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MARCH 3, 2001 Music Volume 18, Issue 10 £3.95 No Angels' Daylight In Your Eyes(Zeitgeist/Polydor) is this week's sales breaker on M&M's EurochartHot100 Mediaek to radio Singles at number three. M&M chart toppers this week Dutch auction Puremix recipe failsplans in tatters Eurochart Hot 100 Singles by Jon Heasman "music mixer" test. OUTCAST The technology behind Puremix by Menno Visser Ms Jackson LONDON - One of the most ambi-andsomeofitsstaff-including (LaFace/Aritsa) tious and high -profile Internet radioPringleandMacpherson-willbe HILVERSUM - Dutch commercial European Top 100 Albums projects is to go into "hibernation"absorbedintoanotherChrysalis - radio stations are claiming victory fol- DIDO after just four months of operation. backedonlineventure,Rivals.net. lowing a decision by the country's par- sports -based, liament to vote down the govern- No Angel Puremix.com, the UK -based per-Although currently sonalised Internet radio concept creat- Rivals.net is looking at the possibility ment's proposed frequency auction, (Cheeky/Arista) ed by former Chrysalis Radio pro-of providing fan -based music sites and are thanking listeners for their European Radio Top 50 grammers Keith Pringle and Ande(focussing on particularartistsor support. ROBBIE WILLIAMS Macpherson and backed by their ex -niche genres) in a similar way that "The government finally realised Supreme employers, is understood to be ceasingRivals.net has linked up with "unoffi- there would have been be chaos [if the (Chrysalis) its webcasts in the first cial" football team sites. frequency auction went ahead]," says week of March. Both Insiders say that, with Martin Banga, director of commercial European Dance Traxx executives were unavail- puremix. hindsight,the Puremix radio trade body VCR. "However, we DAFT PUNK ableforcommentat project(originally code - assume we didn't win only by public One More Time press time. named Ride The Tiger) pressure, but through good arguments (Source/Virgin) Chrysalisowneda wastooambitious(it too." 65% stake in the project, employed around 35 The auction plans (M&M, Febru- Inside M&M this week which had been budget- staff) in an environment ary 17) were rejected following a par- ed to spend £3-4 million on marketingwhere online radio has yet to be fully liamentary debate on February 21 alone before the end of 2001. established, with problems such as when, in a surprise move, two of the VICTORY FOR THE VICTOIRES The Puremix site featured over 40bandwidth restrictions and pay -per - threegoverningcoalitionparties Musical diversity was key to the different streamed music radio chan-minute Internet charges. (socialist party PvdA and liberal party success of this year's Victoires de nels with "live" (mainly voice -tracked) However, analysts say Puremix was continued on page 21 la Musique, with a variety of new presenters and some specialistalso unfortunate to launch at a time andestablishedactsearning shows-users were directed to thewhen the dot.com downturn was kick- plaudits in what turned out to most appropriate station for theming in and diminishing the confidence Stations pay tribute be a marathon show. Page 8 throughtakingPuremix'sunique of advertisers in new media projects. to Charles Trenet HELLSTRoM'SSWEDE SUCCESS Hakan Hellstrom's by Emmanuel Legrand melodic guitar -pop is MTV Italy to partner TMC2 proving a big hit in by Mark Worden ities in television and the PARIS -Franceis hisnativeSweden, Internet.The operation mourning the passing of where his debut solo MILAN - MTV Italy is will be housed in a new one of its music legends, album Kann Ingen effectively merging with Cecchi Gori Communica- Charles Trenet, Sorg For Mig Gote- Telemontecarlo2 (TMC2) tions -owned company, described by director of borgwentstraight following the decision of Beta Television, in which artistic services at full - intothechartsat its previous host channel, MUSIC TELEVISION MTV Europe will have a service station RTL, number three. Rete A, to broadcast an 49% stake. The company's AlainTibolla,as"the Page 9 Italian service from German music managing director will be MTV Italy's father of French modern channel Viva. From May 1, MTV willcurrent MD, Antonio Campo chanson". GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT broadcast 24 hours a day on TMC2, Dall'Orto. Trenet died from a stroke on Feb- Finding the right balance of news which will be rebranded MTV Music "The MTV-TMC2 merger marks ruary 18 at the age of 87. TV and coverage is a tricky business for Television. the end of 18 months of uncertainty radio stations modified their sched- Europe's music radio stations, Under the agreement, Cecchi Goriand doubt," Dall'Orto told reporters at ules when the news broke to pay trib- whose listeners are likely to re - Communications, the owners of TMC2 a press conference in Milan on Febru- ute to the artist, and the main daily tune if they get too much-or too and sister channel TMC1, will acquireary 15. "I hope that these two separate newspapersallpublishedsupple - little-information. Page 10 MTV Networks Europe's Italian activ- continued on page 21 continued on page 21 white labelpromos on c all the top tunes from the leading labels 4 - 6 weeks upfront of release www.cdpool.co.uk :enquiry hotline: 0044 (0)208 7 8 0 0612 AmericanRadioHistory.Com NEWS meant depriving the artistic community of its dues. It took a major lobbying effort (even on the day before Music the Directive was to be voted on) from rights owners- Upfront artists, record companies, publishers and rights organi- Media. by Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief sations-to finally change that philosophy. Call M&M on: The result today is a much more balanced text, which tel (+44) 207 420 6005 Now that the dust has settled on the February 13 land-takes into account the necessity for rights protection in the fax (+44) 207 420 6016 mark vote by the European Parliament of the muchdigital age, without fundamentally hindering the develop- debated Copyright Directive, it is not too late to look backment of telecom companies and Internet service providers. For direct lines dial +44 207 420, at how the result was achieved and its implications for It will take at least a couple years for the EU member followed by the required extension the business. states to adapt to the Directive-and Publisher: Ron Betist (ext. 6154) For a start, it might not be totally futile to remind for telecom company lawyers to find Editor -in -chief: Emmanuel Legrand (6155) Director of operations: Kate Leech (6017) those who think that the text is not bringing enough pro-the inevitable loopholes in the text. Editorial tection to rights owners that three years ago, when theBut at least now, the rules have been Deputy editor: Jon Heasman (6167) Commission started to draft the Directive, the prospectslaid down and Europe has legislation Associate editor: Gareth Thomas (6162) looked gloomy for the interests of the music community. Features/specials editor Steve Adams (6160) closer to that of the US. Now, players Music editor. Adam Howorth (6161) The motto at that time in Brussels was that the Direc- on both sides of the Atlantic can move Reporter: Sin Stavenes Dove (6163) tive should be as relaxed as possible in order not to impactinto the digital playground with a sim- Charts 8c research on the development of the telecoms industry. In short,ilar level of confidence. Even a year Charts editor: Rani Cairo (6156) Brussels was voting for conduits at the expense of content Charts researchers: Menno Visser (6165), ago, few could have dreamt of such an Beverley Evans (6157) for the sake of economic growth, even if in the process it outcome. Production Production & art co-ordinator. Mat Deaves (6110) Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at: [email protected] Correspondents Austria: Susan L. Schuhmayer - (43) 1 334 9608 Belgium: Marc Maes - (32) 3 568 8082 Classical/jazz: Terry Berne - (34) 91 474 4640 Dance: Gary Smith - (33) 49172 4753 Emapregroups after Shearer exit Denmark: Charles Ferro - (45) 3369 0701 Finland: Jonathan Mander - (358) 503 527384 France: Mane Rang (artist profiles) - (33) 14887 1599 by Jon Heasman grammed a number of keymusic director for just six months last Germany: Gesa Birnkraut - (49) 4101 45930 Italy: Mark Dezzani - (39) 0184 223 007 Emap stations includingyear before leaving to set up his own Mark Worden - (39) 02 3807 8239 LONDON- It is understood Radio City, Piccadilly Key company. The Netherlands: Menno Visser -(44)207 420 6165 that there will be no direct 103/Manchester and Hal- New Media: Juliana Koranteng - (44) 208 891 3893 Norway: Kai R. Lofthus - (47) 918 21 208 replacement for the Emap lam FM/Sheffield, was Spain: Howell Llewellyn - (34) 9 1593 2429 Performance Network understood to have been Krosby move Sweden: Johan Lindstrom - (46) 8 470 3730 (EPN)'s group head of music told to clear his desk and Sales and Marketing Dave Shearer, who left the International sales director: leave the premises imme- Ron Betist (UK, USA) - (31) 299 420274; company last week after diately. could signal mobile: (31) 653 194133 just six months in the post. No official reason has Sales executives: Francois Millet/Christophe Chiappa (France) -(33)145 49 29 33 EPN group programme been given by EPN for Danish intent Beth Dell'Isola (US Radio) - (1) 770 831 4585 director Phil Roberts and Shearer's departure. Lidia Bonguardo (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal) - (39) 031570056, EPN managing director, Emap's Big City stations by Kai R. Lofthus Olav Bjerke (Germany) - (49) 221 868005 pop