Ellen DeGeneres Leaves 'American Idol' July 29, 2010
- Rock and Pop Fox has been looking to shake-up the "Idol" format, including potentially ditching current judges and bringing back producer Nigel Lythgoe, as well as lowering its audition age to 16. » Full Story
Sony Music Posts Gains in Most Recent Quarter July 29, 2010
- Record Labels The company’s revenue increased 1.3% to 110.3 billion yen ($1.24 billion) from 108.8 billion yen last year. Sony cited the impacts of top sellers such as AC/DC’s “Iron Man 2” soundtrack, music from the TV show “Glee,” Usher’s “Raymond v Raymond” and Kana Nishino’s “to LOVE.” » Full Story
Sony Music Posts Gains in Most Recent Quarter July 29, 2010
- Record Labels The company’s revenue increased 1.3% to 110.3 billion yen ($1.24 billion) from 108.8 billion yen last year. Sony cited the impacts of top sellers such as AC/DC’s “Iron Man 2” soundtrack, music from the TV show “Glee,” Usher’s “Raymond v Raymond” and Kana Nishino’s “to LOVE.” » Full Story
Marc Anthony U.S. Tour Goes On Sale Friday July 29, 2010
- Touring
| Latin Tickets for Marc Anthony’s 2010 U.S. tour go on sale tomorrow as the pop star begins a string of dates in Latin America. Both legs are produced by Chicago-based Cardenas Marketing Network. » Full Story
Summer Encourages 'Spontaneous Spending' July 23, 2010
- Branding If the economic news isn't encouraging Americans to spend, maybe the weather can take up some of the slack. A newly released American Express/Echo Research poll finds 26 percent of respondents saying the summer weather encourages them to "spend more spontaneously." » Full Story
Paulina Rubio Gets Milk July 20, 2010
- Latin Pop diva Paulina Rubio and her mother, actress Susana Dosamantes, will be the faces of the newest "Got Milk" campaign for Latin audiences. » Full Story
Microsoft Announce Tablet Plans July 30, 2010
- Global
| Digital and Mobile Microsoft Corp set out its ambitions to dominate the consumer electronics market on Thursday with Windows-powered tablet computers and smartphones designed to beat back advances by Apple Inc and Google Inc. » Full Story
@New Music Seminar: 5 Must-Know Tips For New Artists July 21, 2010
- Indies This year's New Music Seminar in New York wrapped after a series of panels which included "The Creative Conundrum - Increasing Your Odds With Radical Differentiation," a 90-minute no-bull look at how new artists can break their careers wide open. » Full Story
Microsoft Announce Tablet Plans July 30, 2010
- Global
| Digital and Mobile Microsoft Corp set out its ambitions to dominate the consumer electronics market on Thursday with Windows-powered tablet computers and smartphones designed to beat back advances by Apple Inc and Google Inc. » Full Story
Feds Fine Univision $1 Million In Payola Case July 26, 2010
- Legal and Management The Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department have together fined Univision Radio and the now-defunct Univision Music Group $1 million to resolve allegations that the Spanish-language radio giant accepted payola from the label group. » Full Story
U.K. Digital Radio Sales Climb July 30, 2010
- Global
| Retail Sales of digital radio players in the U.K. have hit a record high for the
month of June, according to figures released by trade body Digital Radio
U.K. » Full Story
Avenged Sevenfold Gunning For A Possible No. 1 Debut July 28, 2010
- Retail Next week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, rock band Avenged Sevenfold is gunning for a possible No. 1 debut with its new album, "Nightmare." Initial sales projections from industry prognosticators suggest that the album could sell in the range of 160,000 to 180,000 by week's end on Aug. 8. » Full Story
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Music applications are among the most popular types of apps downloaded to today's smartphones. But which are the best of
the best? Which new music apps created in the last year are setting the stage for tomorrow's successes? Billboard's Music App Awards is the
first awards program answering these questions by showcasing and celebrating the best and most innovative new music apps defining the space today. The
deadline to submit your app for consideration is Aug 6. Click here to apply.
