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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INSIDE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * MUSICDISH NETWORK- MusicDish*China Sounds Pod2 * WORLD NEWS- The MU Asks BBC To Save 6 Music;- BuskerLabel Launches Crowd-Funding;- BBM Analytics And Nielsen BDS Alliance;- SMC Signs Digital Deal With China's R2G;- 92.7 Big FM Goes Mobile;- and more... * BUSINESS NEWS- The Royalty Network & RightsFlow Partner;- CMT Announces New Promotions;- Rep. Dingell Opposes Performance Royalty;- X5 Music Group Chooses INgrooves;- Themusicase.com Free Supervisor Service;- and more... * TECH NEWS- MXP4 Partners With Redshift;- Revolutionary Mixcraft 5 Recording Software;- The Gibson Guitar App Has Arrived;- AES 129th Convention Exhibitor Application;- Music Software Popularity Index - 2009 Q4;- and more... * Mi2N RESOURCES* Mi2N INFO

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MUSICDISH NETWORK~~~~~~~~~ MUSICDISH*CHINA SOUNDS POD2 - OPENINGTHE YEAR OF THE TIGER The second edition of MusicDish China Sounds presentedby Metal Postcard Records opens the Year of the Tigergoing well beyond Hong Kong to spotlight great actsfrom Greater China, including Taiwan-based Crowd Lu andMavis Fan & 100% who both performed at MIDEM 2010,MaybeMars folk rock band Low Wormwood, ChineseThrashcore Beijing band Fanzui Xiangfa, Guangzhou-basedand Haifeng-bred duo Wu Tiao Ren, Ubiquity Records' BeiBei He and Shawn Lee collaboration and canto-indie-popduo at17. http://china.musicdish.comiTunes: http://tinyurl.com/MDCS-itunes

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WORLD NEWS~~~~~~~~~~~~~ European Music Newshttp://www.mi2n.com/topics/europe.php3 => THE MUSICIANS' UNION ASKS BBC TOSAVE 6 MUSIC; The Musicians' Union (MU) IsAsking The BBC To Reconsider Its Plans ToClose 6 Musichttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127852 => BUSKERLABEL LAUNCHES CROWD-FUNDINGFOR UPCOMING MUSIC UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS;BuskerLabel Enables Artists To Raise Funds AndGain True Fans By Selling Legal, Early AccessTo Unreleased Albums Licensed Under CreativeCommonshttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127866 => BBM ANALYTICS AND NIELSEN BDSANNOUNCE RADIO ALLIANCE; New Data AndInformation Services Agreement To ProvideCanadian Radio With Enhanced Ratings AndResearch Technologyhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127873 => SMC SIGNS DIRECT DIGITAL DEAL WITHCHINA'S R2G TO PROPEL SMC ARTISTS TOHUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CONSUMERShttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127874 => 92.7 BIG FM GOES MOBILE, TARGETSGLOBAL MARKETS; Gets Into Strategic AllianceWith M-VAS Provider OnMobilehttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127876 => SHANDA REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER ANDFULL YEAR 2009 UNAUDITED RESULTS; Shanda,A Leading Interactive Entertainment MediaCompany In Chinahttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127875 => PIONEER AND SOL BEER CONFIRMEDAS PARTNERS FOR DANCE MUSIC'S MOSTIMPORTANT ANNUAL SUMMIT; International MusicSummit Partners With Founding Sponsors PioneerAnd Sol Beer For Third Consecutive Yearhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127847 => FOOTPRINT WORLDWIDE INKS DEALSWITH ESPN'S X GAMES AND CHINA YOUTHMEDIA; Footprint And Koobee To Create A OneOf A Kind Portal For China's 30+ MillionCollege Studentshttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127796

