China’s Baidu signs music deal with studios, ends legal wrangle – YAHOO!

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Baidu, China’ s largest search engine, signed an agreement with a joint venture owned by Universal Music, Warner Music and Sony Music to distribute songs through its mp3 search service, ending years of legal wrangling over charges that

Baidu reaches music download deal – Financial Times
Under the agreement, Baidu will pay the rights holders per play and per download through Baidu MP3, the company’s long-established music search platform or on Ting, its new social music platform, the companies said. However, searches and downloads on

Apple profit more than doubles – CNN Money
The company sold 9.25 million iPads in the quarter, and 7.5 million iPods — the first time its tablet has outsold its iconic MP3 player. This week, Apple finally solved its iPad 2 supply problem, bringing expected shipping dates to within one to three

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Study Says AIDS Drugs Can Raise Life Expectancy in Africa – Voice of America
TO DOWNLOAD the MP3 of this story, click on the MP3 link in the upper right corner of the page. Double-click any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary. This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists say a study

Sounds of summer can damage your hearing – Chicago Sun-Times
This is a five percent increase above a similar study conducted in the ’90s. “And with the 275 million [MP3 players] that are estimated to be sold by the end of 2011, the danger of permanent hearing loss is only going to increase,” said Dr. Candace

Baidu strikes licensing deal with music labels – Los Angeles Times
Baidu also agreed to pay the labels for songs delivered through its MP3 Search service. Terms of the license were not disclosed. The labels sued Baidu in 2008, claiming that the Chinese company violated copyright laws by serving up links to pirated music.

Chinese Stocks in the U.S.: Kandi Advances, Zhongpin Tumbles – Bloomberg
Sony Corp., Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group Corp. will receive undisclosed fees for allowing their content to be downloaded for free to users of Baidu’s Ting and MP3 services, the Chinese search-engine operator said in a statement.

Baidu in landmark pact with record labels – msnbc.com
Baidu Inc, China’s largest search engine, has signed an agreement with top music studios to distribute licensed songs through its mp3 search service, ending years of legal dispute over accusations that the company encouraged piracy. Baidu signed the deal

Hello Music Launches Exclusive Master Series for Independent Artists – Business Wire

LOS ANGELES–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Hello Music today announced the launch of an exclusive Master Series that will provide its expansive membership-based independent artist community with the opportunity to get one-on-one sessions with industry veterans

Google unveils cloud-based music service – Global Nation
NEW YORK (AP) — Google Inc. unveiled its long-planned music service Tuesday, but it will likely need deals with the recording industry to reach its full potential. Called “Music Beta by Google,” the service lets users store their tunes remotely and

Exhibit celebrates Latino influence on American pop music – Sacramento Bee
Bring your overdue books and a pair of boogie shoes. “American Sabor,” a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution and Seattle’s Experience Music Project, reaches the Sacramento Public Library at Eighth and I streets starting Thursday. The multimedia

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Actress, music icon Cher turns 65 – YAHOO!
NEW YORK (AFP) – Music icon Cher, the rare celebrity to have earned both Oscar and Grammy glory, turns 65 this week with undiminished adoration from millions of fans around the world. Before Madonna or Lady Gaga, there was Cher, a forerunner of the

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Lady Gaga Recalls Bullying In Upcoming MTV Special – MTV.com
Lady Gaga has never held back. The often outspoken singer has shared with all her Little Monsters the stories of her past. In the new MTV special , “Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside,” airing Thursday, May 26, at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET/PT on MTV, the Mother

MTV docu-series needs female gospel singers – Detroit News
MTV is seeking female singers between 15 and 21, who sing in a gospel choir and are dealing with crisis at home, work or school or are trying to keep the neighborhood safe for its coming docu-series “World of Jenks.” To apply, email jenkscasting@mtvstaff

MTV Pulls Planned Pro-Life Ad Campaign – New American
MTV has pulled a life-affirming advertisement run on its network by the pro-life group Heroic Media , suggesting that the group’s pro-life motives were a strong factor in the decision to ban the commercial. The ad, which has aired on MTV over the past

