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MUMBAI: Sony Corp has secured financing from Abu Dhabi's investment fund for its takeover bid for rival music company EMI, according to PTI. Sony has financial support from �Mubadala', the Abu Dhabi investment fund, and media investment bank Raine, which would put the Japanese firm on a more equal footing with rival bidders including BMG Music Publishing, Ronald Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes group, Universal Music and Len Blavatnik's Warner Music.
read moreMUMBAI: Epic Records with Estate of Michael Jackson will release King of Pop's most awaited album �Immortal' on 21 November. Immortal is a musical tapestry of 'Michael Jackson - The Immortal World Tour' by Cirque du Soleil's which will be released on deluxe double disc version and single disc. The compilation of 40 Michael Jackson's greatest original recordings have been redesigned with the help of Kevin Antunes, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Madonna for the album.
read moreMUMBAI: EMI Music India has organized a five-city concert �Cottonking Swarsanjeevan' by National Award Winner Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar and music composer Kedar Pandit across Nasik, Pune, Kolhapur, Aurangabad and Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: Hungama.com has released Anmol Malik's single �The Graduation' on ArtistAloud.com, iTunes and various mobile portals. The new song is composed, written and sung by the singer herself. An english track outlines on graduation from the comfortable school life to a new stage in life.
read moreMUMBAI: Rock bands Them Clones, Advaita and Faridkot will perform at the inaugural edition of Motor Match, first-of-its-kind comparative motor show. The show will be held alongside the introductory Indian Formula One Grand Prix to be held from 28 October – 1 November. Other upcoming bands slated to perform at the event include Indigo Children, Mob Marley, and Rishi inc. All these performances will commence post 05.30 during the show days as per program below: 28 October - Rishi Inc and Advaita 29 October- Mob Marley and Indigo Children
read moreMUMBAI: Samsung has joined the escalating music 'cloud' crowd with the launch of its streaming service �Music Hub' which will start from 17 October. The service will offer endless music and videos on subscription basis for Galaxy-smartphones, tablets and Smart TVs. Music Hub consists of over three million songs and around 11,000 music videos from all four record giants and independent labels. The streamed audio can be cached in a Galaxy device.
read moreMUMBAI: Commemorating the death of Apples co-founder Steve Jobs, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has initiated �Apple ya Seb' contest for the listerners throughout the day on 7 October across its stations at Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Listeners can register for the contest if their credit/ debit card, mobile, car and house has the three digits 9, 8 and 3 or if their birth date has any one of the digits. The lucky contest winner will win an Apple iPod every hour.
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MUMBAI: Saregama has launched a spiritual album �Vaako Naam Kabeer'. The launch was graced by eminent personalities including filmmaker-composer-singer Vishal Bhardwaj and his wife Rekha, singer Suresh Wadkar, Devaki Pandit and Roop Kumar Rathod.
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MUMBAI: The world's largest technology giant �Apple' has lost its smartphone market to Blackberry makers Research in Motion (RIM). Apple faces problems to sell iPhone with 602 million active subscribers in the Indian market. The company has shipped 62,043 iPhone to India in the quarter ending 30 June, whereas, RIM and Nokia has sold more handsets due to the right product, timing and app, according to research estimated by IDC.
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MUMBAI: Zee TV Entertainment has introduced a new music reality show �Star Ya Rockstar' which will be aired every weekend from 8 October at 8.30 pm. The show will unearth singing talent from well-known television artistes like Ragini Khanna, Neha Marda, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Sumit Raghavan, Mansi Parekh, Chhavi Mittal and Manish Paul. The show will be hosted by Mona Singh.
read moreFever FM has launched a campaign �F1-0-4', showing its support for Marussia Virgin Racing team and the Indian Grand Prix. The station has also christianized themselves as �F1-0-4 FM' and will span contests for two weeks prior to Grand Prix race. The lucky winners of the contest will win VIP tour of the F1 paddock, F1 race tickets, chance to witness a session from Virgin Racing Garage and a lunch at Virgin Racing Motor home. Fever FM has integrated back-to-back music, rapid fire contest and many more activities into its playlist and programming.
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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
MUMBAI: Vianet Media, founded by Mr.read more
MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
MUMBAI: The worlds of art and technology have always had an intricate relationship, but in recenread more
