Thursday, March 11th, 2010


I couldn’t believe there was such a thing as Disney Jail until March 7th, when Disney, the parent company for ABC, stripped the Academy Awards signal from 3.1 million New Yorkers because of cash dispute. Thirteen minutes into programming ABC appeared to relent by restoring the signal to New Yorkers, but has the damage already been done?

If you’re a music lover who has tried buying concert tickets from Ticketmaster and Live Nation, you’ve probably noticed how ridiculously difficult it is to find good seats. Blame hackers like the “Wise Guys”, who were charged today with fraud, among other things. These hackers are behind the elaborate scheme to buy out the best seats and resell the tickets for more than face value. Today, three of the four self-titled “wise guys” appeared in Newark, New Jersey’s federal court. The hackers are responsible for breaking into the computer ticketing systems to buy millions of the best tickets for numerous artists like Bruce Springsteen, Miley Cyrus, and Billy Joel, among others.

Today, the charity song “We Are the World” originally written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson is being remade to benefit the Haiti relief efforts. Just as the original song included the biggest super stars of the time in 1985, the 2010 edition will include the biggest stars of this generation.

Digital music service Grooveshark.com announced it has entered into agreements with major label EMI Music and EMI Music Publishing that will give Grooveshark users access to content from EMI’s roster of current and legendary catalog artists and EMI Music Publishing’s songwriters.

NEW YORK, NY, October 7, 2009 – Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) today announced that it has named Grammy Award-winning music producer, Rob Cavallo, to the newly created position of Chief Creative Officer. Cavallo has produced or had creative involvement in albums that have sold more than 125 million units over the past 16 years…

7digital, the digital media delivery company and home of the MP3, today announced its official launch in the United States. Agreements in Place With All Four Major Music Labels – Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Music.

Good Evening New York City is a forthcoming CD/DVD double live album by Paul McCartney consisting of material performed over three nights as the inaugural concert at New York City’s Citi Field, July 17, 18 and 21, 2009, part of his Summer Live ‘09 concert tour.