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EMI and Warner Music Group Announce Marketing and Distribution Partnership In South East Asia
2008-09-08
London and New York, September 8, 2008—EMI Music and Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) announced today a new marketing and distribution partnership in South East Asia, building on the companies’ existing relationship in India, the Middle East and North Africa.
Under the multi-year license agreement, Warner Music Group will market and distribute EMI’s worldwide repertoire in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea and Thailand. WMG will serve as the exclusive local physical and digital distributor of all EMI Music releases. EMI will continue to develop global digital partnerships which will include these territories.
The two companies already enjoy a successful partnership in India, the Middle East and North Africa, where EMI has marketed and distributed Warner Music’s physical product since 2005.
Lachie Rutherford, President of Warner Music Asia Pacific, said, "We are extremely pleased to be expanding our relationship with the talented team at EMI and to have access to their outstanding artist roster and catalog. For WMG artists, this has meant being able to utilize EMI’s first-rate infrastructure in parts of the world where our presence has been historically limited. Meanwhile EMI’s artists will now be able to fully leverage our South East Asian operations, specifically our marketing teams and vast distribution network of traditional retail, wireless and online partners, through which we’ve seen great success in recent years."
Adrian Cheesley, EMI Music’s President – Asia Pacific/Latin America, said, "This collaboration allows EMI Music and Warner Music to leverage each other’s resources locally to the mutual benefit of our artists and our business. In South East Asia, EMI will retain a small regional team in Hong Kong to oversee the local marketing and distribution of our artists’ music, working closely with Lachie and his excellent team.”
The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Charts Company underlines Official Status with Rebrand
2008-09-08
The Official Charts Company, which runs the UK’s music and video charts, has undergone a rebrand, resulting in the creation of a new logo emphasising the company’s credentials as compilers and suppliers of “Official” data.
The rebrand, conducted in partnership with leading commercial agency The Pepper Corporation, centres around the creation of an “Official” stamp, which will sit at the heart of the company’s main logo, as well as the branding behind its various products, including the Official Singles Chart and Official Albums Chart.
The rebrand also sees the company’s trading name change slightly too – the company will drop the “UK” to become known as the Official Charts Company. The changes will come into effect from this coming week (week commencing 8th September 2008).
Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot says, “The rebranding reflects the consumer research which we conducted earlier this year, which indicated that the ‘Official’ nature of our charts sets us apart from the rest of the field. Over the coming months, we will look to reinforce the power of this brand – and our status as the suppliers of official charts and data for both the music and video businesses.”
The Official Charts Company is a joint venture between BPI (British Phonographic Industry) and ERA (Entertainment Retailers Association) and is responsible for the commissioning, marketing, distribution and management of the UK's industry standard Music & Video Charts.
The company’s charts appear across a wide range of trade and consumer, print and broadcast media. Its Official Singles Chart is broadcast on BBC Radio 1, MTV and is used by the Commercial Radio Network for the Hit 40 UK show. The Official Charts Company’s video charts are endorsed by the BVA (British Video Association).
The Official Charts Company compiles its charts from sales information from over 6,200 retailers including all major high street retail chains, independent stores, supermarkets and internet retailers. This market research sample equates to 99% of the total UK Singles market; 98% of the total UK Albums market and 85% of the total UK DVD market.
ADELE, DUFFY, LEONA LEWIS, THE TING TINGS AND THE WOMBATS...
2008-09-08
...GO HEAD TO HEAD TO BE CROWNED BEST UK ACT AT
THE MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS LIVERPOOL 2008
London, Monday 8th September 2008 – MTV Networks International reveals nominees for Best UK Act for this year’s 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards. London girls Adele and Leona Lewis battle it out with Salford’s Ting Tings and The Wombats from Liverpool for the ‘Best UK Act’ award. The show will be broadcast live from the Echo Arena Liverpool, Liverpool on Thursday 6th November and are sponsored by edc by Esprit, Sony Ericsson and Dell.
2008 has been a big year for UK music and putting together a short-list of the very best has been difficult but Adele, Duffy, Leona Lewis, The Ting Tings and The Wombats have been nominated by a group of MTV viewers, records label reps and a team at MTV.
But exactly who’ll take home that coveted prize is up to the MTV audience. From Monday 8th September MTV
Once the votes have been counted, the winner will then do battle with the rest of Europe to triumph as ‘Europe’s Favourite’ in the ultimate MTV viewer vote to be announced at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool on November 6th.
DATE FOR THE BIGGEST EVENT IN BRITISH MUSIC UNVEILED
2008-09-08
BRITs NOMINATIONS LAUNCH SET FOR JANUARY 20 AT THE ROUNDHOUSE
UK recorded music industry association, the BPI, today announced the date for the UK’s biggest music awards ceremony. The BRIT Awards 2009 with MasterCard, will take place on Wednesday 18 February at London’s Earls Court Arena.
