Technology News

Kay Davis, Voice of Ellington Orchestra, 1944-50

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

We have just posted the first EVER video story on Kay Davis, who was the voice of the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1944 to 1950.

This story is a bit of a look back from a fascinating perspective. Please help get the word out about a woman who was a huge part of the Golden Era of Ellington!

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Internet's Role in Cable TV Debated

Source: Michael Ricci
April 3, 2009

The cable TV industry, confronted with the rapidly rising popularity of watching TV shows online, is grappling with how to prevent the Internet from undermining its business.

Hot Internet sites Hulu, YouTube and CBS-owned TV.com have become favorite ways for viewers to watch episodes of television shows. It wasn't too long ago that the idea of people turning to their computers to catch episodes of such series as “The Office," “Wizards of Waverly Place" and “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" ...

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Biggest Tech Bombshell: Google Buying Twitter?

Source: Michael Ricci
April 3, 2009

Google and Twitter, sitting in a tree T-A-L-K-I-N-G Google's buying Twitter? Dang! I'd make a “Stop the presses" joke if the presses weren't already stopping of their own accord.

On his mega-megaphone TechCrunch blog, Michael Arrington reported Thursday night that “Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter," citing two people close to the negotiations. If it were true, this news would be the biggest tech bombshell of the year, with the Web's richest behemoth ...

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The Future of Music: The Celestial Jukebox

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2009

The killer app for musicany song, at any timeis almost here. The only question is whether or not we'll label everybody who wants to tune in to it a “criminal."

The ultimate goal for music technology, “the celestial jukebox," is going to be reached very soon. That term has been floating around for a decade or more, but what it comes down to is total access, anywhere and at any time, to any music ever recorded. That's not just the ...

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YouTube Stops Music in Germany

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2009

BERLIN -- The music has stopped for German users of YouTube due to a payment spat with Teutonic royalty collections org Gema.

YouTube is blocking music videos belonging to the largest music labels after negotiations broke down this week. The portal baulked at Gema's demand of EUR12 (16) per play.

Gema, which reps 60,000 German composers, songwriters and music publishers as well as more than a million rights holders around the world, said that it offered YouTube 1 per stream ...

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David R. Adler on Jazz and Political Protest

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2009

Be sure to read David R. Adler's new Z Word essay: Jazz and Protest: A Reappraisal

As one of New York’s most active jazz critics, David is uniquely placed to tackle some of the contemporary interpretations of the notion of jazz as “freedom music,” particularly from such problematic characters as Amiri Baraka and Gilad Atzmon.

“The music has always mirrored tensions between the official political culture, the liberal democratic left, the absolutist radical left and shades of gray ...

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Neil Young Debuts 'Fork in the Road' Tonight on Myspace

Source: Michael Ricci
April 1, 2009

Neil Young - Cough Up the Bucks

Well, tonight's the night: At the stroke of midnight, Neil Young will premiere his new album, Fork in the Road, on MySpace. Fans of Young's guitar salvos can stream the entire album for free before it goes on shelves April 7.

The video for the single “Cough Up the Bucks" has already made the Internet rounds, perplexing bloggers with its possibly Don DeLillo-inspired scene in a limo. Shakey, reading a Wall Street Journal ...

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Google Starts Music Service in China with WMG, Sony and Universal

Source: HypeBot
April 1, 2009

In conjunction with Chinese music site Top100.cn, Google has launched an online music service in China. Users can download and save free songs from Warner Music Group, Sony, Universal Music Group and 140 independent labels Google's moves counters Baidu.com, which has more than double the search market share in China . The labels share of ad revenue generating at least some income in a market where 99% of all downloads are illegal according to the IFPI. ...

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