MUMBAI: Sony Music CEO Doug Morris has named Edgar Berger as president and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment International.
Berger will be responsible for Sony Music's operations and regional offices outside the US and will report directly to Morris .
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MUMBAI: Nightingale of India Lata Mangeshkar was bestowed with �Lifetime Achievement Award' by Bengali news channel �Chobbish Ghanta'.
While accepting the award the melody queen who has crooned over 30,000 songs in 20 languages said, I have sung a lot of songs in Bengali and Marathi. I think there is lot of similarity between the cultures of West Bengal and Maharashtra. But I regret that now I can't speak fluent Bengali due to lack of practice. But I have read novels of Ba...
MUMBAI: Big FM's popular environment friendly endeavor �Big Green Ganesha' is back in its fourth year across 13 markets namely Mumbai, Surat, Baroda, Rajkot, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Sholapur, Goa, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Vizag and Chennai.
The campaign is promoted through on-ground drives, OOH, print and online facebook app to garner support for the cause.
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MUMBAI: American retail giant Walmart will cease its online digital music store 'Walmart MP3 Downloads' by the end of this month. Walmart sales of online discs or music promotion site, Walmart Soundcheck will not be affected by the closure of online store.
Wal-Mart began selling digital music in 2003 to compete with Apple's iTunes. The company faces tough competition from Amazon.com and as iTunes has become the largest digital music seller.
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MUMBAI: More than 150 independent record labels were dealt a huge blow due to on-going riots taking place throughout England, when a facility owned by Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation was destroyed in a fire.
The only solace for music labels is that some of the properties in other warehouses and offices will be replaced.
According to the BBC, the facility, in the London borough of Enfield, served as the main headquarters for UK music distributor Pias, which handles stock for independent labels such as 4AD, Sub Pop, Domino, Warp and XL.
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MUMBAI: After achieving incredible success over the past two years, Nokia Music Connects is back in its third edition with proficient Indian and International music professionals offering knowledge and insights into the music business.
Nokia Music Connects, a joint initiative between Hong Kong based Branded (which runs Music and Digital Matters) and leading Indian media portal Indiantelevision.com's Radioandmusic.com, is scheduled to be held on 16-17 November 2011 at the ITC Gr...
MUMBAI: Times Internet's online music streaming site, Gaana.com, has launched iPad version using HTML5.
The company claims to be the first music site in India to build the iPad version.
The ipad version will allow all the ipad users to enjoy complete Gaana.com collection all free of cost, the company said.By launching this advanced version, Ganna.com intends to take advantage of the multiple facets of interactivity that the iPad provides, it said.
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