Latest news releases for Entertainment Branding from Billboard Publicity Wire 2008-10-06T15:35:29Z http://billboardpublicitywire.com/images_v4/prw_logo.gif PRWeb xml@emediawire.com http://billboardpublicitywire.com/atom10/bbbranding.xml 2008-09-28T23:25:55Z Celebrity Rock Super Group Scrap Metal featuring all lead singers from MTV's most popular rock bands of the 80s and 90s announces Kip Winger of Winger ("Seventeen"/"Headed for a Heartbreak") will join them onstage to perform an acoustic set as their Special Guest Star at the upcoming Scrap Metal fall rock concert event at the Mohegan Sun Wolf Den in Uncasville, Connecticut on Saturday, October 4, 2008. (PRWeb Sep 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1398924.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1398924.htm 2008-09-21T12:36:02Z Better Black Television (BBTV) has added Teens Real Talk (TRT), a show that gives teens and parents an opportunity to express their ideas and feelings, to the network's lineup. (PRWeb Sep 22, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/betterblacktv/teensrealtalk/prweb1365284.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/betterblacktv/teensrealtalk/prweb1365284.htm 2008-09-18T19:55:00Z P. Miller and Romeo have taken it upon themselves to provide the budget-conscious consumer with high-fashion at low prices by adding an affordable women's and girls' line called Miller Peaches "Freshly Preserved" to their popular brand, P. Miller Designs. (PRWeb Sep 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1356564.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1356564.htm 2008-09-16T08:30:01Z CollegeFest®, the premiere back-to-school event in the U.S.A., returns to Boston for the twenty-third year on September 27th and 28th. Microsoft has signed on as the event’s presenting sponsor, joining associate sponsors JetBlue Airways, and RepNation. The event’s media partners this year include The Boston Globe, and WAAF Radio. (PRWeb Sep 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/boston/september/prweb1342044.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/boston/september/prweb1342044.htm 2008-09-16T09:10:01Z Universal Motown Records will release the highly anticipated sophomore album from the band Shiny Toy Guns entitled Season Of Poison on November 4th. The album is the follow up to their critically acclaimed Grammy nominated debut record We Are Pilots which was released in 2006. The band spent the better half of 2 years on and off the road progressing their dance/rock and electronic roots. Once again producing the album by themselves, founding members Chad Petree (vocals, guitar) and Jeremy Dawson (synthesizer, bass) used 2008 technology to marry dynamic late-70's style synthesizer programming with face-erasing stoner rock; gently spreading this over layer upon layer of ethnic and tribal rhythms. Not to mention their keen pop sense in lyrics and arrangement have collided with the legendary mixing abilities of super-engineer Andy Wallace to create a completely new color in the future-forward musical spectrum. The first single off of Season Of Poison is "Ricochet," a heavy rhythmic guitar laden song already being heard on radio stations across the nation including the highly influential KROQ in Los Angeles. (PRWeb Sep 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/shiny_toy/toy_guns/prweb1342364.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/shiny_toy/toy_guns/prweb1342364.htm 2008-09-15T14:07:58Z Superstar NELLY releases BRASS KNUCKLES, his fifth studio album on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 on Derrty ENT./Universal Motown Records. The rapper/actor/entrepreneur also kicks off his tour titled, “The Story of Brass Knuckles” today in Los Angeles. (PRWeb Sep 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/nelly/brass/prweb1337434.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/nelly/brass/prweb1337434.htm 2008-08-14T23:47:29Z P. Miller Makes History As The First Hip-Hop Entrepreneur To Own A Television Network, Is The Youngest Chairman In The Game, And Takes His Fast-Paced, Growing Brand to Wall Street. (PRWeb Aug 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/betterblacktv/20080815/prweb1214764.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/betterblacktv/20080815/prweb1214764.htm 2008-08-13T10:29:15Z Successful businessman and entrepreneur Percy Miller has officially changed his name to P. Miller and will no longer respond to the name "Master P." (PRWeb Aug 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1209354.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1209354.htm 2008-08-10T18:17:31Z A new listening adventure is in the works over at Big Fuss Records that's also a new genre for the label. Big Fuss Records has yet to release a "New Age" style record, until now. (PRWeb Aug 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1167764.