Today’s headlines, September 1
Tuesday September 1 2009 - 4:31AM
- BBM launches super-sized radio/TV PPM panel
- Obana satire shot earns Radio Canada a stinging rebuke
- Pirate Party goes free to bolster recognition
- V-Fest underscores concert climate difficulties
- SAC continues push for carrot-and-stick P2P tariff
- Brandon to host western music conference
- Microsoft dings Bell with MSN.ca launch
- A week of reckoning for Big TV broadcasters
- Sale of CHCH, CJNT for $12 goes through
- CJBQ Belleville slapped for Cancon quota shortfall
- CHEK TV win lasts minute extension to stay on air
- It wasn’t about the music: When MuchMusic mattered
- Zoomer Radio adds digital stereo and new website
- Your ‘Tuesday Guide’ to new releases this week
- International
- UMG only laggard in Vivendi first-half ‘09 financials
- Bertelsmann posts first-half loss of $522m
- Disney muscles competition with $4b Marvel acquisition
- Ad market clips China’s Sina web portal profit 41% in Q2
- Qtrax music expands into Asian markets with MOL Media
- Last ditch effort to scuttle RIAA file sharing verdict
- Vegas lands music fest conference in December
- Walmart’s online expansion to scrape Amazon, Apple
- Technology/Marketing
- EBay ready to hang-up on Skype
- ‘Rock Band’ coming to a bar near you
- Still Fab at 40: Beatlemania rides again
- Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for games
- Google goes to Hollywood with mitts out
- Nokia stalls ‘Comes with Music’ launch in US
- Study shows digital music not a big hit with mobile users
- Sony computers to offer Google Chrome
- Talent/Features
- Peter Gabriel, Abreu accept Polar Music award
- Meet rock ‘n’ roll maverick Warren Haynes
- Weezer debuts online radio station
- Nashville celebrates trailblazer Kitty Well’s 90th birthday
- Jason Mraz beats LeAnn Rimes’ Billboard record
- Buju Banton gets cold shoulder from AEG and Live Nation
- Bryan Adams extends N/A solo acoustic tour
- UK chart co. says ‘She Loves You’ is Beatles best selling song
- Madonna brings Jesus to the Wailing Wall
- Paula Abdul’s latest Idol babble
- Simon Cowell slagged by former talent show winner
- Neil Young to release 14th CD of the year
- Obituaries
- Fifties jazz singer Chris Connor, aged 81
- Forties gospel legend Marie Knight, aged 84
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