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INDUSTRY NEWS LABEL NEWS canbe contactedat: Rhapsody,the digital music Music Industry veterans 212.841.8005or at: servicepowered by Listen.com, Michael Caplan and Larry [email protected] hassecured a CD-burning Miller haveformed Or Music, previouslyworked in the college licensingpact with BMG. an upstart New York-based departmentat Jive. EDITORIAL \A/hencombined with the pre- independentrecord label. Prior Editor-ln-Chief existingagreements that the to founding Or, Caplanserved MUSIC NEWS MikeBoyle companyhas already secured asSenior VP of A&R at Sony Followingthe killing of Run- ManagingEditor with Universal,WMG, Sony, Music/EpicRecords and Miller DMC Dl lam Master Jayon KevinBoyce EMI and severalindependent had beenEntrepreneur in Oct.30, the remainingmembers AssociateEditors labels,Rhapsody subscribers Residenceat ChazenCapital ofthe pioneeringhip-hop act LouisMiller Partners.The new labelwill cel- haveofficially calledan end to DougLevy ebrateits launchwith the the group.'Asa tribute to the LoudRock Editor releaseof albumsby the award- positivelegacy of |am Master Amv Sciarretto winning femalesinger/song- fay,we startedtogether and we netiitroitor writer Essence,infamous funk want the Run-DMC legacyto GerryHart will now haveaccess to burn outfit TowerOf Powerand alwaysreflect the three of us AssistantRBtail Editors over90,000 tracks (although Texas-trioLos Lonely Boys.All together,"stated ChristopherR.Weingarten |oseph burning all of themwould cost releaseswill be distributedby Simmons,a.k.a. MC Run,the JamieFarkas almost$90,000, as each one RED Distribution.'As an day following the funeral for ContributingEditors |ay costs99 centsa pop) - all industry,we've done so little (whosegiven name was BradFilicky lason without the fearof RIAA Iatelyto nurture and promote Mizell). Simmonswas joined by RyanJones goonsslapping them with a artistswho havethe capacity bandmateDarryl McDaniels, JustinKleinfeld copyright to developa a.k.a.DMC, aswell as his WebProducer/Contributing Ed. infringement long SteveCiabattoni career- brother,Island Def lam co- Iawsuit.o Intern we'vemade founderRussell Simmons, Iay's GregWinter Javakitty sureall these widow,Terri Corley-Mizell,and Media has new actshave fellow artistsSean "P. Diddy" CUSTOMERSERVICE onehit single Combs,Public Enemy's Chuck Manager introduced - and forgot- D, Doug E. 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SyracuseUniversity's comesatop a similar investiga- for the holiday,the technostar NeilMcGinness WERW recentlyreleased its tion in France charging that the hasrecorded a messageof his VPMusic Sales own album, WERWPresents: company falsified financial orvn,urging callersto flood the DavidRoss ReaICollege Radio, a collection reports and misled investors Butterballline ( 1-800-BUT- AccountExecutives of 14tracks by artistsincluding into buying or holding TERBALL)with complaints. Jon Rayvid The FlashingAstonishers, Vivendi's stock in order to Moby'smessage, which canbe PeterWeinstock Casper,Hooray! 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