Concert promoters embrace new media for fan services | Reuters

Seeded on Fri May 14, 2010 11:17 PM EDT (Reuters)

he story illustrates how important mobile apps are to organizers of summer music festivals.

entertainment, lifestyle-brand, outside-lands, and-bonnaroo, vans-warped

Fest brought wrong kind of jams | mydesert.com | The Desert Sun

Seeded on Tue May 11, 2010 9:28 AM EDT (My Desert.com)

The La Quinta City Council requested City Manager Tom Genovese and staff begin discussions with Indio city officials regarding next year's festival to ensure that the "terrible mess" Councilman Stanley Sniff Sr.

entertainment, music, festival, coachella

What You Need To Know About Performance Royalties

Seeded on Tue May 11, 2010 9:24 AM EDT (billboard.biz)

Performance rights revenue for recorded music rose 7.6% to $729 million in 2009, according to the IFPI's "Recording Industry in Numbers 2010" report. Performance rights' share of global recorded music revenue has increased from 2% in 2005 to 5% in 2009.

entertainment, music, trends, royalties

Social Media Marketing: Facebook Hits Profitability

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:18 AM EDT (Advertising Age)

Scratch Facebook from the list of web 2.0 startups that don't make money: The world's largest social network said today it has become profitable.

media, business, social

The Disco Biscuits Draw Big Crowds To Camp Bisco | Billboard.com

Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:55 AM EDT (Billboard.com)

As Camp Bisco's founders, hosts and headliners, the Disco Biscuits -- drummer Allen Aucoin, bassist Marc Brownstein, guitarist/midi keyboardist Jon Gutwillig and keyboardist Aron Magner -- are the annual music festival's biggest draw.

entertainment, music, camp, festival, bisco

AEG Facing $85 Million Refund For Michael Jackson Shows

Seeded on Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:37 AM EDT (billboard.com)

Billboard understands AEG Live will hold a meeting at 9am L.A. time to discuss the situation regarding the 50 dates.

entertainment, jackson, michael, refund, aeg

What Teens Want: How Teens Use Media

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:45 AM EDT (billboard.biz)

"The notion that teens are too busy texting and Twittering to be engaged with traditional media is exciting, but false," according to the executive summary. Instead of replacing traditional media with new media consumption, teens are simply making time for both, it concludes.

business

CNN Recommends This Year's EXIT

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:12 AM EDT (eng.exitfest.org)

The prominent American news company CNN, has included Exit in their list of 12 top festivals in the world in 2009. CNN has published an annual guide to the best festivals from all the continents, and it includes Exit, with only three other festivals from Europe.

entertainment, music, festival

ENCORE: The Standard in Live Entertainment News

Seeded on Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:48 AM EDT (ENCORE)

Curious to find out how the court will rule in this case, and how the damages will be estimated for this radius-clause lawsuit...

entertainment, lawsuit, jackson, michael, clause, radius, aeg

Ethnic Media Reaching Record Numbers in U.S. - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Sat Jun 6, 2009 7:07 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Nearly 60 million Americans now regularly get information from ethnically oriented TV, radio, newspapers, and Web sites, many of which are published or broadcast in languages other than English -- and that number is on the rise.

Vintage Virginia - The Season's Premier Wine Event Set for May 30 & 31

Mon May 18, 2009 1:02 PM EDT

Centreville, VA. May 18, 2009 -- The 28th annual Vintage Virginia Wine Festival is a long-standing rite of spring for wine lovers. This year, after a long season of cold weather, the festival is a must-do on the seasonal calendar.

Continue reading this entry ...

entertainment, virginia, festival, wine

Loose Leaf Notes: Floydfest Prep

Seeded on Tue May 12, 2009 3:17 PM EDT (loose leaf notes)

Here are some photos and short commentaries from May 6 & 7 work weekend at the FloydFest site - enjoy!

entertainment, floydfest

European Commission Acts On Internet Rights

Seeded on Wed May 6, 2009 10:44 AM EDT (Billboard)

The European Commission has launched a new online tool offering practical advice on the digital rights consumers have under EU law, while reiterating the need for pan-European licensing solutions.

business

FloydFest: A Festival close to Home - Washington Times

Seeded on Tue May 5, 2009 8:34 AM EDT (The Washington Times)

Floydfest launched in 2002 as a relatively small festival, its modest crowd dwarfed in size by the nearby Bonnaroo. From its inception, however, Floydfest boasted a distinctive identity that set it apart from similar events.

entertainment, floydfest

Why Customer Loyalty Isn't as Valuable as Penetration Growth - Advertising Age

Seeded on Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:55 AM EDT (Advertising Age)

Ehrenberg has proved that behavioral brand loyalty within a category simply doesn't vary much from brand to brand -- it is pretty much fixed, with consumers buying across a portfolio of brands to fulfill their category needs.

business, advertising

MerleFest extends early bird special

Seeded on Tue Mar 3, 2009 11:36 AM EST (Country Time)

"During these economic times, all of us at MerleFest want to do whatever we can to allow more fans to attend the festival at a discount price," said festival director Ted Hagaman.

entertainment, music, festival, merlefest

Relix -The Magazine For Music - Neil Young Angry As Warner-Reprise Pulls YouTube Videos

Seeded on Sun Mar 1, 2009 11:06 AM EST (Relix)

Neil Young's camp has announced in a statement that Warner/Reprise, Young's label, has pulled all Warner/Reprise videos from YouTube -- including Young's straight-to-YouTube viral video "Fork In The Road," the title track from Young's upcoming album.

entertainment

Economic crisis takes festival fun away

Seeded on Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:27 AM EST (Shanghai Daily )

Corporations are scaling back or eliminating sponsorships for festivals to cut costs but also because they are reluctant to be seen underwriting lavish or frivolous events when times are hard, said Steve Schmader, president and chief executive of the International Festivals and E …

entertainment

High RV Rentals Expected For Bonnaroo Festival

Seeded on Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:14 AM EST (NewsChannel 5.com)

Brody planned to ask people to bring in their own RVs, pay them cash to borrow it, and then rent it out for the music festival. "The day you bring it to me I'm going to hand you a check for $750 to a $1000," said Brody.

business

Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment agree to unprecedented merger | TicketNews

Seeded on Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:47 AM EST ()

The two biggest names in concert promotion and ticketing have formally agreed to become one.

nation, live, ticketmaster

Social Networks: Facebook Takes Over Top Spot, Twitter Climbs

Seeded on Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:17 AM EST ()

Interesting statistics, though as one of the commenters noted, Twitter (and Facebook) api's are so widely used that these numbers don't show real usage, especially for Twitter - still interesting...

technology

Rothbury music festival sets July dates | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Seeded on Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:15 AM EST (Detroit News)

Rothbury is officially returning to the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Mich., over the Fourth of July weekend, organizers announced today.

entertainment

Japan scientists identify enzyme that may suppress cancer | Health | Reuters

Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 11:49 PM EST (Reuters)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Japan have identified an enzyme which appears to suppress breast cancer and they hope the finding will spur new therapies to control the second most common cancer in the world. At issue is the enzyme CHIP, which experts say can stunt cancer gr …

cancer, health, breast, hormon, prevencion

Obama 'Hope' poster artist arrested in Boston - The Boston Globe

Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 1:09 PM EST (The Boston Globe)

Shepard Fairey, the controversial street artist riding a roller coaster of publicity with his red, white, and blue posters of President Barack Obama, was arrested last night on his way to DJ an event kicking off his exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

arrest, artist, obama, poster