ITV will once again be broadcasting The BRITs absolutely live, bringing millions of viewers the winners, the glamour and the stunning performances that have made The BRIT Awards the ultimate ‘must see’ televised event in British music.
Also with The BRITs Academy having deliberated and cast their votes at the end of a groundbreaking year for British artists, The BRIT Awards Nominations launch is set for Tuesday January 20 2009. A massive media event in itself, where the candidates for the coveted BRIT trophies are unveiled along with unique live performances from breakthrough acts, The BRITs annual launch event will be staged at The Roundhouse and broadcast on ITV2. Nominations will also be unveiled as it happens at www.brits.co.uk
Ged Doherty, Chairman of The BRITs committee commented, “The BRITs is the biggest night of music of the year and is a great showcase for the UK music industry. The success of last years' show gives us a great platform to now take it on to even greater heights."
Guy Freeman, ITV’s Controller of Music & Events added, “The BRIT Awards is in a class of its own and since being broadcast live, it has impressively increased its viewing audience. For many viewers, it’s the one music show they’ll watch all year and so the opportunity for artists to impress consumers is unrivalled.”
After the huge success of last year’s new BRITs ‘Critics Choice’, the award will be returning for a second year. Last year’s Critic’s Choice winner ADELE, virtually unknown at the time, went on to achieve platinum status with her number one debut album ‘19’. The ‘Critics Choice’ Award will continue to focus on new British acts the critics are tipping to break through in 2009. The shortlist and eventual winner will be chosen by a team of experts made up of music critics from the print, radio and online media. The ‘Critics Choice’ Award is open to artists signed to a label who are set to release their debut albums in 2009.
Clash to invest £500,000 in ClashMusic.com
2008-09-04
ClashMusicGroup has secured a £230,000 Investment Grant from the Scottish Government to expand its digital channels. Including the government grant, Clash will invest a total of £500,000 in its digital platform, www.ClashMusic.com, after seeing explosive growth since launch in January 2008. It will add 18 new jobs to its operations.
Clash is best known for its award-winning publication Clash Magazine, now the UK’s leading independent music magazine and already voted ‘Best Music Magazine of the Year’, however ClashMusic.com is now one of the UK’s busiest music sites with over 1000 artists profiled and an audience that has grown to more than 70,000 unique visitors per month while still in beta.
ClashMusic.com has captivated an audience unrivalled within its sector. It has attracted marketing campaigns from leading music labels Universal, SonyBMG, EMI, Warners, and creative brands including iTunes, Live Nation, Diesel, Ben Sherman, Red Stripe, Tuborg, Firetrap, Converse, Oakley, Beck’s, O2 Wireless, Zavvi, Levi’s and many other international brands and events
ClashMusic.com has delivered media partnerships with iTunes, MySpace and leading international festivals including SXSW, Benicassim, Sonar, Lovebox, Rockness, Iceland Airwaves and many other boutique events worldwide.
The new jobs will resource the expansion of all online channels across News, Reviews, Features, Festivals, Gigs, Events, Tickets, Audio Visual and Downloads, as well as generating and creating more interactive and social community features.
John O’Rourke, Clash Managing Director, says: “We are delighted our business has been awarded £230,000 from the Scottish Government to expand ClashMusic.com. We now have the opportunity to develop the platform with more applications that will captivate our unique community of music tastemakers and help realise our global aspirations. Clash will continue to concentrate on quality in both our content and delivery, streaming many exclusives and adding new channels, all of which shall see the level of growth continue.”
NEW STREAM MEDIA ENTERS INTO LICENSING AGREEMENTS WITH ALL FOUR MAJOR MUSIC COMPANIES
2008-09-04
02 September 2008, London: New Stream Media, the digital content partner to The O2 and indigo2 today announces that it has completed licensing deals with all four major labels: Universal Music UK, Virgin/EMI, Warner Music UK and SonyBMG as well as with several independents to be announced in due course.
The deals allow NSM to record and distribute live concerts from the O2 and indigo2 venues: concerts to date have been recorded with Keane, Elton John, Sugababes, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs and The Cribs and are available to download via O2 Active, a mobile service provided to over 5million O2 customers.
NSM’s Managing Director Abigail Hemingway says “Signing framework deals with the major labels allows us to approach the majority of artists coming to perform at The O2 with a compelling proposition: we shoot their show in HD, combine distribution and marketing with huge audience networks and collaborate with labels in terms of synching the content up with an existing release schedule to add value.”
Recently NSM have teamed up with production company Spin TV to produce a series of events called Live @ indigo2 with a range of multi-platform partners including ITV2, O2 and 7digital.com.
