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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. yesterday reported financial and operating results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2001. During the quarter, XM Radio achieved several critical milestones including successfully launching its second satellite, “Roll,” signing programming deals with leading brand names including MTV, VH1, CNBC, and CNET, and launching a redesigned website in preparation for commercial launch planned for late this summer. With all that activity, and not a single paying subscriber, it stands to reason that the company suffered losses in consolidated operating loss (EBIT), consolidated net losses, and consolidated net loss available to common shareholders. For the… Read more »

Although “there’s a good level of creative tension,” Kevin Bacon doesn’t expect to be swapping insults with his brother, Michael, on VH1’s “Behind the Music.” “Ours would be so boring that they would have to do a special edition of ‘Behind the Music: Most Boring Bands,”‘ the 43-year-old actor-musician tells People magazine in its July 9 issue. The Bacon Brothers’ new CD is “Can’t Complain.” “The thing we don’t do is get into petty, backbiting stuff. We don’t get drunk and punch each other out,” says Bacon, who starred in 1984’s “Footloose” and 2000’s “Hollow Man.” “We’re famous for going… Read more »

After exploding onto the charts with the release of “All for You,” one of the highest debuting singles in Billboard’s single Soundscan history that held the No. 1 slot on the Hot 100 for seven weeks, Janet Jackson is gearing up to release her second single, “Someone to Call My Lover,” from the already multi-platinum album, All For You. The second single comes on the heels of “All For You,” a groundbreaking song which was added to every Radio & Record reporting CHR/Pop, CHR/Rhythmic, and Urban format station in its first week, a history-making feat never before accomplished by any… Read more »

Pop kingpin Billy Joel is working on two new projects, and he doesn’t have to sing a note or plink a piano key for either one. The first is a classical piano album of new songs, which is being arranged by established concert pianist Hyung-ki Joo. On June 25, Joel will travel to Vienna, Austria, to supervise the project, which he hopes to have available for release by the fall. The tentative title is Music for Solo Piano, but Joel isn’t totally sold on the name. “I’m thinking of calling it Unsung, but that could be confusing because people may… Read more »

A group of the music industry’s biggest labels has slapped a copyright infringement suit against MTVi, the online arm of Viacom’s music entertainment network. The lawsuit – filed by a group that includes Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Group and BMG Entertainment – is alleging that two sites within the MTVi stable are “knowingly and openly operating outside of the bounds of copyright laws” by offering free music on the Internet. At stake is the ongoing issue of monitoring the use of copyrighted music on the Internet. The record labels are arguing that (in this case, for example) because the user… Read more »

Capitol recording artist Pru has broken the rules by cutting a brand new version of her signature composition “Aaroma (Of a Man),” which will be serviced in June. This version of the seductive ballad will be added to her self-titled debut album PRU, which will be redesigned and repackaged as part of a newly-organized campaign. The video for “Aaroma” will be shot this month. “Aaroma (Of a Man),” produced by Andrew Slater, President and CEO, Capitol Records (whose producer’s credits include Macy Gray, Fiona Apple, and the Wallflowers) and mixed by Mike Shipley, whose credits range from Shania Twain, Faith… Read more »

Aretha Franklin is usually the headliner, but the Queen of Soul has agreed to a guest appearance on a live recording by Detroit-born saxophonist James Carter. Franklin’s participation is expected to give the recording a pop-culture glitter that could introduce Detroit jazz to a broader audience. “It’s an homage to what happens live when I’m in Detroit,” he told the Detroit Free Press. “I want to let folks know this is where I come from and that there’s still the jazz spirit here.” Carter, 32, said Wednesday he had not yet ironed out details with Franklin, but the singer had… Read more »

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw today revealed that they are expecting their third child. Already blessed with two girls, Gracie 4, and Maggie, nearly 3, Hill confirmed, after a visit to her doctor, that the couple would expect its new arrival sometime in January 2002. “All four of us are beyond excited,” said the couple in a joint statement. “Gracie and Maggie can’t understand why they have to wait until January to see the baby.” Meanwhile times are certainly good on the career front as well. McGraw is getting ready for the June 20th launch of his tour in support… Read more »

Ticketmaster, the world’s leading ticketing and access company, is teaming with multi-platinum Lava/Atlantic recording group Sugar Ray to offer fans two easy and convenient ways to access advanced tickets to their upcoming US summer tour. More than half of the ticket inventory, in all price ranges will be available through two online presales beginning Tuesday, May 22. The remainder of the inventory will be sold through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines, retail ticket centers and via ticketmaster.com during general on sale dates in each market. The return of Sugar Ray with their fourth Lava/Atlantic album, simply entitled “SUGAR RAY,” is one of… Read more »

In what will mark her first regular TV involvement since she began her career dancing in the Flygirl ensemble of the Fox comedy series “In Living Color,” Jennifer Lopez has made a deal with NBC to star in and produce a special this fall. She will produce three additional specials for the network and also develop a half-hour sitcom based on her family and upbringing in the Bronx. At the same time, Lopez, who returns to theaters on Friday in the Luis Mandoki-directed drama “Angel Eyes,” is in talks to star in “One,” a Nick Kazan-written romance with supernatural overtones.… Read more »