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Searched date: 2008-06-06
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Business	Hits speculates that Lucian Grainge is “is in line to move up the organisation chart within UMG” (Hits)

News and Features	Virgin Media and the BPI today announced a new education campaign to help Virgin Media’s broadband customers safely download music from the internet and avoid the risk of legal action. (RotD, Telegraph Business p1)

News and Features	Coldplay’s new album, which hits retail in the US on June 17, is now the No 1 pre-order in iTunes history. It’s expected to beat the 140k first-week sales record set by Jack Johnson’s Sleep Through the Static album. (Hits)

News and Features	In The City has announced that Andrew Loog Oldham will act as host for this year's event. Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary, has been announced as the first keynote speaker. (RotD)

News and Features	ERA has announced that David Campbell, President and CEO of AEG Europe, is to deliver the keynote speech at this year’s annual New Music Conference. (RotD)

New Media, Online Music and Mobile	Yahoo has become the latest portal to invest in its music offering, by adding a host of community features to attract young people to the service. (MediaWeek)

New Media, Online Music and Mobile	Madonna’s new album is to be pre-loaded or carried alongside Sony Ericsson handsets across 27 countries, through a new agreement struck between Warner Music International and the cell phone manufacturer. (RotD, Billboard Biz)

Radio, Television and Publishing	A £255,000 fine for MTV for airing offensive language is the latest blow for a broadcaster which is struggling to hang on to its viewers in the face of the exodus to the web. Rob Sharp reports. (Independent p14-15)

Radio, Television and Publishing	Viacom has announced the appointment of Philip Jenner to the new position of Vice President, Government Relations – Europe. (RotD)

Radio, Television and Publishing	Brian May has failed in an attempt to buy digital radio station Planet Rock. Instead it has been bought from GCap by millionaire – and rock fan- Malcolm Bluemel. (Mirror p52)

Artist and Music Features	Independent Music supplement: Music & Me: Russell Mael of Sparks, Jamie Lidell, one to watch: Daedelus, Floence and the Machine, Flying Lotus, Restlesslist, White Denim. Is the rave spotlight shifting back to the alternative LA scene? Label profile: President Records. Day in the life: Tim Binns, A&R director, New State Entertainment.

Artist and Music Features	Coldplay’s Chris Martin tells Brian Boyd how the band fell apart after their 10-million-selling ‘X&Y’ album, and how they reinvented themselves for the new one. (Telegraph p29)

Artist and Music Features	‘Cocaine Killed My Dad’: Watching his father’s drug habit kill him has kept Usher firmly on the straight and narrow. (Mirror p58-9 Danielle Lawler)

Artist and Music Features	After her hits 1980 and Freedom, Estelle was the belle who fell from favour with her British record company. Then she went to America and proved that she can look after herself. (Mirror Ticket p8 Gavin Martin)

Artist and Music Features	Jon Fratelli took ten years to become an overnight success and just a year to nearly throw it all away. (Mail p60 Adrian Thrills)

Artist and Music Features	Glasto’s so last year - a definitive guide to this summer’s coolest music festivals. Includes Hyde Park Calling, O2 Wireless, V 2008 and Latitude. (Mail p62-3 Paul Connolly)

Artist and Music Features	In dark times, labels look to boy bands. (Rolling Stone)

Artist and Music Features	Cultural life: Emmanuel Jal (Independent Arts p2)

Artist and Music Features	Joan Wasser is Joan as Policewoman, and her late-blooming solo career marks her progress since her boyfriend Jeff Buckley’s death. Nick Hasted hears how she is stopping herself screaming. (Independent Arts p12-13)

Artist and Music Features	Caught in the net: Gaymers and Mercury’s launch sites (Independent Arts p13)

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