Source: http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/leona-lewis/324625-leona-lewis-collide-tim-berg-avicii-twitter-plagiarism
Thursday 21 July 2011
Leona Lewis Slams 'Collide' Plagiarism Claims
Leona Lewis has denied claims that her new single Collide has ripped off Swedish producer Tim Berg's Fade Into Darkness without his permission. As we previously reported, Lewis and her record label Syco...
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Sony Music News | Sony Music Entertainment and Simon Cowell launch new global venture: Syco
Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment today announced the creation of a new long-term global venture to focus on the production and exploitation of music, television, film and digital content.
The new venture will own all of the existing Syco television and music assets, which include the global TV franchises 'The X Factor' and 'Got Talent', as well as superstar artists such as Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle and Il Divo. The new venture, which will continue to use the 'Syco' name, will be co-owned by Sony Music and a Simon Cowell-owned company. Syco will be based in London and will also have offices in Los Angeles.
As the first project under the new Syco banner, Fox Television announced (on January 11th) that it will launch the U.S. version of the worldwide hit TV show, The X Factor, in the fall of 2011. Cowell will serve as both executive producer and judge on the U.S. version of the show.
The X Factor is a Syco-owned television format, which currently airs in 17 countries and has been the #1 UK entertainment show for the last three years, reaching record UK audiences in 2009 of 20 million with 60% audience share. The X Factor is the No.1 music- entertainment format in Europe.
In addition to The X Factor, Syco is also the owner of the Got Talent TV format which currently airs in 27 countries and is the UK's most successful TV format export. In 2009, 'Britain's Got Talent' launched the global music career of Susan Boyle, whose debut album, I Dreamed A Dream, sold over 8 million albums in six weeks, making it the world's biggest selling album of 2009 and the fastest selling album in history.
Syco is also the record label home for such diverse international recording stars as Leona Lewis and Il Divo. Cowell has worked with artists selling more than 180 million albums and delivered more than 150 No.1 records. In 2009, Cowell was named No. 1 in Hollywood Reporter's Top 50 Most Powerful in Reality TV and one of Entertainment Weekly's Top Entertainers of the Year.
"I have had a fantastic relationship with Sony for many years and I'm delighted we are launching this venture together," Cowell said.
"Over the past 20 years, Simon Cowell has been a great partner and is an integral part of the Sony Music global family. We are extremely excited to be able to continue and further develop our relationship with Simon, and significantly grow the Syco venture," said Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment.
"Simon Cowell is one of the most prominent and successful creative music and television executives in the entertainment business today. This new venture will allow Sony Music and all Sony divisions to develop and pursue a host of new opportunities with this supremely talented individual," said Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO and President, Sony Corporation.
"I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to extend our long and mutually beneficial partnership with Simon. He is an inspiring and stimulating business partner and working with him closely over the last 10 years has been an absolute pleasure. With the launch of The X Factor in the US, we look forward to replicating the unprecedented success the show has had in the UK globally," said Ged Doherty, Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Entertainment UK.
The new venture will own all of the existing Syco television and music assets, which include the global TV franchises 'The X Factor' and 'Got Talent', as well as superstar artists such as Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle and Il Divo. The new venture, which will continue to use the 'Syco' name, will be co-owned by Sony Music and a Simon Cowell-owned company. Syco will be based in London and will also have offices in Los Angeles.
As the first project under the new Syco banner, Fox Television announced (on January 11th) that it will launch the U.S. version of the worldwide hit TV show, The X Factor, in the fall of 2011. Cowell will serve as both executive producer and judge on the U.S. version of the show.
The X Factor is a Syco-owned television format, which currently airs in 17 countries and has been the #1 UK entertainment show for the last three years, reaching record UK audiences in 2009 of 20 million with 60% audience share. The X Factor is the No.1 music- entertainment format in Europe.
