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Third Annual Samsung AT&T Summer Krush Presents: DARIUS RUCKER, Performing For FREE At Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House, August 24

- With portions to air on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on August 27-

Private Summer Music Experience Features Today's Hottest Artists in the Hippest Locations and Offers Attendees A chance to Experience the New Samsung JACK Mobile Phone!

WHO: Darius Rucker, one of country music's most popular new additions

WHEN: Monday, August 24
Doors Open: 8:00 pm, Performance: 10:00 pm

WHERE: Grand Ole Opry House ~ 2802 Opryland Drive (Nashville, TN 37214)

WHAT: Taking place in nine cities from mid-July thru mid-September, the third annual Samsung AT&T Summer Krush is an exclusive music tour featuring nine well-known musical acts each performing free one-night only music events - open to the public, but with private, limited access. Previous participants include Mariah Carey, Gavin Rossdale, Good Charlotte, LeAnn Rimes, Nelly, Smashing Pumpkins, Nas, Ludacris, Plain White T's, The Bravery, Kinky, Big & Rich, and The All-American Rejects. For those fortunate enough to attend, it will be a night to remember!Read more

August 19, 2009 -- Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09), the same date as the release of the widely anticipated "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game. Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original UK album art, including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. On the same date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released.

The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilizing state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release.Read more

August 7, 2009 — The Jonas Brothers, together with Verizon and LG Mobile Phones, are bringing fans a unique experience featuring new and innovative green screen technology on the U.S. portion of their "Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009." Starting this week, all fans who create green screen videos at the Verizon/LG booth at Jonas Brothers shows, or those who create videos via their mobile phones or using their computer Web cams and register them at http://VCASTLive.vzw.com, will be entered for a chance to play the ultimate kickball game, live and in person, against Nick, Joe and Kevin.

"Playing live in front of our fans and interacting with them in new ways is really what it’s all about for us," said Kevin Jonas. "Verizon and LG understand that and have come up with some really fun ways to add to the fan experience. I mean, a kickball contest? How cool is that?"Read more

Yahoo! Opens its Doors to iTunes, Amazon.com, Last.fm, Rhapsody, Pandora and Others to Put the Best of the Web in One Place

April 7, 2009 -- Yahoo! just announced the availability of Artist Pages, a revolutionary free consumer experience that aggregates the best music products, services, information, and content the Web has to offer about more than 500,000 artists featured at Yahoo! Music, making it the ultimate starting point for music fans. Showcasing tour dates, music videos, music downloads, streaming music, editorial content and much more, Artist Pages will help fans discover, experience, or purchase their favorite music online as easily as possible. Artist Pages launched on Yahoo! Music today (April 7).

Yahoo! is placing control of its Artist Pages in the hands of music fans, giving them an ability to create their own canvas of content and commerce offerings. To customize their own Artist Pages, users can select among modules offering iTunes, Amazon.com, Last.fm, Rhapsody, Pandora, YouTube and Yahoo!. In the future, users will also be able to create and self-publish their own Artist Pages as Yahoo! opens the platform to any musician, artist or record label exposing their creativity to Yahoo!'s enormous audience. Read more

February 25, 2009--imeem, the leading social music service, just launched the latest version of imeem Mobile, its award-winning social music application for the Android platform.

The updated version of imeem Mobile includes MyMusic, a new feature which enables music lovers to access and stream their personal imeem music library through their Android-powered phones. With MyMusic, people can now browse through the music they already own and have uploaded to imeem.com and play these songs wherever and whenever they want. The enhanced version of imeem Mobile is available as a free download starting today through the Android Market (www.android.com/market.html).

MyMusic builds on imeem Mobile’s existing features, which allow people to create custom Internet radio stations by searching for specific artists, discover new music through personalized recommendations and artist bios, listen to the most popular artists in the imeem community, and purchase DRM-free MP3s through the Amazon MP3 application, all from their mobile device. Read more

February 2, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Fandango and Verizon Wireless announced today that Fandango ticketing, showtimes and other movie-related content will power the movie channel for the Verizon Hub. Available today from Verizon Wireless, the Verizon Hub is an easy-to-use system that puts a communications command center in the home. It bridges wireline and wireless connectivity and runs on any broadband connection -- whether supplied by Verizon (FiOS Internet or DSL) or any other high-speed Internet service provider.

The Verizon Hub gives busy families information at their fingertips from an easy-to-navigate touch screen with on-demand access to an array of services and information. "We are pleased to be working with Verizon Wireless," says Ted Hong, vice president of marketing for Fandango. "Fandango content on the Verizon Hub helps further our goal of ubiquity on all platforms and providing consumers with the most relevant and convenient information to help them escape to the movies." Read more

December 29, 2008 -- HP today launched a home server designed for use with both Windows and Mac computers.

Based on the Microsoft Windows Home Server platform, the HP MediaSmart Server ex485/ex487 is a central repository for automatically backing up and accessing digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network.

The MediaSmart Server automatically organizes files across all PCs, streams media across a home network and the Internet, and publishes photos to popular social networking and photo sharing sites. Read more

December 15, 2008 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, today confirmed that Ten, the debut album that sold 12 million copies and introduced the world to Pearl Jam (www.pearljam.com) in 1991, will be offered for download in the Rock Band Music Store day-and-date with the re-issue of the album in stores on March 24, 2009.

Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games and Music for MTV Networks Music / Logo Group, added, “Just hearing the first few notes of Jeremy or Alive brings back all the raw emotion of this incredible, hugely important album. We are honored to be working with Pearl Jam to deliver Ten as it is re-issued.” Read more

November 25, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blockbuster Inc. and 2Wire, a provider of integrated broadband solutions, today introduced the 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player, an easy-to-use, on-demand video solution that offers movie fans instant access through their television sets to BLOCKBUSTER ONDEMAND content, including thousands of titles from the latest movie releases to classic favorites.

Beginning today, for a limited time, the MediaPoint digital media player is available free with the advance rental of 25 BLOCKBUSTER ONDEMAND movies for $99 at www.blockbuster.com. Unlike subscription-based services, which typically offer movies years after their release, BLOCKBUSTER ONDEMAND includes hot new releases, many available within weeks of leaving theaters. After the initial 25 rentals, movies are available for as little as $1.99 each. The players will begin shipping in time for the holiday season. Read more

October 28, 2008 – Do you have an avid book reader on your holiday list? Is the chimney-hung stocking in need of fresh DVDs to open with care? With many people trying to stretch already squeezed budgets, Internet users are taking advantage of their existing book and DVD libraries to trade for new gifts to give this holiday. Bookins.com, a simple-to-use book and DVD trading site, offers 500,000 books and 25,000 DVDs to help users’ extend their gift-giving dollars.

According to a recent membership survey, the majority of Bookins members have given used books or DVDs as gifts. Jason Stocks, from Summit, New Jersey has traded on Bookins.com for two years. According to Jason, “A thoughtfully chosen book makes a great gift, new or used does not matter… it is the words on the page that count.” Read more