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1167764.htm 2008-07-29T16:57:07Z Parry Gripp's YouTube phenomenon "Do You Like Waffles?" hits the big time with it's very own album, a collection of 24 deliciously mad and 100% kid friendly jingles on Oglio Records, A Fontana/Universal distributed label. The video for "Do You Like Waffles" (animated by Nathan Mazur) has become one of this year's true YouTube viral sensations. (PRWeb Jul 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/waffles/youtube/prweb1159834.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/waffles/youtube/prweb1159834.htm 2008-07-24T16:11:19Z The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals from the music, media and digital music industries, and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. (PRWeb Jul 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1139694.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1139694.htm 2008-07-01T12:24:07Z Elite Group of Industry Leaders Judges Prestigious Mobile Awards (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1069064.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1069064.htm 2008-06-19T10:51:06Z The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals in the music, technology and media worlds and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. (PRWeb Jun 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1039704.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1039704.htm 2008-06-18T11:07:00Z The Austin, TX proud atmospheric indie-rock band The Boxing Lesson tours in support of their new full length LP "Wild Streaks and Windy Days. The up-and-coming trio is riding the wave of a psychedelic resurgence into a DIY success garnering international press and sales. The currently unsigned band heads out to the West Coast to be followed up with a few appearances on the festival circuit this summer. (PRWeb Jun 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/theboxinglesson/darksideofthemoog/prweb1035684.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/theboxinglesson/darksideofthemoog/prweb1035684.htm 2008-06-15T12:32:13Z Professor Andrew Linn of Sheffield University released the mathematical formula for the perfect voice: a female talking 164 words per minute with a 0.48 second pause between sentences that fall rather than rise in intonation holds the most appeal to the panellists who were part of the research.Falling into this category is voice-over artist Natascha Slasten. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1026464.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1026464.htm 2008-06-11T22:54:38Z The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals in the music, technology and media worlds and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. (PRWeb Jun 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1020104.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1020104.htm 2008-06-11T00:49:28Z Toronto-based guitar slinger Sean Kelly will mark the U.S. release of his much anticipated third CD entitled, "One More Heart Attack," on July 29, 2008. (PRWeb Jun 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1016944.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1016944.htm 2008-06-10T09:59:53Z Mc Quade is two-time winner of PRSA's Best Media Placement Award and Recorded 85-million Media Impressions During the WGA Strike and plans to discuss reaching out to commercial, government, nonprofit and entertainment outlets with public relations. (PRWeb Jun 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1012844.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1012844.htm 2008-06-04T11:40:18Z ArtistData is a free service that allows artists and managers the ability to post information only once and have it updated across many online destinations simultaneously, including Eventful, Jambase, MySpace, Pollstar, PureVolume, ShowClix, VIRB and recently added Last.fm, Mojam and Musi-cal. ArtistData's synchronization network continues to expand and will soon include AmieStreet, Buzznet, Beta Records, Famecast, indie911 and Hoooka. (PRWeb Jun 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/artistdata/doubles_network_size/prweb999724.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/artistdata/doubles_network_size/prweb999724.htm 2008-06-02T12:21:24Z Grammy Winning R&B Songstress, ASHANTI performs on ABC’s GOOD MORNING AMERICA this Friday June 6th in Bryant Park as part of the show’s summer concert series. She’ll also bring out Rap Superstar Ja Rule to perform a medley of their past hits. Ashanti and GOOD MORNING AMERICA invite fans to come be a part of the audience. The show kicks off at 7:00am in the heart of Bryant Park. (PRWeb Jun 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/ashanti/good_morning/prweb992104.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/ashanti/good_morning/prweb992104.htm 2008-05-05T06:00:05Z Jango (www.jango.com), the fast-growing social music site, and Hearst Magazines today announced a cross-promotional partnership to develop co-branded online music widgets for Seventeen.com, the website of Seventeen, the nation's best-selling monthly teen magazine. Matching social music and editorial in a unique style, the new Seventeen.com widgets allow readers to publish content across social networks, blogs, and other online communities. (PRWeb May 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/seventeen/jango/prweb916754.