recording Artist Jim Murphy set to Release New Album Jim Murphy's "Everything Changes," hits stores February 12th. - 2008-01-13

Scarface Al Capone's Grandson to Release Memoir at Capone's Miami Estate on January 26, 2008 on the Anniversary of his Celebrity Grandfather's Death Sixty-one years later, Al Capone's grandson, Chris W. Knight, releases a memoir that chronicles his own, painful yet courageous search to find the truth behind his notorious grandfather and family history. - 2008-01-11

Big Fish Media Changes Name to BFM Digital BFM Digital Doubles Year-End Quarterly Revenues and Expects Continued Growth of Digital Library - 2008-01-08

Eclectic Indie Label Big Fuss Records Enters 2008 On Purpose What started some years ago as a simple vision and dream has come full circle with the reality and mixture of impending new music emerging from the eclectic label Big Fuss Records. - 2008-01-08

Musicians and Artists Rely on MySpace to Market Music; Even Baby Boomer Bands Should Get on Board MySpace for Musicians book shows artists how to promote music online. Now that adults account for almost 70 percent of MySpacers, "It's not just for major labels and teenagers," says author Fran Vincent. "MySpace is a must for all indie musicians." - 2008-01-03

Introducing African / European Recording Artist, Francis Jocky Multitalented musician Francis Jocky is something of an enigma. Born in Cameroon, raised in France and living in the U.S., Jocky has developed a sound that transcends ethnicity and genre. - 2007-12-27

AirSpun, Inc. Launches AirClub Memberships to Help Do-It-Yourself Recording Artists Promote Their Music to the Masses AirClub online syndication options, including RSS feed placement & song-sharing widgets, fill out new music marketing options at airspun.com. - 2007-12-20

LOVERBOY Five Star CD Reviews Continue for 'JUST GETTING STARTED' Exclusively Sold at Wal-Mart in the United States RockSTAR Music Corp. created a special LOVERBOY Free Video Link on the making of the new CD featuring Mike Reno with classic LOVERBOY clips for the Fans. - 2007-12-13

Striking Writers Put Reality TV Shows like Hydra Executives To The Test -- Casting Is This Saturday Casting for the International English Language Reality TV Show is set for this Saturday, Dec. 15, Beverly Hilton hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, and brings three countries and 16 entrepreneurs together. - 2007-12-13

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

WoozyFly.com to Host World Premiere of Baroness' Sold-Out NYC Bowery Ballroom Show "48 Hour Baroness Woozy-thon" Monday, December 10th. - 2007-12-10

Casting Call For Think Big Kid inventors and entrepreneurs wanted for new TV series. - 2007-12-05

WoozyFly.com Goes Global with Chinese Community Site Jinti.com: WoozyFly To Power Music Section of Jinti.com's 20 Million Monthly User Site Offers Unique Marketing Opportunities for Advertisers to Reach the Chinese Youth Marketplace WoozyFly.com, (www.WoozyFly.com), the online music media company devoted to independent artists, and Chinese community and social networking site, Jinti.com (www.jinti.com) have entered into a strategic partnership. A new International Music Section in the Jinti Web site, powered by WoozyFly, will be launched through the partnership. - 2007-12-04

Writers' Strike Throws Focus on Hot new TV Drama "Whittaker Bay" Wilmington, N.C., rolls out red carpet for TV drama stars, H20 Entertainment and Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina. - 2007-12-03

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

Trackbacks Available WoozyFly.com to Provide Online Content and Promotional Opportunities for Defend Music, Blackheart Record Group, Robbins Entertainment, Eagle Rock Entertainment and The End Records WoozyFly's "HELL-oween extravaganza" delivers more than 1,000,000 unique visitors. - 2007-11-26

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