MUMBAI: EMI Music has appointed Rob Stevenson at a top creative post, to head its Virgin imprint in the US.
Stevenson will report to Nick Gatfield, the new A&R president of North America, UK and Ireland, and is scheduled to start his position by 15 August, says a company release.
Ron Stevenson was former top evaluator of rock talent at Universal Music Group. As a former executive vice president of Universal Music, Stevenson signed and developed artists that have sold 26m albums worldwide, such as Fall Out Boy, The Killers, The Bravery, Sum 41, Lady Sovereign, Saliva, Thric...
MUMBAI: The Bollywood music industry has once again surprised its audience by bringing Sanjay Dutt behind the mic for upcoming movie C kkompany. Lately, Akshay Kumar sung for Singh is Kinng, Govinda crooned for Loot and Hrithik is said to be singing for his forthcoming Kite.
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MUMBAI: Indiabeat, a music label known for its Indo fusion music, is ready to launch six albums by this year end. These albums are in various stages of production and will be launched between August and October 2008.
By early September, the label plans to launch a new album titled 'Namaste'featuring the Karnatriix band featuring John Anthony on guitars, Ustad Faiyaz Ahamed Khan on vocals/sarangi and "Darbuka" Siva on percussion.
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MUMBAI: Eros international and Aleya Motion Magic's new film Hijack introduces two new composers to the industry, Justin and Uday.
The music launch held this week was a star studded event with eminent people from the film industry including Shiney Ahuja, Esha Deol, Kaveri Jha, K K Raina, Sunil Lulla of Eros International and producer-director of the movie Kunal Shivdasani attending the function.
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MUMBAI: MoPod's were an instant hit as soon as they were launched in UK, Europe and Japan. And, now this innovative mobile accessory will soon be available in Mumbai's Shoppers Stop, Landmark, Music World, Crossword, Planet M and Rhythm House by next week.
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MUMBAI: Adlabs' radio division Big FM contributed Rs 510 million for the first quarter of 2008-09 to the company's consolidated revenues of Rs 2.54 billion, a jump of 217 per cent.
The current quarter includes the results of the radio operations for the first time, and hence may not be comparable with the earlier years. Consequently, there has been a significant increase in the depreciation and interest charge in this quarter, says an official release. The company has posted a profit before tax of Rs 60 million after providing for increased depreciation and interest on account of rad...
New Delhi: Delhi's Big FM has appointed Manisha Tripathi as its station director. Punit Mathur has put in his papers.
Commenting on the new appointment, Big 92.7 FM Regional Head - North and West Himanshu Shekhar said, "I am delighted to have someone with Manisha's caliber and accomplishment to join us. Her extensive experience and knowledge of diverse business sector will help serve and create great entertainment value for the Delhi-ites."
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MUMBAI: Radio Mango 91.9, Kerala's first private FM station has launched a new initiative in Kochi called 'mango weekends'. Aimed at providing an exciting weekend for its listeners in the city, 'mango weekends' offer hundreds of Free movie tickets, movie merchandises and much more. The first in this series is in association with Sridar Theatre for the Hollywood blockbuster movie, The Mummy: The tomb of The Dragon Emperor'. To win free movie tickets, all one has to do is to tune in to radio mango 91.9 and participate in the mango weekend contests.
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