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/seventeen/jango/prweb916754.htm 2008-04-22T15:01:00Z Mobile Excellence Awards to Honor Achievement in Mobile Media, Marketing and Technology (PRWeb Apr 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/mobileexcellenceawards/mobilemonday/prweb876714.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/mobileexcellenceawards/mobilemonday/prweb876714.htm 2008-04-07T11:31:04Z After over a year of successfully providing hundreds of artists and brands with ground breaking street team solutions, Fancorps has now launched a team of their own. Special Forces is another powerful option for those in need of grass roots promotions and viral marketing. (PRWeb Apr 8, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/04/prweb838284.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/04/prweb838284.htm 2008-04-03T04:15:01Z Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB:RVEN) announced today that its licensee MADE IN AMERICA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC d.b.a. YOUNG AMERICA MUSIC USA .COM has signed "Radio Icon" CASEY KASEM to record a new spoken word music CD with GINA D(R) star of the worldwide hit television series 'GINA D'S KIDS CLUB(R).' The recording called "YOUNG AMERICA narrated by CASEY KASEM and featuring GINA D" was written and produced by executive producers Joey and Bernadette DiFrancesco with additional lyrics by Lorre Crimi and Frank Akrey, is part of a thirteen song collection. Plans are now underway for a June release that could make CASEY KASEM and GINA D America's first "Spoken Word Recording Idols." (PRWeb Apr 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/casey_kasem/america/prweb828664.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/casey_kasem/america/prweb828664.htm 2008-03-24T22:20:21Z Gangster big band Royal Crown Revue will appear on three brand new episodes of Gene Simmons' much ballyhooed reality show, starting this week on the A&E Network. These episodes of "Family Jewels" find Simmons headed to Las Vegas, where he steps out from his role as KISS lead singer to front a full-scale rhythm and blues big band revue (PRWeb Mar 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/03/prweb799884.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/03/prweb799884.htm 2008-03-25T11:25:17Z DIC Music, LLC, a subsidiary of global brand management company DIC Entertainment (DIC), is launching a new online production music business, www.cuetunes.com. The announcement was made today by Deb Clark, Vice President of Royalty & Music Publishing Administration for DIC. (PRWeb Mar 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/music/production/prweb802154.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/music/production/prweb802154.htm 2008-03-17T10:00:44Z Eckhart Tolle with his best selling new book, "A New Earth" (Oprahs book of the month club), is not alone in instigating change and "Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" through media. Big Fuss Records, Miss Kristin has proudly released a brave new heart healthy collection titled "The Runner", via Amazon MP3 and iTunes available April 1 with awakening the soul in mind through music and song. (PRWeb Mar 18, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/misskristin/therunner/prweb679213.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/misskristin/therunner/prweb679213.htm 2008-02-29T13:05:12Z We Have No Life Productions, presenters of the WiFi Film Conference, announces the official line-up of featured guest speakers from Los Angeles, New York, Tennessee and North Carolina. (PRWeb Feb 26, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/02/prweb723873.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/02/prweb723873.htm 2008-02-20T19:09:40Z Jett Williams helping tornado victims through music with friends. (PRWeb Feb 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/02/prweb714493.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/02/prweb714493.htm 2008-02-20T18:26:00Z The CD is dead and the industry is facing the prospect of a download only era. Music industry mavens know that this business strategy is not suited to the labels. The free file sharing Peer to Peer genie is out of the bottle and already in the hands of the public. The ability for the labels to stake their claim in the download arena and successfully compete with LimeWire, MySpace and other free services is doomed. Flash drive designer and manufacturer Flash Drive Direct has penned a treatise that describes a new and viable replacement for the CD that will appeal to the download demographic and offer a richer media intense delivery system. (PRWeb Feb 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/flash/drive/prweb530039.