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Peermusic Signs Scottish Teen Shields
December 12, 2006 12:00 AM EST Indie publisher peermusic has signed Scottish singer/songwriter Robert Shields to an exclusive, worldwide co-publishing deal. The 19-year-old Shields, from the small town of Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, is in the studio recording with produ ...
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SpiralFrog, BMI Sign Licensing Deal
December 11, 2006 12:00 AM EST BMI has completed a licensing agreement with SpiralFrog, an advertising-based download service expected to launch in the U.S. in early 2007. The deal will give SpiralFrog the right to publicly perform more than 6.5 million songs represented by BMI ...
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Consumers Downloading More Sheet Music
December 08, 2006 12:00 AM EST Musicnotes, which offers sheet music to purchase online, reported a 48% year-over-year increase in digital sheet music sales during the first two weeks following Thanksgiving. Sales of digital sheet music, now the majority of the Madison, Wisc.-ba ...
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Weinsteins Pick Cherry Lane
December 08, 2006 12:00 AM EST Some of the top indie-minded entrepreneurs in entertainment are finding their way to Cherry Lane Music Publishing. On the heels of Quincy Jones's move to the indie publisher is the company formed by hit film producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein ...
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EC To Probe Universal Takeover Of BMG
December 08, 2006 12:00 AM EST The European Commission confirmed Friday (Dec. 8) that it will open an in-depth investigation into Universal Music Group's planned takeover of BMG Music Publishing. "The Commission's initial market investigation indicates that the p ...
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Fintage's Lampcov Goes West
December 07, 2006 12:00 AM EST Fintage Music executive VP Bruce Lampcov has relocated from London to L.A. in a move which triggers the financial services firm's expansion into the West Coast. Fintage has existing representation in North America, through Nashville-based Pau ...
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Gracenote Completes Licenses With Major Publishers
December 06, 2006 12:00 AM EST Gracenote has added Warner/Chappell Music and EMI Music Publishing to its song lyrics database, completing licenses with all five major music publishers. It also finalized deals with independent publishers ABKCO Music, the Bob Dylan Music Company, ...
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Spirit Music Group Inks Deal With Drake Bell
December 05, 2006 12:00 AM EST Spirit Music Group has signed a worldwide administration deal with Drake Bell, co-star of Nickelodeon's teen sitcom "Drake and Josh," and his co-writers, Michael Corcoran and Chris Abraham. Bell's major-label debut album, " ...
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ASCAP Files Suits In Eight States
December 04, 2006 12:00 AM EST The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has filed copyright infringement suits against 10 nightclubs, bars and restaurants in eight states. Although all establishments licensed rights from the performing rights organizati ...
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Quincy Jones Moves Songs To Cherry Lane
December 01, 2006 12:00 AM EST The legendary Quincy Jones has moved his music publishing catalog of more than 1,600 copyrights from major publisher Warner/Chappell Music to indie publisher Cherry Lane Music Publishing. Jones and the New York-based Cherry Lane signed a multi-yea ...
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American Idol Rocker Chris Daughtry Signs With BMG Songs
November 30, 2006 12:00 AM EST BMG Songs has signed a worldwide co-publishing agreement with American Idol rocker Chris Daughtry, whose self-titled debut album on RCA Records currently sits at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 (Dec. 9). Daughtry, the fourth-place finalist from the fif ...
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EC To Probe UMG's BMG Publishing Buy
November 29, 2006 12:00 AM EST The European Commission will open an in-depth investigation into Universal Music Group's planned takeover of BMG Music Publishing, inside sources confirmed to Billboard.biz today (Nov. 29). The four-month, second stage review of the acquisiti ...
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Hal Leonard Acquires Backbeat Books
November 20, 2006 12:00 AM EST Hal Leonard, the music-print company, has acquired CMP Technology's Backbeat Books division, a leading publisher of music reference books. Under the terms of the deal, Hal Leonard will own the existing catalog and will continue to create new ...
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Universal Music Group Sues MySpace
November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST Universal Music Group is taking on the Internet's most popular social networking site and its global media parent. UMG labels and publishers sued MySpace and parent company News Corporation today (Nov. 17) for copyright infringement. The owne ...
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Qtrax Signs Agreement With Universal Music Publishing
November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST Ad-supported peer-to-peer network Qtrax, a division of Brilliant Technologies, has signed a licensing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group. The deal covers North American mechanical rights to the publisher's repertoire. EMI Music P ...
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Pedowitz Elected To BMI Board
November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST Mark Pedowitz, president of Touchstone Television and executive VP of ABC Entertainment Television Group, has been elected to the BMI board of directors. The announcement by chairman Cecil Walker came today (Nov. 17) in New York following the orga ...