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MJ News in review 15May 08
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Jackson's Thriller A National Treasure
[SIZE=-1]E! Online - 20 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Michael Jackson's Thriller, the 1982 album that turned the Gloved One into a pop superstar and went on to become the biggest-selling record of all time, ...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Jackson's 'Thriller' among cultural treasures [SIZE=-1]The Associated Press[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Music by Michael Jackson, Roy Orbison added to historic registry [SIZE=-1]The Canadian Press[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Is Part Of US History [SIZE=-1]eFluxMedia[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Undercover Music News - NME.com[/SIZE]
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There are 282 articles about Thriller being inducted into the Library of Congress....
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MGM ANNOUNCES FATOR DEAL BUT MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE REAL STORY
Posted on 05.14.2008 byEyeSpy |
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Score one for the Kings Of Redundancy, the messiahs of Getting Scooped On Your Own Story. The MGM muckety-mucks finally got around yesterday to announcing what we told you about two weeks ago – that Hilton headliner and America’s Got Talent winner Terry Fator has signed a five-year deal to perform at The Mirage. This happened only after dazzling Danny Gans decided to move across the street and join his old friend Steve Wynn. But the real story of the day wasn't Fator. It was The King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Even during the news conference it was evident that the MGM conference was a day late and a dollar short, overshadowed by rumors and rumblings that the Michael Jackson Vegas revolution had begun. Now, this isn't news to you, our readers, because you'll recall TheVegasEye.com presented this info to you at the same time we dropped the Fator bombshell. You see, Michael Jackson was able to keep Neverland Ranch after a loan on the California property was sold to Colony Capital LLC, a Los Angeles based international private investment firm. NOW. Guess who Colony Capital owns? Give you a hint: Between late 2003 and early 2004, Park Place Entertainment Corporation sold the Las
Vegas Hilton to an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC for about $280 million. So connect the dots for me, kiddos. An affiliate of the company that owns the Hilton greed to hold the $23.5 million loan it acquired from Fortress Investment Group while it negotiates “payment terms.” And Jackson confirmed he is in discussions with Colony and its founder, Tom Barrack Jr., "with regard to the ranch and other matters." Wonder what they’re NEGOTIATING about? Could it be … A SHOW?? Are we correct in saying that Michael Jackson will sing and dance in the showroom of his former father-in-law, Elvis Presley? TheVegasEye.com was never notified of any press announcement regarding the Mirage’s
new multi million dollar attraction. Wonder what happened to our invitation? Our phone call? Our email notification? Those were coming through fine before our recent story about how Sin City Beer and its’ preferential placements by MGM because of the marital relationship between its owner and a high-ranking MGM PR executive. This must be our punishment by the MGM PR department for calling attention to this breach of ethical conduct. Thinking about it, though,the person being punished most is Fator. Shutting us out cuts off the stream of information not only to you, our two million loyal weekly readers, but Fator as well. Fator ends up getting hurt the most, which is really throwing the baby out with the bathwater, don't you think? Think about THIS was well: This kind of snarky behavior sends the very clear message that the PR department at MGM sees absolutely no value in your patronage. It’s difficult to watch corporate executives act like this. We can only hope that this is middle management’s doing, not the REAL higher ups at MGM. Does the MGM/Mirage Board, Terry Lanni or Kirk Kerkorian know that middle management is keeping vital information from them? Do they even care? Information that could affect their money? Maybe someone should buy a clue before stock values drop. Playing favorites with the media is a double edged sword. Bridges burn both ways. As many of you have seen over the years, trying to keep thevegaseye.com out of the loop has only made our reporting better because we’re more driven than ever to get to the truth.
http://thevegaseye.com/home/2008/5/...deal-but-michael-jackson-is-the-real-sto.html
Mentionings.............Day 128: What the media don't show about Michael Jackson the business man
Qtrax Signs With Last of Big Four Music Publishers
By Eliot Van BuskirkMay 14, 2008 | 9:38:39 AMCategories: Digital Music News, Music Software and Sites, Social Media, Sponsored Music
Qtrax, the "world's first free, legal P2P service," has signed a deal with music publisher Warner/Chappell, which had been the last of the big four music publishers to hold out on signing a deal. EMI Publishing and Sony/ATV signed with Qtrax in early March and Universal signed earlier this month, meaning that as of today Qtrax has deals with every major music publisher in the world. A spokeswoman for Warner/Chappell confirmed that the deal was signed.
Although this is a significant milestone for Qtrax, the company still needs more label deals in order to put these publisher deals into effect. So far, only Universal Music Group, TVT Records and Beggars have signed on, so Qtrax still has a fair amount of work cut out for it label-wise. TVT's music is already downloadable, while Universal's is still being added. A spokeswoman for Qtrax said the Beggars catalog, consisting of over a thousand indie labels, will start showing up in about a week.
But the deal brings the company one step closer to its stated goal of offering legal, ad-supported, DRM-ed P2P file sharing of the estimated 25 million songs currently available on the world's file sharing networks. All four major labels have signed deals with imeem and Last.fm to allow them to offer free, on-demand streaming. The next phase could be licensing P2P -- a moment that cannot come too soon for Qtrax, which has been trying to offer this service for over seven years. Limewire is said to be pursuing a similar strategy.
Qtrax's feature set is of secondary concern in advance of more label deals being
signed, but if/when those deals are signed, the company would do well to have all of its ducks in a row software-wise, to avoid turning off users during what could be an initial rush try the service.
To that end, the company updated its Songbird-based software to version 0.3 with linked artist names and keywords, four search options (artist, keyword, track or album), charts ranking the most frequently-traded files, user profile pages and regional sites for France, the US and the UK.
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/qtrax-signs-wit.html
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iVideosongs has licensed full rights to its songs from BMG Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music and also many secondary and tertiary publishers. This allows the company to provide complete and accurate instructional titles, presented exactly as they were originally written and performed. The iVideosongs titles are primarily for electric and acoustic guitarists, but titles for bass, keyboards and drums are also included in the catalog.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/5/prweb941404.htm
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