Kristin Cavallari leaves MTV costars off her wedding guest list – New York Post
LOS ANGELES — Kristin Cavallari, previously of MTV reality shows “Laguna Beach” and “The Hills,” revealed Tuesday she is not inviting many of her former costars to her wedding to Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. “We don’t even talk,” Cavallari told

MTV To Air Original Movie Thriller In June – Multichannel Online
MTV will continue its original movie franchise with the June 16 premiere of The Truth Below . The two-hour thriller stars Gilian Zinser (90210 ), Reid Ewing ( Modern Family ), Nick Thurston ( Surviving Ophelia ) and Ricky Mabe ( Zack and Miri Make a Porno

MTV & MTN partner to empower African Youth via new TV Programme “MTV Base Meets…with MTN” – Bella Naija
MTV Networks Africa and MTN have joined forces in a groundbreaking pan-African multimedia campaign designed to inspire African youth by connecting them with some of the world’s most influential personalities. This is against the backdrop that young

MTV Comes to Derby – msnbc.com
MTV has invaded the halls of Derby High School. The network has been filming a new series, “The Substitute”, at the school this week. The show’s first four episodes were being shot, using more than 80 Derby High School students, according to Principal Fran

MTN, MTV Partner on African Youth Empowerment – TMCnet
May 18, 2011 (Daily Champion/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) — MTV Networks Africa and MTN Group are partnership on the empowerment of African youth as their interest in national and global affairs continue to rise with a function tagged MTV Base

Music Director for Zombie Wedding at NY Fringe in August – Playbill

Zombie Wedding” is an ’80s power pop musical with cast of six that’s in NYC Fringe Festival this August. To quote a judge, “I think the show is a blast .and it fits in somewhere between ZOMBIE PROM, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and THE TOXIC AVENGER.” Looking

Music students to take part in state competition – Statesman Journal
Salem-Keizer music students have a big weekend ahead, with Class 6A state orchestra championships today and band Saturday at Oregon State University. The events at LaSells Stewart Center, SW 26th Street and Western Boulevard, are open to the public

Music promoter arrested in Fort Meade shooting – Bay News 9
A music promoter was arrested in connection of a shooting death in Fort Meade Sunday evening. Brandon Vershun Mays, 25, was arrested early Friday morning and charged with felony murder. Detectives said  Mays shot Kentavis Ingram in the middle of a crowd

Story, music contrast in ‘Dialogues’ – Cincinnati.com
The story behind the opera “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” is from a true period of history, the “Reign of Terror,” when mass executions took place during the French Revolution. French composer Francis Poulenc took his inspiration for his 1957 opera from a

Artists Experiment With Interactive Music Videos – Wall Street Journal
Director Chris Milk’s new music video, released yesterday, introduces a young woman roaming a postapocalyptic landscape, and features a song from the coming album “Rome” by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi. But for some viewers the video’s main

Google hi-fi music service falls short of ambition – Deccan Herald
Google had big plans for its new digital music service. It wanted an online store to compete with iTunes and Amazon, as well as a ”smart locker” storage system in which the company would stream music to its millions of users from a gigantic central

BlackCreek Summer Music Festival To Go Social on Facebook® Platform – Big Hollywood
Plácido Domingo to be interviewed live on Facebook by BlackCreek Artistic Advisor, Marvin Hamlisch – Today, Friday, May 13 @ 2:00 PM EST To view the Social Media Release, click here: http://smr.newswire.ca/en/blackcreek-summer-music-festival/blackcreek

March Madness apps galore for Android, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch – HULIQ.com

College basketball fans looking for an even greater share of the basketball Mardi Gras that is March Madness can get connected to the action with Android and iPhone apps geared for the 2011 NCAA Tournament, including apps for live streaming each and every

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Microsoft Said to Scrap New Zune Models After Failing to Break IPod’s Grip – Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will stop introducing new versions of the Zune music and video player because of tepid demand, letting the company shift its focus to other devices, according to a person familiar with the decision. Microsoft will concentrate on

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