Borders, Gannett Latest Victims of Digital Media

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The shuttering of Borders bookstores has been a long time coming, the latest casualty in the switch to digital media. Yesterday (7/18), the nation’s second-largest bookstore chain, which also sold music, announced plans to begin the liquidation process.

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Spotify Taps HFA

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The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) has entered into a publishing licensing, administration and management agreement with Spotify, which is in the middle of its US launch following much success overseas. HFA will clear mechanical publishing rights for Spotify, licensing certain rights in millions of musical works. Under the agreement, Spotify will utilize HFA’s end-to-end […]

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On Location With DJ Miller, Christian Kane

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DJ Miller’s debut video “Between Sundays” premiered on Yallwire.com recently, and became the site’s most successful video launch since opening in 2006. It drew a record number of viewers during the first 24-hours it was online. “Between Sundays” is the current single from the 21-year-old Indiana native’s debut album, due out this fall. The video […]

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Spins.FM Enables Radio Requests

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Country music research, unlike data from some other musical formats continues to return a gaping disconnect between social networking, radio and sales success. Why?

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ACM News: LeAnn Rimes, Hunter Hayes

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LeAnn Rimes and American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox are set for a concert to benefit ACM Lifting Lives. Joe’s Bar in Chicago, winner of the ACM Nightclub of the Year Award, will host the Aug. 15 event and underwrite costs so that every ticket purchase will go directly to the work of the philanthropy. ACM […]

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