Today’s headlines, September 03
Thursday September 3 2009 - 6:02AM
- BC backs down from Arts funding cuts
- CBC Newsworld suffers afternoon outage
- XM Radio responds to songwriters lawsuit
- Canadian Music Cafe celebrates success
- Proposed iPod levy in sync with times
- Skywords proposes a Guelph DAWG news/talk FM
- CRTC lifts cap on cable, satellite TV commercials
- Canada Pension Plan invests in Skype
- MSO Nunavik tour makes film debut this weekend
- International
- PRS settlement in UK puts music videos back on YouTube
- US copyright panel faces constitutional test
- HMV buys 50% of 7digital for £7.7M
- Cirque billionaire plans show from space
- Irish ISP to launch fee-for-service music plan
- TuneCore adds Amazon CD store
- Technology/Marketing
- YouTube could soon be renting and selling movies online
- Gmail crash casts dark cloud over Google’s ‘cloud computing’
- Microsoft discontinues Zune players
- Report points to robust US consumer tech spending
- Nokia announces two new music phone models
- Wireless retailers innovating with lab-styled stores
- Event marketing key to book, music retail survival
- Harmonix announces 19 more Fab Four songs
- US ad spend down $10.3B in first six months
- News Corp. to invest in Saudi media firm
- Talent/Features
- R. Kelly to complete Michael Jackson album
- Universal to release Costello TV series
- Madonna world tour breaks her own record
- US Country music’s big night this Monday with ABC TV special
- Dave Mason to receive Hollywood MIMI Award
- Who tour in 2010, then ‘Floss’ on Broadway following year
- King of Pop to rest in celebrity mausoleum
- Cliff Hunt ruminates on state of US music industry
- Brueggergosman, Chuck D on TIFF’s outdoor roster
- NB announces its own expansive classical music celebration
- The Hip: Canada’s ultimate band
- Avril on ‘Idol’
- Obituaries
- Former CKNW show producer Patti (Hamilton) Mair, aged 64
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