Modern music patron Betty Freeman dies at 87 - USA Today
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:02:00 GMT
BEVERLY HILLS (AP) — 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 ... Providence, RI - WNDU
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:03:00 GMT
A lawyer for a Rhode Island couple in an illegal music sharing case is trying to keep their home computer out of the recording industry's hands. The couple's son is accused by the Recording Industry Association of America of downloading at least ... Beyonce, Tyler Perry dominate NAACP Image nominations - Reuters India
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:11:00 GMT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singers Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson, along with the cast of TV comedy "Tyler Perry's House of Payne", were among top nominees for the NAACP Image Awards, the oldest U.S. civil rights organization said on Wednesday ... Fueled by digital releases, UK singles sales hit new record - Times Online
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:33:00 GMT
Popular releases from bands such as the Killers, Snow Patrol and Take That coupled with a digital boom boosted last year's music market beyond expectations, the BPI said today. The body, which represents the recorded music business, said that ... Sony to launch world's lightest notebook - Reuters UK
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:47:00 GMT
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp plans to launch the world's lightest 8-inch notebook PC, taking aim squarely at a rapidly growing market for ultra-portable personal computers. The new Sony Vaio PC will come with Microsoft Corp's Windows Vista ... Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes - AZCentral.com
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:00:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online music store to 69 cents and plans to begin selling all tracks without copy protection. At the Macworld trade show Tuesday, Apple's top marketing ... Lopez died from head injury - Steamboat Pilot & Today
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:23:00 GMT
Steamboat Springs — Sgt. 1st Class Richard Lopez died Monday from “severe cranial and cerebral trauma,” according to autopsy results. Steamboat Springs police said the suspects in his alleged assault may not face murder charges. Preliminary re ... Kraftwerk co-founder leaves German group - WTOP Radio
Pub. Date - Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:55:00 GMT
BERLIN (AP) - Florian Schneider, a co-founder of Kraftwerk, the German band that built the foundation for electro-pop and scored a chart-topping global hit with "Autobahn" in 1974, has left the group, its label said Tuesday. News of the departure was ... Digital boom helps British music sales hit record - MSN Malaysia News
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:35:00 GMT
British music sales are booming as young fans increasingly buy songs online rather than illegally downloading them, the country's industry body said Wednesday. The BPI, formerly known as the British Phonographic Industry, said big-selling releases by ... CES-SanDisk unveils memory card-based music player - Forbes
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:33:00 GMT
LAS VEGAS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - SanDisk Corp (nasdaq: SNDK - news - people ) unveiled a portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod. SanDisk announced the Sansa ... | 
