MUMBAI: Spreading its 'Whatte Fun' wave in Pune, Pune's Radio City 91.1 FM is partnering with Brain Cell to host an absolute 'first-of-its-kind' event exclusively for corporates in Pune. In a quest to offer a refreshing change to all corporate professionals confined to their business routines, Radio City 91.1FM and Brain Cell are organizing a 'Corporate May King and Corporate May Queen' pageant spanning across corporate sectors of business.
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MUMBAI: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have struck gold with their forthcoming films. The musical trio who got a 50 per cent royalty share for Johny Gadaar's music, swear by changing the scenario for the creative men in no time.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) has sealed a deal with file-sharing site Qtrax to allow free, legal downloads of the former's music.
Qtrax had earlier announced the backing of all the major labels to distribute music free online, generating revenue with advertisements. However, New York-based Warner Music Group Corp denied Qtrax services to use its content. UMG and EMI Group PLC also declined any licensing deals with Qtrax.
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MUMBAI: Amazon.com announced that it will begin selling out-of-print albums on CD from major labels Sony BMG and EMI music on demand through its CreateSpace service.
Disc on Demand have brought back coveted out-of-print albums titles such as 'Hatari Soundtrack' by Henry Mancini, 'Earthquake Weather' by Joe Strummer, Cake's 'Motorcade of Generosity', 'Telepathy' by Bill Stewart, Tony Williams' 'Foreign Intrigue' and 'Carryin' On' by Grant Green will be amongst the first batch brought back from the dead with CDs manufactured and shipped when customers place an order.
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MUMBAI: Media Transasia has launched music magazine Blender in India, marking the title's first venture outside of the US. Blender, the music magazine is targeted at the young modern urban Indians or the 'now' generation.
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MUMBAI: eMusic has announced the arrival of worlds' first audiobooks format. It will provide more than a thousand downloadable audiobook titles in the universally compatible MP3 format without any restrictions.
The digital audiobooks market is currently the fast-growing segment of the book publishing industry. According to Piper Jaffray & Co., the worldwide market for digital audiobooks and other spoken word is expected to grow 45% in revenue from $138.6 million in 2006 to $274.4 million in 2008. Nearly 49 percent of eMusic subscribers have also expressed their interest in audiob...
