• Abstract and Figures
• Public Full-text

fifUf y FOR EVERYONE IN THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC (WV • \ music week MasterCard g ivesEIrits crédit Theby Paul Brit AwardsWilliams are set to enter a inMusic May Innovationsto find a replacement was appointée! for Delle ïails event about havemarketing yet toplans be Monday,unveiled atJanuary a London 11, whilevenue theon multi-millionnew era following pound, the strikingthree-year of a sponsoredBritannia Music the eventfor Club, which lOyears. had -rr% sjnced. régional Rita head Broe, of marketing Master- monytélévision itself broadeast will go outfor thebetween cere- ; Companysponsorship MasterCard. deal with crédit card ThursdayThe deal afterwas MasterCardfinally struck fought last Rlteisa i hed, saysUK theand companyRepublic hasof 8pmFebruary and 17.lOpm on Wednesday, understoodAs part ofto thebe worthdeal, whichbetween is operatoroff a late Orange. bid from The mobile telecommu- phone domnr littedpushes, to a includingsériés of tie-upspromo- ducedThe showby Initial will againwith Malcolmbe pro- 1 vowed£lm and to raise£2m, theMasterCard profile of hasthe tiationsnications aCompany month enteredago, but nego- is jetetailers. banks, "Together we plan anwith excit-, our Gerrieducer. Heacting will beas joinedexecutive by a newpro- a and the retailers/ for n course to be made up entirely Liv'e events win back R1 listeners -"■"Cas 'station broadeast Tin The Radio Two posted another ingV98, Festival its ibiza and Weekend, a month the of good13.6%. resuit with a record share of dio One's weekly audience reach of 1.1m after it renegotiat- | 1 " ^'w lan above Parkinson 9.7m. says Managing its lis- withed its the Promise Radio Authority Of Performance to allow s— /Ê^^mÊL of t Mo Wax on verge of naming new partner monthsMo Wax of isspéculation expected aboutto end its PolyGram éxpired in March, is j i ; stnrsrnirj^ ■ to discuss the plans. The venue is expectedg to open postponement. "It was alljust so j A NEW MUSIC CHANNEL THAT'LL BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE INDUSTRY^I T WITH COMEDY. -y Ip | ' EUpla!: |i i ^ THE UK'S ONLY MUSIC AND COMEDY CHANNEL. UK Play is a brand newTV channel backed by the BBC and cable & satellite broadcasters, Flextech Télévision. It's a mix of new programmes induding exclusive versions of BBC shows, music videos, live performances and the best of cuit British comedy. Featuring The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer, Sundays at 9pm from November 8th and AVery Important Pennis, Sunday November Ist at 9pm (as well as Harry Enfield, Sean Hughes.Tommy Cockles and many more). It's also the home ofThe Chris Moyles Show and boasts a sched- ule packed with almost 50% original commissions. Tune in today and every day from 7am - larh on Cable and Digital TV. For more information contact Myles Jenkins, Assistant Channel Editor on 0171 765 2202. r MUSIC AND COMEDYI NEWS Tn e w s file Spice Girls scoop top prizes mMusic BACKS Week UBBAM and the MUSIC Mobo SEM1HAR baokingOrganisation to a one-dayare lending seminar their that willlearn allow about aspiring the music musicians industry to at Ascap awards ceremony from artists and executives TbLAiais^« 5' WÊ^mÊÊÊEMmmv^ of the year,et were while named 2 Become songwriters 1, co- writtenMatt Rowe, by Richardwas song Stannard of the year.and -Meanwhile Say You'll twoBe Thereother ofand their songs benefiting from their suce theirPolyGram/lsland, publisher, Windswept which Pacific.publisf publisheres Stannard of the & yearRowe, " was theyear Company' in a row. Also Ascap awards before it marges with ONLINE RETAILERS |0IN FORCES Me,MCA writtenMusic Publishingby Del CDNowLeading andonline N2k music agreed retaiiers to merge StaringCurrie, andAt TheU2 songSun confirminglast week, twothey weeks were inafter - dlesThe Marnethrough Of Love),its deai with Biue hrysa is adiscussions. new publicly The traded merger company. will create Mountain Music. whichtentativeiy will becalled based CDNow/N2k in New York. Inc. EMI signs Absolute Ex-Bentles lend puise for Martin for Geri solo project Geri Halliwell has been reunited tryMorrison to release from itsh'is clientJVIark cohtract with said Sir Paul. "Thanks for everything Absolutewith Spice for herGirls fîrst collaboratorssolo project. currentlyWarner Music. in prison, The singer,has changed who is you'veElton done John, for with us ail.whom We helove record- you." AndyThe Watkins,team of Paulwho Wllsonhave andco- convertlng to the Muslim religion includlngpenned Tooand Muchproduced for the songsVirgin orand performing will no longer asUdark be recording Morrison. Anderson Consulting-sponsored theAt British the musicdinner, ind • George withaet, areHalliwell. working A singleon new and material album FLATELV SETTLES LEGAL ACTION charity 'event, ~ osvenor which Housetook place Hôtel. at fnrreceived SSm unitsa spécial of the Bl^ Elton John sin- are due in the fîrst half of next FlatleyLord of settled the Dance with starhis formerMichael id McCartney.Ringo Starr Georgeoffered industryrecord figure,producer who n gle.br charity whose atscore Sotheby's