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/flash/drive/prweb530039.htm 2008-01-28T14:02:47Z Tia Dae CD Album Release -- "It's A Nu Dae". Bright Vision Entertainment licensing original hip-hop & R&B songs for film & TV. (PRWeb Jan 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb659934.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb659934.htm 2008-01-29T13:45:11Z In Ticketing, the premiere global technology company providing ticketing and e-commerce solutions for music, film festivals, venues, and bands, today announced the appointment of CEO & Founder Steve Weisz to the advisory board of Trees for the Future. Since 1989, Trees for the Future has been helping communities around the world plant trees. Through seed distribution, agroforestry training, and in-country programs, they have empowered rural groups to restore tree cover to their lands. Planting trees protects the environment and helps to preserve traditional livelihoods and cultures for generations. Since 2001, In Ticketing has partnered with Trees for the Future and in 2007, In Ticketing created a program to plant one tree for each ticket sold. (PRWeb Jan 29, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/ticketing/future/prweb664734.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/ticketing/future/prweb664734.htm 2008-01-24T06:27:23Z 'Color Purple' associate conductor Victor Simonson delivers jazz, classical, gospel, opera, smooth jazz and sacred music on one CD. (PRWeb Jan 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb652041.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb652041.htm 2008-01-17T09:51:35Z Wolfgang's Vault, the online home for live music, announced today a substantial investment in online indie music destination, Daytrotter. This partnership will enable Daytrotter to grow its audience for unique recordings from undiscovered indie rock artists, and continue offering the existing and new archive additions of recordings as free mp3 downloads. (PRWeb Jan 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/Daytrotter/WolfgangsVault/prweb634561.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/Daytrotter/WolfgangsVault/prweb634561.htm 2008-01-10T14:31:30Z Independent Artist Sones de Mexico Ensemble garners 2008 GRAMMY Award Nomination for "Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land)" in the Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album Category. (PRWeb Jan 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb617571.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb617571.htm 2008-01-02T15:54:17Z MySpace for Musicians book shows artists how to promote music online. Now that adults account for almost 70 percent of MySpacers, "It's not just for major labels and teenagers," says author Fran Vincent. "MySpace is a must for all indie musicians." (PRWeb Jan 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb598751.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2008/01/prweb598751.htm 2007-12-13T00:23:57Z RockSTAR Music Corp. created a special LOVERBOY Free Video Link on the making of the new CD featuring Mike Reno with classic LOVERBOY clips for the Fans. (PRWeb Dec 13, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/Loverboy_Band/Music/prweb576480.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/Loverboy_Band/Music/prweb576480.htm 2007-12-12T22:17:01Z Casting for the International English Language Reality TV Show is set for this Saturday, Dec. 15, Beverly Hilton hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, and brings three countries and 16 entrepreneurs together. (PRWeb Dec 13, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/12/prweb576420.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/12/prweb576420.htm 2007-11-28T14:52:31Z DiamonDisc Records and Andrew Heller release a new rendition of "California Here I Come," available on iTunes with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross in Southern California. (PRWeb Nov 30, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/11/prweb572864.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/11/prweb572864.htm 2007-11-28T06:00:32Z Pluck(R) Corporation today announced it will connect the Pluck SiteLife social media platform with recently announced Facebook and OpenSocial APIs to link the audiences of the world's top media properties and social networking sites. As a result, Pluck customers, which include over 200 of the world's largest media web sites, will be able to share social media contributions and audiences with top social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace. The first media companies to test and take advantage of the new APIs to expand their reach online include Gannett, Reuters, Discovery Communications, The Washington Post, The Economist, Freedom Interactive, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rodale and Meredith Corporation. (PRWeb Nov 28, 2007) Read the full story at http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/pluck/media/prweb572669.htm http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/pluck/media/prweb572669.htm