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MUNICH, Germany – Prosecutors have dropped an investigation of Oasis singer Liam Gallagher over a 2002 brawl at a Munich hotel in exchange for a $65,200 fine, a spokesman said Monday. The Dec. 1, 2002, fight at the hotel left Gallagher with several broken teeth, and police said at the time that he had kicked an officer outside the hotel’s nightclub. Anton Winkler, a spokesman for Munich prosecutors, said contradictory statements by those involved left authorities unable to clearly establish who started the brawl. “We have closed the investigation against the payment” of $65,200, he said. Gallagher, 32, had been… Read more »

Classic acts such as Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and Cher lured more people to concerts in 2002 and helped the industry make a record $2.1 billion in ticket sales, according to figures released Friday. This was the fourth straight year concert receipts reached record levels in America. There were $1.75 billion in sales in 2001, according to trade publication Pollstar, which tracks the concert industry. In 2001, ticket costs rose and sales declined, Pollstar said. Last year, increased ticket sales helped push concert receipts higher. “We had some very big marquee names out on tour this year,” said Pollstar’s… Read more »

Hip-hop phenomenon Eminem trounced all comers in 2002 and tentatively claimed top album of the year honors after selling more than 7.4 million copies of “The Eminem Show” (Interscope/Shady) in the U.S., according to figures released Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan. The album’s performance defied a sharply downward trend in the industry as a whole, as CD album sales tumbled by 9% to 624.2 million for the year through Dec. 22. In fact, Slim Shady beat his nearest rival, Universal Music Group label mate Nelly by more than 2.6 million discs. Nelly’s “Nellyville” (Universal) shifted just under 4.8 million albums and… Read more »

The embattled record industry got more bad news on Sunday as a study showed online sales of music dropped 25 percent in the first nine months of 2002. The survey by research firm ComScore Networks Inc, which monitored more than 1.5 million Web users, showed online sales of music – in the form of physical singles, albums, CDs and tapes – fell to $545 million from $730 million in the same period a year earlier. Sales of digital downloads were also included in the survey but accounted for a tiny portion of the total, ComScore said. As the music industry… Read more »

LMiV today announced that effective September 30, 2002 it would cease to exist as an independent operating company. The functions and activities that had been managed by LMiV during the past two years will once again be performed by the individual founder companies and their stations. LMiV was created two years ago as an industry solution to the Internet by five media industry leaders – Bonneville International Corporation, Corus Entertainment (NYSE: CJR), Emmis Communications (NASDAQ: EMMS), Entercom Communications (NYSE: ETM), and Jefferson-Pilot Communications (NYSE: JP). “The two things that were of critical importance to the mission of LMiV – the… Read more »

Look out NOW. Totally Hits 2002 is movin’ in. Pink, Alicia Keys, Outkast, Alanis Morissette and P.O.D. are just a handful of acts on the fifth volume of the Totally Hits series, which comes out June 4. Totally Hits 2002 features 20 radio hits from a wide variety of rap, R&B, pop and rock artists. Fat Joe (featuring Ashanti) leads off the disc with “What’s Luv?” and Jaheim (featuring Next) closes things out with “Anything.” In between, Brandy, Fabolous, Faith Evans, the Calling, O-Town, Jewel and others provide over an hour of listening. Track List For Totally Hits 2002, According… Read more »

Penton Media’s Streaming Media, Inc. today announced that Streaming Media West 2002, to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from April 23-26 (http://www.streamingmedia.com/west), will have several sessions lead by online music experts to address net radio and the recent royalty decision by the U.S. Copyright Office. Recent articles in The New York Times, CNET and Business Week have highlighted the issues faced by Webcasters such as the royalty debate and the potential repercussions on net radio. If approved by the U.S. Copyright Office on May 21st, the new music licensing rates would force thousands of Webcasters to pay… Read more »