Today’s headlines, September 17
Thursday September 17 2009 - 3:22AM
- Copyright Board affirms what a sound recording is, and isn’t
- Over one million tuned in to watch CCMA Awards telecast
- Grad students’ copyright submission argues against WIPO
- Canadian talent scores big at TIFF’s Music Cafe
- When bad radio makes for good listening
- Pressure grows on Heritage to reinstate ‘diversity’ funding
- Edward Rogers named co-chair in corporate reorganization
- Gov’t cultural institutions lack bloom of Tulip Fest
- U2 blows the roof off SkyDome
- The Next Star finale airs live Sept. 27
- International
- Dan Brown novel sells million-plus copies on 1st day
- Beatles CDs sell 235,000 copies in 2 days
- Weekly Fab Four total, boxed sets included, about 1M units in US
- Devo signs 360 deal with Warner Bros. Records
- New law adds urgency to RIAA paying NMPA $300M back fees
- R&R Hall of Fame show set for HBO draws U2 on down
- WMG share upgrade heats up EMI merger rumours
- Google in talks with DOJ about Books settlement
- Popkomm swallowed by 2010 Berlin Music Week
- Now we’ve heard it all: Bon Jovi supports Cobain protest
- Capitalist cowboy John Malone is backer of Michael Moore doc
- Technology/Marketing
- HP DreamScreen pulls in 15,000 global radio stations
- Michael Robertson wants you to prove EMI is lying
- Digital Marketing: The making of a hip president
- Microsoft rolls out new Zune player with HD Radio
- Comcast to start selling TV shows to mobile phone users
- 300M users later, Facebook turns a profit
- Video – Another Shift Happens: Did You Know?
- Celebrity boob jobs: before and after
- IsoHunt launches social BitTorrent site
- Japanese cellphones to block illegal downloads
- Talent/Features
- Jay-Z album smashes Elvis record
- Susan Boyle earns standing ovation in front of 25M viewers
- Ronnie Wood tosses Russian love thingy in spat over dinner with ex
- Not quite contrite Chris Brown pulls weeds in Virginia
- The Smashing Pumpkins to release album for free
- Iggy Pop links to Lego in Kids’ version of Rock Band
- Stephen Fry to Chris Difford: Favourite London songs
- Yusaf Islam lets ‘Cat’ out of the bag about touring again
- Audio: Alicia Keys pines for her “Million Dollar Bill”
- Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain meet on stage in London
- Thelonious Monk: The life and times of an American original
- Peter Paul & Mary at an antiwar march in Washington in 1971
- Obituaries
- Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary, aged 72
- Kinks and Dusty Springfield drummer Bobby Graham, aged 69
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