is being auctioned firmedEMI itRecords had signed last aweek long-term con- (Octobermanager 21)John after Reid a lastdispute Tuesday over C handleddeai with bythe EMI/Chrysallssinger, who will and be theirReid hadmanagement sued Ratley agreement. for £10m, whoseEMI label. releases will appear on the claiming a breach of contract after Wednesday.industry she representsThe parliamentary last filmundersecretary and broadeasting, of state whose for tourism, brief joinedalso includes compétition Creative and industries, consumer Robbie knows it members of the IFPI board and BPI Atat athe meeting meeting, in thereprésentatives House of Lords. from Des'ree knows it calledthe international on the UK governmentrecord industry to push Copyrightfor strengthening Directive of andthe toEuropean take a IMatalie knows it régulationlead in the ofcampaign the CD manufacturingfor stricter thebusiness. IFPI's AndersonDavid Fine. Is pictured with Southgate slams rivais over takeover plans as he vows to continue at EMI Sir Colin Southgate has launehed ractive enough. easy target. "I don't feel I onean astonishing of his rivais Personal in an interview attack onIn bish, de re talkslid aSouthgate. lot of rub- anybodyis a sltting else," duck he sald.any m< :o remain at EMI "What makes hi iults? underSouthgate pressure alsoto step denlei dow fono Angeles Times Wedon't never you asksee himthem, how do hiswe? record Why at the group until at least the mil- scathingweek the about EMI Be whatclub isI heardoing It's at thein the moment? toltet." From willlennium. focus Notingon looking that for the someone company to likeNotlng Sony thatwere other suffering companies from baslsrun the "at businesssome point on Ina the day-to-day not-too- Number One in Europe aelby greatlyhe also reducedrejected returnssuggestions on sales, that dlstant future", Southgate added he paredDornemann to buy that EMI heif the woul si ire-ice forNews the Corp group was orIn athat position EMI toIs bld executive has been hli MUSIC WEEK 31 SEPTEMBER 1998 M E W S MW COMMENT BBC opensarchives |Wjra;n pnj-oj| Qffgj- fg njyg for clossicm senes IT'S IIME SIR COLIN STEPS flSIDE an 70 landmark serecordings the first suggestIt Is unusual that toa leadingsay the executiveleast for a should business step magazine down. to ssical sound archives by free sessions on the net But someone should really have a word with Sir Colin century greats as Thetomers Virgin at its group flagshîp Is Megastoreoffering cus- in Southgate. e previously un London's Oxford Street the opportu- Already under mounfing critîcism for his handling of the 1 ings will be issued during the m storenity to terminais surf the whichweb for also free provide via in- astonishingRoyal Opéra attackHouse, on this Bertelsmann week he launched boss Michael an three years through tv information on store promotions and Dornemann, accusing him of talking "a lot of rubbish" n Britten - The Performer, Customers who spend £10 or and suggesting his record club business is "in the entitlesmore will them be togiven five aminutes token ofwhich free Coincidentally,toilet". when Dornemann first took control of surfing time on the terminais. Bertelsmann's US-based record business he himself selectingshare the répertoire task of and artists. made a couple of huge gaffes by arrogantly stating in a "• jr first serious foray Into Surfing at Vi Americansbrace of infamous to run the interviews Company. that He he learned did not his need lesson, of Musio directoril Johnmarket," Willan. says "We BBC are for customers. The net is not just for course, and, as far as one can see, he has not said anything it competing' al they with don't the1 majors. This builtThe by terminais, internet whichkiosk havecompany been techies, anyone can use it," says Sirremotely Colin shouldcontroversial leam from ever his since. example. For the longer he sticks The s WebPoint for Virgin Net, will be on In addition to web surfing, the around the nuttier he gets. It would ail be rather endearing if Sir Arturo Toscanini,Evgeny as wellMravinsky as a colli a trialcessful, at the Virgin store plans for ato month. roll them If suc- out terminaisIn-store product will provide promotions, information broad- on Colin were at the top of his game. But instead his words bear ail tion of recordings of Britten as a p to "This40 stores Is an nationwide. added value service hostcast streamedlive ce music webcasts and itthe the hallmarks City that of thinks an increasingly so - so, too, desperate do some man. of the And most not onlysenior Is Hisemployées confirmation in his thatown heCompany. plans to stay on until 2000 and will too-distantstep up attempts future" to must find havea successor caused "atgroans some from point EMI in staffthe not- Ellon leuds tributes to At(and a timenot just when those two withof its devalued largest rivaisshare areoptions). in the throes of a debilitating merger EMI does not have a minute to waste. It still Rocket's David Croker aroundhas some the great world artists but it andis being some crippled hugely bytalented the lack executives of vision from on high.

Load more

  50

Copy Link