Today’s headlines, October 08
Thursday October 8 2009 - 6:35AM
- Broadcasters settle licence fee fight with regulator
- Plaskett leads with four nominations in folk music awards
- Gospel music to help inspire men’s hockey to gold
- Amazon silent on Kindle delay in Canada
- Tianda Flagel, YTV’s Next Star winner
- More details on LiveCity Olympic programming
- Former CFAX radio host claims copyright infringement
- HFX Broadcasting wins licence for new Halifax FM
- Net neutrality? Banks fume over ban on online insurance ads
- International
- Ticketmaster merger opposed by UK competition body
- Bug Music makes Inc. mag’s list of fastest growing companies
- NMPA: ‘Copyright should be technology neutral’
- UK Music Managers: Force licensing deals to fight P2P
- Copyright battle looming in US over ‘work for hire’ contracts
- Goom Radio secures key music industry licenses
- Babs top of the pops in America for 9th time
- Sponsorship revenues second only to live shows for big acts
- WMG hires Cavallo on non-exclusive basis
- Larry Jackson exec appointments at Arista and RCA
- Opus 19 Music to rep ARC catalogue
- Lionsgate secures $110M in financing
- Amie Street secures $4M in new financing
- NY Post warns of Clear Channel default
- Technology/Marketing
- Twitter in talks to licence tweets as real-time search data
- Charge your gadgets wirelessly
- Competition pushes Napster to cuts prices in UK
- Talent/Features
- Brian Wilson to complete some George Gershwin songs
- Soprano Sills estate sells for $500M
- Aeorsmith back with Tyler for corporate gig
- Tyler and Perry haven’t written together in 10 years
- Anvil announces winter tour plans in N/A
- Wilco tour in Canada to kick-off with free Vancouver show
- Corin Raymond finally makes the ’small time’
- David Letterman’s secret love shacks revealed
- Actor Pierre Brault writes play about Lenny Breau
- Rufus Wainwright channels Puccini for new opera
- Obituaries
- Former Vancouver broadcaster Norris McLean, aged 76
- Producer Shelby Singleton, aged 77
- Musical arranger Robert Kirby, aged 61
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