In addition to The X Factor, Syco is also the owner of the Got Talent TV format which currently airs in 27 countries and is the UK's most successful TV format export. In 2009, 'Britain's Got Talent' launched the global music career of Susan Boyle, whose debut album, I Dreamed A Dream, sold over 8 million albums in six weeks, making it the world's biggest selling album of 2009 and the fastest selling album in history.
Syco is also the record label home for such diverse international recording stars as Leona Lewis and Il Divo. Cowell has worked with artists selling more than 180 million albums and delivered more than 150 No.1 records. In 2009, Cowell was named No. 1 in Hollywood Reporter's Top 50 Most Powerful in Reality TV and one of Entertainment Weekly's Top Entertainers of the Year.
"I have had a fantastic relationship with Sony for many years and I'm delighted we are launching this venture together," Cowell said.
"Over the past 20 years, Simon Cowell has been a great partner and is an integral part of the Sony Music global family. We are extremely excited to be able to continue and further develop our relationship with Simon, and significantly grow the Syco venture," said Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment.
"Simon Cowell is one of the most prominent and successful creative music and television executives in the entertainment business today. This new venture will allow Sony Music and all Sony divisions to develop and pursue a host of new opportunities with this supremely talented individual," said Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO and President, Sony Corporation.
"I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to extend our long and mutually beneficial partnership with Simon. He is an inspiring and stimulating business partner and working with him closely over the last 10 years has been an absolute pleasure. With the launch of The X Factor in the US, we look forward to replicating the unprecedented success the show has had in the UK globally," said Ged Doherty, Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Entertainment UK.
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Community Contest Coming Up Soon ? Win a nice ass skullcandy!
Hello there, it’s finally that time again when I randomly make contests on one of my sites and I chose this one to make it on this time so get ready you filthy music addicts you’re about to get a chance to win a nice ass skullcandy, the contest details will come later on, don’t [...]
Source: http://www.musicfedd.com/blog/community-contest-coming-up-soon-win-a-nice-ass-skullcandy-23076.html
Video of Beat The Radar live at Manchester Deaf Institute (12th June 2009)
Back in those hazy summer days of June, Beat The Radar supported The Longcut at the Manchester Deaf Institute. You can check out below a few video clips I shot from the audience (NB: the HD 720p videos below might play smoother if you click on the direct YouTube links)
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New Song: Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons brought folk music into the mainstream with 2009?s Sigh No More to critical acclaim and are looking to continue their world domination with ‘Home’. During the bands career they have toured extensively and clearly love it, new track ?Home? is a homesick homage to those who they have left behind while on [...]
Source: http://www.oxfordmusicblog.co.uk/2011/07/new-song-mumford-sons/
New music: Spice feat. Missy Elliott ? Fun
Missy Elliott seemed missing in action, but returns to drop a verse on this dancehall cut
It's hard to fathom that Missy Elliott is 40 years old and that her last album was released over six years ago. The former is a surprise because there's always been a youthful exuberance to everything she does (plus, she seems to live in a tracksuit) and the latter because there was a time around the end of the 90s and the start of the noughties where a year didn't go by without at least one killer single (Get Ur Freak On and Work It: surely two of the best tracks of recent years?). In June it was announced that Elliott had been battling Graves' disease, an illness which left her exhausted and unable, she said, to even hold a pen to write. So it's welcome news that there's some new music to enjoy, even if it's only a guest spot on someone else's song. Spice is a Jamaican dancehall star and the appropriately named Fun was initially completed sans Elliott, with the rapper adding an extra verse and the song's hook, much to Spice's surprise. "One day my manager played the song for me, and I didn't know about the remix, and when I heard Missy on it, I was over the roof," she told the Jamaica Star. "Missy ripped it up. The beat is a dancehall beat, it's not trying to be hip-hop and she did well on it." For the video, Spice frolics in a giant paddling pool, rides a horse and dances in front of a giant bottle. Much like we did at the family BBQ at the weekend.
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