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Internet services allowing listeners to personalize Web radio services will be included in an upcoming arbitration process on music royalties despite the objections of the recording industry, according to a decision by the U.S. Copyright Office. A group of Web broadcasters, including Launch Media Inc., hailed the administrative ruling on Tuesday as a victory in a continuing legal fight to secure the same royalty rights as other Internet radio providers. At issue is whether Webcasters that allow users to customize Internet radio services – by selecting a certain kind of music for example – should be eligible for compulsory licensing… Read more »

No doubt about it, Hype Williams has the juice. So much juice that Vita is traveling from New York to Los Angeles to work with the video director – though she doesn’t know what she’s in for. “I haven’t read the treatment yet,” Vita admitted Wednesday prior to making the trek to film the first clip from her upcoming debut, La Dolce Vita. “I’m sure Hype has some good ideas. When I get out there, I’ll see what I’m going to do and what I don’t wanna do.” Vita does know that the clip – based on her remake of… Read more »

The Red Hot Organization and the British Broadcasting Corporation are joining forces to stage a superstar concert this fall to raise money to fight AIDS. 2001: A Millennium Odyssey will take place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on October 20th, and organizers expect it to feature some of the world’s most popular artists. Midge Ure – the former Ultravox guitarist/singer who co-wrote the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” with Bob Geldof and helped assemble the supergroup Band Aid ( Bono, Sting, George Michael, etc.) in 1984 to perform it to aid Africa famine relief – will serve as… Read more »

MTV: Music Television and Maverick Recording Co. have announced a July 3rd release date for “MTV: 20 Years of Pop Music,” a 15-track collection featuring the greatest pop hits of the past two decades. This star-studded album of blockbuster singles accompanies the upcoming MTV special titled, “MTV20: Everybody Talk About… Pop Music!,” a one-hour event premiering July 14th at 12 noon ET/PT, celebrating seminal pop moments that occurred over the course of the network’s 20-years. This extraordinary and diverse compilation, features songs pulled from the last 20 years of MTV, from Madonna (“Borderline”) to Christina Aguilera (“Genie In A Bottle”);… Read more »

The old feud between rock music and organized religion has given way to a more open embrace of spirituality. But mixing the two is still as dangerous as ever – these days, appearing too religious can jeopardize an artist’s credibility and commercial appeal. “VH1 All Access: Rock & Religion” takes an in-depth look at the influence of religion on pop music – from imagery in music videos, to artists’ spiritual journeys, to the internal struggles faced by Christian roots rockers in the 1950s – when the latest edition of the hit weekly one-hour series premieres Thursday, June 21 at 10:00… Read more »

‘NSYNC just keep digging deeper into the dance music community. First they recruited BT to produce Celebrity’s first single, “Pop,” and now they’ve hired Deep Dish to remix it. The Washington, D.C., house duo, who remixed Madonna’s “Music” and were nominated for the Remixer of the Year Grammy, sought to give the song a wide range of emotions. “It sounds like Basement Jaxx on estrogen,” Deep Dish’s Sharam Tayebi said Thursday (June 14). “It has all these crazy elements, but it’s tough. It has dark elements to it, but it’s kind of a happy song.” Deep Dish’s remix, which was… Read more »

Following his two SRO appearances at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom (Saturday, June 9, 3pm/7:30pm), So So Def/Columbia Records will honor rap artist Lil Bow Wow with a star-studded party from 7pm-10pm on Monday, June 11, at a Manhattan location as-yet-undisclosed for security reasons. The exclusive party is to celebrate Bow Wow’s incredible on-going successes: Beware Of Dog, his debut album, has sold more than three million copies around the world while “The Scream Tour,” Bow Wow’s first national tour as a headliner, has sold-out across the country. The guest list for the party includes some of the biggest stars in… Read more »

The MTV Movie Awards are raunchy and irreverent, and while they have a reputation for being outrageous, they’re also quite canned. When Tom Cruise’s publicist was spotted nervously pacing outside the Shrine Auditorium, gossip fans knew the 2001 Movie Awards would be rich with fodder. It was more than an hour into the show, and the star still hadn’t appeared.   When Cruise finally showed up in a chauffeur-driven SUV, he was dateless and slumped in the passenger seat, looking glum and listless. When he got out, his publicist Pat Kingsley gave him a long, affectionate hug. “How are you,… Read more »

Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst, eager to become a movie director, is now eyeing a different project on which to make his debut. Daily Variety reported on Monday that he would shoot “Life Without Joe,” a thriller described as “Deliverance” for the younger set. But Durst told Daily Variety on Tuesday he wants to launch his career with “Runt.” “‘Runt’ needs to be done now,” he said. “I made a band so I could direct videos and then direct a movie.” The $10 million project is the story of a teen who is endlessly taunted and persecuted by a trio… 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 »