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News: Music Industry

MTV Drops 'Music Television' from the Network Logo

February 11, 2010

Is it a surprise to anyone actually watching MTV that the network on Monday quietly dropped “Music Television" from its logo? Probably not. It's a wonder that anyone even noticed the difference. But a difference there is. For the first time in the network's 29-year history, MTV has decided to give the channel's iconic logo a ...

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News: Technology

Twitter Inc. Has Gone to the Dogs

February 11, 2010

Mattel taps into social media craze with Puppy Tweets. The high-tech toy will post one of 500 canned tweets to a dog's Twitter page after it's triggered by a sound and motion sensor worn on the animal's collar. Dog owners are provided with a USB receiver that they connect to their computer. They then download the ...

News: Technology

Myspace Chief Executive Resigns

February 11, 2010

Owen Van Natta's unexpected exit comes as the social networking website tries to reinvent itself. In the latest blow to what was once the jewel of News Corp.'s digital empire, MySpace Chief Executive Owen Van Natta unexpectedly exited Wednesday after less than 10 months on the job. Van Natta's departure comes as the media conglomerate struggles ...

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News: Music Industry

Putting Jimi Hendrix's House in Order

February 11, 2010

Janie Hendrix hopes that 'Valleys of Neptune' and other official releases help restore her guitar hero stepbrother's recording legacy. The keepers of Jimi Hendrix's flame are calling the new album of long-buried recordings by the proto-rock guitar hero Valleys of Neptune. The obvious explanation is that it's the title of one of the cornerstone songs that ...

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News: Festival

Newport Beach Jazz Party

February 11, 2010

10th Anniversary Newport Beach Jazz Party- 4 nights and 3 days of the Best in Mainstream Jazz For The Love of Jazz Newport Beach Jazz Party welcomes fans of mainstream jazz from all over the country and the world to Marriott Newport Beach Hotel & Spa for three days and four nights of music and celebration. ...

News: Interview

Featured Artist -- Tia Fuller

February 11, 2010

TIA FULLER Video and audio: Tia Fuller - “Breakthrough" Fuller interview and music on Fox @ the Panama Jazz Festival 2008 Tia Fuller at lala.com My Space Read about her ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jaleel Shaw

February 11, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jaleel Shaw's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jaleel ShawJaleel Shaw, alto saxophonist, is currently a member of the Roy Haynes Quartet, Charles Mingus Big Band, and performs in various clubs in New York City and abroad with various groups, including the Jaleel ...

News: Event

Jazz Art Oil Painting Exhibit & Artist Reception - The Art of Riki R. Nelson

February 10, 2010

A Valentine's Weekend Fine Art Celebration It's time for a little extravagance... Featuring Award Winning Artist, Riki R Nelson with an exhibit that includes her latest original creations. Also included in this exhibit, will be oil paintings of Saxophonist Anton Schwartz, and Jazz Vocalist Roseanna Vitro. Artist Reception: Saturday Evening February 13th Complementary Champagne ...

News: Performance / Tour

A Sondheim-Tinted Perspective on Life

February 10, 2010

To borrow the words of the English novelist Anthony Powell, Stephen Sondheims Night Waltz, from A Little Night Music, might be described as a dance to the music of time. A little giddy, with one foot off the ground and the other perilously perched on tiptoe, the song is the thematic thread in an unfurling Sondheim ...

News: Technology

RealNetworks to Spin off Rhapsody

February 10, 2010

RealNetworks said Tuesday that it intends to spin off its Rhapsody music service into a separate company at the end of the first quarter. The deal was struck in conjunction with MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, DMS Holdco, a subsidiary of Viacom, and Rhapsody, according to an 8-K filing filed Tuesday with the SEC. Real ...