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ADVERTISEMENT~~~~~~~~~~~ CELEBRATED JAZZ VOCALIST DENA TAYLORRELEASES ALBUM "CERTITUDE" DA Productions is thrilled to announce today's releaseof Certitude, the second album from jazz vocalist DenaTaylor. Combining jazz, country and easy listening,this compilation of standards makes a great additionfor a dinner party or the soundtrack to a romanticevening with someone special. http://www.denataylormusic.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BUSINESS NEWS~~~~~~~~~~~ Submit Your Music News To Mi2Nhttp://www.mi2n.com/input.php3 => THE ROYALTY NETWORK PARTNERSWITH RIGHTSFLOW FOR BLANKET MECHANICALLICENSING AND ROYALTY SERVICES; New PartnershipGranting RightsFlow A Blanket License For TheRoyalty Network's Entire Cataloguehttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127797 => CMT'S LISA CHADER PROMOTED TOSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATECOMMUNICATIONS; Chader Will Continue ToOversee The Creation And Execution Of NetworkPublicity Strategieshttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127851 => CMT'S ANTHONY BARTON PROMOTEDTO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, INTEGRATEDMARKETING; He Will Continue To Create InnovativeCustom Content For All CMT Platformshttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127850 => REP. DINGELL OPPOSES PERFORMANCEROYALTY; John Dingell (D-MI) Announced HisOpposition To A Performance Tax On Radiohttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127848 => X5 MUSIC GROUP CHOOSES INGROOVES ASMOBILE DISTRIBUTION PARTNER; INgrooves WillManage Mobile Distribution And Support OnlineDelivery Of The World-Class X5 Cataloguehttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127853 => ROYALTY FREE MUSIC LIBRARYTHEMUSICASE.COM GOES AHEAD WITHTHE FREE SUPERVISOR SERVICE; Themusicase.com,Releases The Free Music Supervisor ServiceOffering A Unique Advantage To All ProductionMusic Clients Globallyhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127837 => MPG CHAIRMAN STEVE LEVINE SIGNSPATCH WILLIAM TO CHRYSALIS; MPG ChairmanSteve Levine Demonstrates The Role Of The21st Century Record Producerhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127841 => SOLID STATE LOGIC IS PROUDTO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THENEW OFFICE LOCATION IN LOS ANGELES;Solid State Logic Is Proud To Announce TheOpening Of The New West Coast Office LocationAt 3700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 720 In LosAngeles, CAhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127826 => CRS 2010 ATTENDANCE NUMBERS UP3.5 PERCENT; New CRB Officers, Board MembersAnnouncedhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127822 => SHERRY, BANE OPEN CONEXIONMEDIA/NASHVILLE; London-based ConexionMedia Group Opens Office On Famous Music Rowhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127784 => THE FILTER RECOMMENDATION ENGINELAUNCHED ON DAILYMOTION TO FURTHERBOOST USER ENGAGEMENT; The Filter, LeadingWhite-label Provider Of Recommendation AndRelevance Systemshttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127870 => JUMPSTART VENTURES INVESTS INNEW MEDIA COMPANY WITH DIGITAL MUSICAPPLICATION; JumpStart Ventures Announced AnInvestment Commitment Of $250,000 In MelodyManagementhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127869 => NAXOS AND RIPSTYLES FORM A NICESOUNDING PARTNERSHIP; Music-lovers Who AreLooking For A Hassle-free Solution To DigitizeTheir Personal Music And Media Collectionshttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127868 => PANDORA ANNOUNCES NEW HIRE:GEORGE B. LYNCH, VICE PRESIDENTOF AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT;Experienced Radio Industry Executive ToFocus On Expanding Pandora's Presence InVehicleshttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127867 => QDOBA MEXICAN GRILL TAPS MUZAKTO BRING BRAND EXPERIENCE ONLINE WITHNEW INTERACTIVE MUSIC PLAYER; Adding MusicTo Web Site Will Enhance The Customer ExperienceBy Matching Sounds In-store And Onlinehttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127863 => EXEC DEPARTS APPLE TO LEAD TECHFOR NEW CLOUD-BASED MUSIC SERVICE,THUMBPLAY MUSIC; Pablo Calamera Named ChiefTechnology Officer At Thumbplayhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127862 => BUG MUSIC SIGNS COUNTRY SONGWRITERGORDIE SAMPSON TO CO-PUBLISHING DEAL;Deal Brings Chart Topping, Grammy Award-WinningWriter Of "Jesus Take The Wheel" Under The BugMusic Umbrellahttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127855

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ADVERTISEMENT~~~~~~~~~~~ AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WHERE THE RAP MUSICINDUSTRY IS BOUND BY SECRECY AND CONSPIRACY Sekrett Scilensce Associates (Kuneo Koei) is proud toannounce the release of "IN5", the first single fromthe Rap/Hip-Hop album "The Rapman's Attire". Website: http://www.secretsilence.comMusic: http://www.ss-assoc.com/mp3s/ss_in5-ww_sampler.mp3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TECH NEWS~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow MusicDish Tweetshttp://www.twitter.com/MusicDish => DAVID GUETTA AND MXP4 LAUNCHINTERACTIVE SINGLE IPHONE APP FORTHE US, GIVES FANS CHANCE TO INTERACTWITH HIM IN REAL-TIME; MXP4 Partners WithRedshift To Create Innovative Features ForGuetta App Including Interactive Tour TrackerAnd Remixable Musichttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127843 => ACOUSTICA RELEASES REVOLUTIONARYMIXCRAFT 5 RECORDING SOFTWARE; New VersionBrings Professional Audio Features And VideoScoring To Everyonehttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127865 => THE GIBSON GUITAR APP HAS ARRIVED;Gibson Guitar Releases Its Free To DownloadApp Exclusively For The iPhone And iPod TouchFrom The Apple App Storehttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127864 => AES 129TH CONVENTION POSTS EXHIBITORAPPLICATION ONLINE; Conferences: Nov. 4-7 /Exhibits: Nov. 5-7 At SF's Moscone ConventionCenterhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127806 => MUSIC SOFTWARE POPULARITY INDEX -2009 Q4; Digital Music Doctor AnnouncesThe Results Of The Music Software InternetPopularity Index For Fourth Quarter 2009http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127809 => SMARTSOUND QUICKTRACKS 5.0 ADDSMULTI-LAYER MUSIC SUPPORT TO CORELVIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE; Corel VideoStudioPro X3 Is The First Video Editing SoftwareTo Integrate SmartSound's Most Powerful AndCreative Music Soundtrack Technologyhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127872 => PORTABLE AUDIO FOR YOUR LAPTOP:LOGITECH ANNOUNCES SPEAKER DESIGNEDFOR NETBOOKS AND LAPTOPS; Logitech LaptopSpeaker Z205 Delivers Big Sound For SmallComputershttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127871 => MASTERING ENGINEER ADRIAN CARR AT"AC MASTERING" OF MONTREAL INSTALLSFOCAL 'TWIN6 BE' MONITORS; Mastering EngineerAdrian Carr At "AC Mastering" Of MontrealInstalls Focal 'Twin6 Be' Monitorshttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127856 => PEAVEY OFFERS FREE SANPERA MIDIFOOT CONTROLLER WITH VYPYR REBATE;Peavey Is Offering A Free Sanpera I MIDIFoot Controller For A Limited Time To U.S.Customers Who Purchase A Vypyr 75 Or Vypyr100 Modeling Guitar Amplifierhttp://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127786

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