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MUMBAI: EMI Music has appointed Rob Stevenson at a top creative post, to head its Virgin imprint in the US. Stevenson will report to Nick Gatfield, the new A&R president of North America, UK and Ireland, and is scheduled to start his position by 15 August, says a company release. Ron Stevenson was former top evaluator of rock talent at Universal Music Group. As a former executive vice president of Universal Music, Stevenson signed and developed artists that have sold 26m albums worldwide, such as Fall Out Boy, The Killers, The Bravery, Sum 41, Lady Sovereign, Saliva, Thrice.
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MUMBAI: Indiabeat, a music label known for its Indo fusion music, is ready to launch six albums by this year end. These albums are in various stages of production and will be launched between August and October 2008. By early September, the label plans to launch a new album titled 'Namaste'featuring the Karnatriix band featuring John Anthony on guitars, Ustad Faiyaz Ahamed Khan on vocals/sarangi and "Darbuka" Siva on percussion.
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MUMBAI: Eros international and Aleya Motion Magic's new film Hijack introduces two new composers to the industry, Justin and Uday. The music launch held this week was a star studded event with eminent people from the film industry including Shiney Ahuja, Esha Deol, Kaveri Jha, K K Raina, Sunil Lulla of Eros International and producer-director of the movie Kunal Shivdasani attending the function.
read moreMUMBAI: Adlabs' radio division Big FM contributed Rs 510 million for the first quarter of 2008-09 to the company's consolidated revenues of Rs 2.54 billion, a jump of 217 per cent. The current quarter includes the results of the radio operations for the first time, and hence may not be comparable with the earlier years. Consequently, there has been a significant increase in the depreciation and interest charge in this quarter, says an official release. The company has posted a profit before tax of Rs 60 million after providing for increased depreciation and interest on account of radio.
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New Delhi: Delhi's Big FM has appointed Manisha Tripathi as its station director. Punit Mathur has put in his papers. Commenting on the new appointment, Big 92.7 FM Regional Head - North and West Himanshu Shekhar said, "I am delighted to have someone with Manisha's caliber and accomplishment to join us. Her extensive experience and knowledge of diverse business sector will help serve and create great entertainment value for the Delhi-ites."
read moreMUMBAI: Red FM's Morning No. 1 show, hosted by star RJ Malishka, completes three years on 1 August. The show, high on entertainment and interactivity has won several awards for the station. This year Malishka will share her joy with the children of Make-a-Wish Foundation, and fulfil any wishes that they might have.
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MUMBAI: The music of Bobby Deol and Priyanka Chopra starrer Chamku was launched on Monday in Mumbai amid much fanfare. Chamku is an action-crime flick made under the banner of Vijeta Films. The music for the film has been scored by Monty Sharma, and veteran lyricist Sameer has penned the lyrics. Chamku's director Kabeer Kaushik had earlier directed an Arshad Warsi starrer action flick Sehar in 2005, which failed to click with the audience. This is Kabeer's second film after Sehar.
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MUMBAI: As news of his death reached the music industry late last night, many could not believe that the Voice of India 2007 winner Ishmeet Singh had met with a fatal accident. The 19 year old Ludhiana based singer died of drowning in a swimming pool in the Maldives while on his promotional tour to promote a music label with which he had signed a contract. Ishmeet was accompanied with another VoI and Jo jeeta wohi superstar contestant Sumitra Iyer for the Maldives event, that was to be held from 1 to 6 August.
read moreMUMBAI: Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL) has posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 79.99 million for the quarter ended 30 June, 2008 as against a loss of Rs 76.67 million in the corresponding quarter last fiscal. The company, which operates FM stations under the brand name Radio Mirchi, has seen a growth of 56.7 per cent in net revenue to Rs 1.08 billion as against Rs 691.72 million a year ago.
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MUMBAI: Gwalior based FM station, Radio Chaska 95 FM plans to introduce English music content as a part of its programming soon.
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MUMBAI: Radio City stations in Pune and Ahmedbad have launched a new initiative, 'Radio City Suron ka Sartaaj' on 28 July. The station is calling upon singing talents in the cities to participate in finding a soulful, melodious voice. This talent hunt offers gifted listeners in Pune and Ahmedabad, the exciting opportunity to prove their musical genius and win Rs 1,00,000 in cash.
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, is proud to announcread more
MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
MUMBAI: Armaan Malik, hailed as the Prince of Pop, is aiming to bridge the gap between two different music sensibilities once again with his latest...read more
MUMBAI: This is the first time that Shruti have created a multilingual track which includes the lyrics in three different languages Shruti Haasan who...read more
MUMBAI: Renowned Bollywood playback singer and composer Amit Trivedi is thrilled to announce his latest, Azaad Collab. Known for his soulful voice...read more
MUMBAI: Pop star Dhvani Bhanushali is all set to headline this year’s prestigious Mysore Dussehra, sharing the spotlight with musical legends like A....read more
