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Music video pioneer MTV Networks, owner of the popular cable TV stations MTV, VH1, and Nickelodeon, said Monday it would cut between 8 percent and 9 percent of its work force. Jeanine Smartt, a spokeswoman for MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc., said she did not know the exact number of jobs that would be eliminated under the plan. According to an internal memo obtained by Reuters, the cuts entail absorbing MTV Networks’ online operations into its core business and moving out of separate downtown Manhattan offices. MTV Networks also will consolidate “Nick at Nite” and “TV Land” organizations,… Read more »

MusicNet today announced the appointment of Alan McGlade as President and CEO. As head of the company, Mr. McGlade will oversee the development and deployment of the MusicNet service, which MusicNet recently announced was being delivered to distribution partners AOL and RealNetworks, as well as programming, distribution and content relations, operations, and all technology initiatives. MusicNet will be headquartered in New York, and the technology development and operations teams will remain in Seattle. Mr. McGlade will also serve on the MusicNet board of directors. “It is a true pleasure to announce that Alan McGlade will be heading up the MusicNet… Read more »

Sony Corp is expected to report weak results for the July-September quarter after a profit warninglate last month, with analysts looking for more aggressive restructuring moves to confront the slowing global economy. The world’s largest maker of audio and video equipment cut its consolidated operating profit forecast for the full year to next March by more than half to 120 billion yen ($980 million) and announced a handful of restructuring steps, including procurement cost cuts. “That’s not enough,” said Merrill Lynch analyst Hiroshi Kuriyama. “Of course it has made efforts in the past, but current business conditions are far worse… Read more »

*NSYNC members Lance Bass and Joey Fatone make their feature film debuts in the romantic comedy On The Line. The singers play buddies who try to track down a young woman that Bass’s character falls in love with on Chicago’s “L” train. Bass had been planning to make the leap to feature films for some time, and he formed the production company, A Happy Place, with producer Wendy Thorlakson to make his acting and producing aspirations a reality. On The Line is the company’s first project to come to fruition, and Bass is well aware of the slack that he’s… Read more »

PanAmSat Corporation (NASDAQ: SPOT – news) today announced it will team up with CMT: Country Music Television and MTVi for the live webcast of “The Country Freedom Concert” on Country.com. The concert, which will take place at 8:00 p.m. EDT Sunday, October 21, will benefit The Salvation Army’s Disaster Relief Fund for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. PanAmSat will donate the satellite-based Internet broadcast services. “We are proud to be in a position to use our webcast services and resources in support of a such a worthwhile cause,” said Tom Eaton, PanAmSat’s executive vice president, global sales… Read more »

Nurse Abby Lockheart has just been dumped. She is in the middle of the rather painful process of moving her stuff out of her ex-boyfriend’s apartment. And to make matters worse, Cake’s “Short Skirt/Long Jacket,” a song about the things a man is looking for in a woman, is playing on the radio. On “ER,” popular music is becoming a bigger part of the story line with every episode. “It adds something to the show every time we use it,” “ER” supervising producer and writer Scott Gemmill said. “It’s amazing what music can bring to a scene.” There’s a new… Read more »

First album together in eight years finds band returning to its roots. For many years over the past two decades, New Order crafted cynical synth-pop that radiated with alternative dancefloor chic. But on Get Ready, the band’s first record together in eight years, New Order have done something they haven’t tried since their pre-Order days. They’ve rocked out. While the album still shimmers and shivers with electronic textures, it’s anchored by organic instrumentation and galvanic grooves. “60 Miles an Hour,” Get Ready’s second single, sounds like a beefier spinoff of the band’s hit “Blue Monday,” and “Rock the Shack” is… Read more »

God gave Mick Jagger everything, and in return, the Rolling Stones singer is giving a song with that title to radio and video outlets. “God Gave Me Everything,” co-written and produced by Jagger and Lenny Kravitz, is the first single from Jagger’s Goddess in the Doorway, which has been pushed back two weeks to November 20, Virgin Records announced on Thursday (October 18). “You’re talking about a guy who wrote some of the best songs ever in the world, and whose music helped define an era,” Kravitz, who worked with Jagger in Miami, said on Thursday. “He’s royalty… And he’s… Read more »

Virgin Records announces a November 20 release date for ‘Goddess In The Doorway,’ the hotly-anticipated solo album from iconic performer Mick Jagger. ‘Goddess In The Doorway’ marks the label debut for Jagger as a solo artist, his first such outing since 1993’s ‘Wandering Spirit.’ The 12-track collection features Jagger’s collaborations with such luminaries as Lenny Kravitz, Bono, Rob Thomas and Wyclef Jean, and musical support from Pete Townshend and Joe Perry, among others. The first single from ‘Goddess In The Doorway,’ “God Gave Me Everything,” was co-written and produced with labelmate Lenny Kravitz. Jagger just finished shooting his video, directed… Read more »

Liberty Media Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors authorized a plan to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Liberty Digital, Inc. that it does not already own. Pursuant to the terms of the merger, Liberty Digital stockholders would receive 0.25 shares of Liberty Media Corporation Series A common stock for each share of Liberty Digital, Inc. Series A common stock held. Liberty Media currently owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of Liberty Digital, Inc. Series B common stock. Because Liberty Media owns in excess of 90% of the outstanding common stock of Liberty… Read more »