Today’s headlines, October 04
Monday October 5 2009 - 4:20AM
- Canadian music labels combine to take on US market
- Video: Harper Sings Beatles’ cover at NAC … with Yo Yo Ma
- AUX: A quick scan of our newest TV music station
- Popular Fan 590 Sports shows now on Sirius
- Canada’s troubled media businesses
- Pop Montreal an unreserved success
- Canwest denies newspaper block in play
- International
- AEG buys webcasting company, creates AEG Digital Media
- Jackson, Beatles fail to halt plunging US album sales
- Eminen’s music publisher settles out of court with Apple
- Spirit Music acquires Guercio catalogue
- Hulu at the centre of Comcast’s ‘interest’ in NBC stake
- Glastonbury 2010 SRO, over 100K tickets sold in 24 hours
- Technology/Marketing
- Akon teams up with Montreal’s Penta Mobile
- Adobe announces Flash for smart phones
- Phone apps the new revenue generator for media co’s
- US media revenue set for historic decline
- 02 supports Shazam music discovery app
- Talent/Features
- Mojo Nixon offering entire catalogue, gratis, through Amazon
- Pythons laughing all the way to the bank
- Perez Hilton tour flops
- Lady GaGa announces solo tour
- Simon Cowell’s million dollar birthday bash
- Bragg, Jones, others unite for jail campaign
- Robbie Williams to quit music if next album is a dud
- An indie label for YouTube’s rising stars
- Absurd lifestyle pushes Amy Winehouse down to last million
- Obituaries
- Bertelsmann patriach Reinhard Mohn, aged 88
- ‘Voice of South America,’ Mercedes Sosa, aged 74
- Boss Jock Jim Nettleton, aged 69
- Ex CBC Calgary TV anchor Laurie McNaughton, aged 48
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