22 Zavvi shops close - The Independent
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:12:00 GMT
Almost 180 staff at troubled music retailer Zavvi lost their jobs today after administrators closed 22 stores. Ernst & Young said the closures would be effective immediately. Joint administrator Tom Jack said: "Despite record consumer demand since ... Millen to appear on NBC's Super Bowl pregame show - Forbes
Pub. Date - Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:38:00 GMT
Matt Millen will be offering his opinions on football during NBC's Super Bowl pregame show. The former Detroit Lions team president, architect of the NFL's first 0-16 squad, will appear on the network again after serving as a studio analyst Saturday ... Ron Asheton - Guardian Unlimited
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT
In their early 1970s heyday, the Stooges were one of punk rock's archetypal bands, creating music that was to inspire and influence several generations of younger groups in America and Britain. Most attention was focused on the charismatic lead ... ABC, CBS and NBC news anchors staying home for Gaza story - Grand Forks Herald
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:38:00 GMT
ABC, CBS and NBC haven't sent their top news anchors to the Middle East to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas, even though each network did so in 2006 when Israel fought a war with Hezbollah. The networks said their decisions had nothing to do with ... Apple to cut copy protection on iTunes library, lower some prices - Johnson City Press
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:41:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection. In Apple’s final appearance at the Macworld trade ... Knowles, Keys Hudson get Image nods in film, music - Buffalo News
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:26:00 GMT
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Beyonce Knowles, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson are all multitasking for the NAACP Image Awards, earning nominations Wednesday in both music and film categories. Knowles, Keys and Hudson are competing against one another ... Music & games retailer Zavvi to close 22 stores - Raleigh News & Observer
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:26:00 GMT
LONDON -- British music and entertainment retailer Zavvi will immediately close 22 stores and cut 178 jobs, the collapsed company's administrators said Thursday. Administrators at Ernst & Young, appointed to run the company after it filed for ... Modern Music Patron Betty Freeman dies at 87 - POLLSTAR
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:53:00 GMT
Betty Freeman, patron to such contemporary musical masters as John Cage, Philip Glass and Pierre Boulez, has died. She was 87. Freeman died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at her Beverly Hills home, daughter Shelley Butler said Wednesday. Over four ... Creative Introduces a Breakthrough for iTunes Users - Sound Blaster ... - Newsblaze.com
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:02:00 GMT
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative today announced Sound Blaster(R) for iTunes(R), a breakthrough for the more than 100 million people who listen to iTunes music and Internet radio on their PC or Mac. Sound Blaster for iTunes upgrades your PC ... GM slashes support of arts - Detroit News
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:09:00 GMT
GM slashes support of arts In tough times, foundation drops pledges to opera, Music Hall Lawrence B. Johnson / Special to The Detroit News Metro Detroit's hard-pressed arts organizations are reeling from a new blow. The GM Foundation has asked high ... | 
