Shazam selects former Hulu executive Patricia Parra as its CMO
MUMBAI: Music identification company Shazam has announced that it has appointed Patricia Parra as the new chief marketing officer. She will directly report to Shazam CEO Rich Riley.
BMG signs David Summers
MUMBAI: BMG will administer Mundo Naranja, publishing company of David Summers, the composer, lead singer and bass player of Hombres G, a legendary Spanish pop group with more than 10 million records sold.
Universal Music Group Nashville elevates Cindy Mabe as president
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group Nashville has promoted Cindy Mabe to the post of president for the label group, which includes Capitol Records Nashville, EMI Records Nashville, MCA Nashville and Mercury Nashville. Previously, Mabe held the post of senior vice president of marketing.
AIR currently running largest shortwave DRM service in the world
NEW DELHI: Media specialist Sharad Sadhu has said India’s public broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) continues to roll-out new transmitters, which are also capable of running the DRM standard.
Dutch rock star Anouk signs with BMG Talpa Music
MUMBAI: Netherlands biggest rock star and songwriter Anouk has signed an exclusive songwriter agreement with BMG Talpa Music which will see the creation of a joint venture publishing company, Goldilox Publishing.
Swaras series launched to promote classical music
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to bring the masses closer to the once-sophisticated classical music, Guitarmonk Records has brought out the Swaras Album Series concept Volume 1 of the Swaras Album with the use of various Hindustani music instruments like sarod, violin, slide guitar, vocal and tabla.
News soon on Private FM, total revamp of Doordarshan on the cards, indicates Javadekar
NEW DELHI: The Government will shortly take a decision on permitting private channels to broadcast news of All India Radio.
Web access to iTunes libraries now available in latest update to iHomeServer for iTunes
MUMBAI: iHomeServer for iTunes is already well known for the additional features it adds to iTunes such as watch folders and automatic tagging of your movie and television collection. However, the latest update to iHomeServer adds web streaming to the product's ever growing feature list.
Sunita Sahay joins Prasar Bharati as Media Interlocutor, to strengthen social media interaction
NEW DELHI: Sunita Sahay, a public relations expert, has joined Prasar Bharati as Media Interlocutor to help the pubcaster focus more on its social media wing.
Vishal Shekhar plans to take a legal action against Claret Sun Events
MUMBAI: Seldom does it happen that an artiste is not paid in full before a concert, but goes ahead with the performance for fans. However, that is exactly what music composer duo Vishal Shekhar did on 14 June 2014, when they landed in Bengaluru for a concert.
