MUMBAI: Finally, Rathinam Group of Educational Institutions kick starts its on-campus community radio (CR) station- Rathinavani 90.8 in Coimbatore. District Collector M Karunagaran had inaugurated the station recently.
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MUMBAI: The city of Singapore is hosting rising stars of the world’s largest video sharing site YouTube who are attending and performing live at the YouTube FanFest.
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MUMBAI: Founding member of legendary rock group The Doors Ray Manzarek, has died. He was 74.
Manzarek died Monday 20 May in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family publicist Heidi Robinson Fitzgerald said. He was suffering from bile duct cancer.
Born in Chicago in 1939, Manzarek formed The Doors with Jim Morrison while studying in film in UCLA in 1965 and the original lineup included drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger.
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MUMBAI: Yahoo Inc will pay $ 1.1 billion cash for blogging service Tumblr in its attempt to connect with younger generation of users.
The deal which was announced on Monday 20 May is seen as a ‘bold’ bet by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to revitalize the company by co-opting a Web property, report said.
Tumblr is one of the Web's most popular hubs of so-called user-generated content, has more than 100 million blogs in its network.
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MUMBAI: Latest offering by 'Ya Ali' famed singer- Zubeen Garg is a new album inspired by 1972 classic film 'Pakeezah'.
Garg who has invested six years into crafting the eight tracks of 'Pakeeza' (Times Music) considers his labour of love as his own 'child'.
Speaking with Radioandmusic.com, Garg says, "It is my dream project and my own child. I have taken so long to complete it. It's an album with purpose and it's not done in one month or so. I have worked for six years on this"...
MUMBAI: Digital music services in India have been growing by leaps and bounds, leading to a high level of consumer engagement and in turn content development as well. The segment is witnessing a lot of action with many streaming services launching various subscription models indicating that a paid ecosystem is here to stay.
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There’s music and there’s music from Goa. The fusion of cultures, the sea, surf, beaches and the air must have conspired beautifully to inspire its habitants to create the most joyous music. Goa has contributed immensely in enriching the musical kaleidoscope of the country- from studio musicians to bona fide stars. A new talent is in the horizon- Silvia Fernandes.
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MUMBAI: DJ-producer-singer Romanthony, best known as the voice behind the 2000 hit 'One More Time' of Daft Punk, passed away at his Austin home earlier this month.
Aged 46, Romanthony's family confirmed that he died from complications of kidney disease but the cause of Romanthony aka Anthony Moore death has yet not been released.
His sister, Mellony Moore wrote on her Facebook, ''My baby brother Romanthony AKA Anthony Moore passed away 7 May 2013 at his home in Austin, Texas. Th...
MUMBAI: More than three decades after their last album (The Visitors, 1981), Swedish pop super group Abba is in the news again. Their Greatest Hits collection released in 1992 has overtaken greatest hits The Beatles' iconic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band in sales to become the UK's second biggest selling album of all time.
According to the Official Charts Company, while both albums have sold over 5.1 million copies in the UK, the Swedish band's 1992 Best Of collection has now ...
MUMBAI: With the opportunities that FM Phase III auction will offer and the challenges that digital platform with increased connectivity will pose, the radio industry needs to cohesively position itself as an attractive proposition to advertisers, TAM Media Research Sr VP - S-Group & Marketing Pradeep Hejmadi said.
Though dwarfed by television, the Rs 1,300 crore radio has had a steady growth of 11-13 percent (December 2012). However, things are expected in the industry soon.
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