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NEW DELHI: India’s first and the largest audiobooks brand Reado today launched its e-commerce website www.reado.com. Reado Audiobooks is the only brand in India to launch such a platform in the audiobooks market. The website has already garnered 5000 sign ups and the number is expected to surge to 1, 00,000 in the next six months.
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MUMBAI: McCann Erickson European chief innovation officer Matias Palm-Jensen is appointed as the jury president for the Digital Media Awards this year. Currently in its sixth year, Digital Asia Festival is the two-day event that celebrates best digital marketing communications in Asia. The annual awards recognise digital marketers and their agencies for outstanding work in categories like media, entertainment, apps, gaming, online PR and online marketing.
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MUMBAI: Legendary music composer and arranger of several Broadway plays and films, Marvin Hamlisch passed away on Monday in Los Angeles after suffering from a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Terre. Aged 68, the legend was principal conductor of the Pasadena Pops Orchestra and had also composed and arranged the scores for dozens of movies including ‘The Sting’ and the Broadway hit ‘A Chorus Line’ amongst others.
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MUMBAI: Giving a tribute to Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated a museum named after him on his death anniversary.
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MUMBAI: Xage Communication has launched the dual-Sim handset ‘M900 Force’ in the Indian market. The device is embedded with 2.8 inch screen, 1.3MP camera, wireless FM radio, stereo handsfree, MP3/MP4 audio-video player, micro card support upto 16 GB, 3.5mm audio jack, auto call record, LED torch, bluetooth with A2DP and 3600 mAh Li-ion battery. The device is priced at Rs 2599.
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MUMBAI: As India gears up to celebrate the 65th year of its independence, bollywood singer Mika has re-created the national song Vande Mataram for a special show to be aired on Life OK. The special track commemorating the memories of war heroes will be aired on 12 August between 5-8 pm as part of ‘Azaadi’, a tributary series of episodes on the real meaning of Independence. Mika has created a fresh melody which is peaceful yet celebratory.
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MUMBAI: Red FM has partnered with the Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) awards for the third consecutive year. An initiative by Wizcraft International Entertainment, GiMA recognizes and applauds talent across various genres of Indian Music such as Bollywood, Classical, Ghazal, Devotional, Folk, Fusion, Carnatic and Contemporary.
read moreMUMBAI: Seven Arts Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: SAPX) ("Company" or "Seven Arts") announced today that the North American release of "Undisputed," the new album from multi-platinum recording artist DMX, has been re-scheduled for release on 11 September 2012, at the request of a leading North American retailer, through Seven Arts' distributor Fontana Distribution. DMX's single, "I Don't Dance," will be playing next week at more than 20 radio stations in North America, with more than 400 rotations expected.
read moreMUMBAI: Hero Stars Limited (HSL) promoter of “Gospel Heroes” is looking for talented Gospel Music singers and group acts to audition in London this September. The Grand Final winner receives a share in ?50,000 worth of prizes including a recording contract, concert tour and be awarded "Gospel Heroes Best New Talent" award.
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MUMBAI: Heroes, the newly released Willie Nelson album on Legacy Recordings, is proving a hit with fans, press and radio, where the record spent five consecutive weeks at #1 on the Americana Radio Chart (where it's now #2, in its sixth week on the chart). Released on 15 May, Heroes debuted at #18 on the Billboard 200 best-selling albums chart--Willie's highest number on the Billboard 200 since Always On My Mind hit #2 in 1982--while opening at #4 on the Country Albums chart and #15 on the Top Digital Albums chart.
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MUMBAI: After making waves with her ‘Born This Way’ album, paparazzi queen Lady Gaga has unveiled the name of her next album titled ‘ARTPOP’ along with a photograph of a matching new tattoo. ARTPOP is a follow-up to her last album ‘Born This Way’ which released in May 2011 and sold 1.1 mn copies within the first week of its release.
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MUMBAI: After facing the challenge of belting out classical tracks last week, Indian Idol 6 contestants will get a chance to celebrate and grove with bollywood actors Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in the sixth gala round. The contestants will perform chartbusting numbers of the two actors. Vipul will render ‘Dhinka Chika’, Devendra will sing ‘Bodyguard’, Ritika will belt out ‘Chikni Chameli’, Amit will croon ‘Bang Bang’ and Poorvi will hum ‘Sheila ki Jawani’.
read moreNEW DELHI: A committee is being set up by Prasar Bharati to monitor fast evolving changes in technology and take appropriate action with regards to All India Radio and Doordarshan. Prasar Bharati chairperson Mrinal Pande told Radioandmusic.com that this committee would also study changes emerging in new technologies. She said that the growth of Doordarshan mobile TV would also be considered by this committee. This would be in addition to the already existing committee which is going into vision and programme content for AIR and DD.
read moreMUMBAI: Kashmir's first woman radio announcer Shanta Kaul passed away on 4 August after suffering from brief illness. It is learned that Kaul, 83, was admitted at Jahangir Hospital in Pune. She is survived by her renowned broadcaster and writer husband Pran Kishore and four children.
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MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) delivered impressive first-quarter earnings that surpassed exread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new licensing agreement, marking the enread more
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MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