The shows have featured Paul Weller, The Courteeners, Amy MacDonald, One Night Only, The Enemy, Alphabeat, Royworld, The Zutons, The Feeling, The Fratellis, N.E.R.D., Sam Sparro and Gabriella Cilmi.
Fans can download audio tracks and videos exclusively from www.7digital.com
DIESEL ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
2008-09-03
xXx – THE CREATIVE EXPERIMENT
ON OCTOBER 11th AT LONDON’S NEWEST VENUE, MATTER
30 ARTISTS CONFIRMED TO PERFORM UNIQUE COLLABORATIONS, INCLUDING MARK RONSON, PETE DOHERTY, THE VIEW AND MANY MORE!
One of the globe’s most innovative and prestigious fashion houses, Diesel, are celebrating their 30th anniversary with the biggest series of international celebrations the fashion world has ever seen! From18 major cities around the world, 8 different time zones, sweeping across the globe on Saturday, October 11th 2008, Diesel will be igniting parties in the following cities: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Beijing, Copenhagen, Dubai, Helsinki, London, Milan, Munich, New York, Oslo, Paris, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Zurich.
The London event, ‘The Creative Experiment’, will take place at one of London's most exciting new venues, matter, situated at The O2 site but with its own separate entrance on The Thames. Designed by experts to offer a unique, state of the art proposition for live music and club nights in the UK, matter will have opened its doors only 3 weeks before Diesel's birthday! It will be a night to remember with thirty of the hottest musical acts poised to perform unique and exciting collaborations throughout the night in a “musical relay”; rolling collaborations that will make xXx a quite exceptional event. Already confirmed are Cock’n’Bull Kid, Disco Bloodbath, Friendly Fires, Hannah Hanra (Durr), Lethal Bizzle, MARK RONSON, Mystery Jets, New Young Pony Club, Ox.eagle.lion.man, PETE DOHERTY, Rob Da Bank, The Lovely Jonjo (Durr), These New Puritans, The Souljazz Records Soundsystem, The Teenagers, The View and many more to be announced in the next few weeks. Tickets will go onsale for this fantastic event on September 4th through www.matterlondon.com
For many guests the night will begin aboard Thames Clipper boats, which are destined for the xXx event. For more travel information, go to http://www.matterlondon.com
The lead up to xXx will begin in September, when Diesel welcomes back the hugely successful Diesel U Music radio (www.dieselumusicradio.com
Andy Griffiths, Head of Communications at Diesel UK, commented “In celebration of 30 incredible years of Diesel, we will be putting on the biggest party of 2008, spanning the globe. London’s unique celebration will focus on 30 one of a kind collaborations from music’s most exciting and groundbreaking artists. October 11th 2008 – put it in your diary now!
TICKETS GO ONSALE SEPTEMBER 4th.
FOR MORE INFO GO TO: www.diesel.com/xxx/london
Tough quarter for Commercial Radio as credit crunch bites
2008-09-02
Commercial Radio revenue figures released today for the Quarter 2 period 2008 show that it was a tough quarter for the sector with the credit crunch clearly having an effect. In line with previously flagged expectations, total revenue for the period was down 10.2% year on year reaching £134,235,904. Within this figure, national revenue was £71,478,124, local £37,005,537 and sponsorship & promotions increased 7.3% year on year to £25,752,243.
Said Simon Redican, managing director of the RAB: “We always knew this would be a tough quarter for all media - as recent results from ITV and the newspaper sector have shown - indeed, all sectors have been finding it tough in recent months because of the credit crunch - fortunately for radio, we're well placed to bounce back. The signs are that Quarter 3 is already starting to look brighter; radio works well when marketing budgets are being squeezed, adding bite to media campaigns as well as multiplying the effectiveness of other media.”
Said Andrew Harrison, chief executive of RadioCentre: “As a medium, radio is well placed to get through an economic slowdown without getting too badly hit; we are always the first to feel the effects because of the flexibility in how radio is booked, but we’re confident that this is only a temporary blip following our previous 4 successive quarters of growth.”
The Radio Advertising Bureau is also running new advertisements across the Commercial Radio network highlighting the benefits of using radio in an economic downturn. The adverts feature actor and comedian David Schneider, best known for his appearances in Knowing Me Knowing You…with Alan Partridge and I’m Alan Partridge. In the three commercials, produced by radio specialist Eardrum, Schneider interviews three major radio advertisers: Emma Hitcham from Unilever; Mark Jones from Ford; and David Meliveo from Autoglass.
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EMI and Warner Music Group Announce Marketing and Distribution Partnership In South East Asia
2008-09-08
London and New York, September 8, 2008—EMI Music and Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) announced today a new marketing and distribution partnership in South East Asia, building on the companies’ existing relationship in India, the Middle East and North Africa.
Under the multi-year license agreement, Warner Music Group will market and distribute EMI’s worldwide repertoire in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea and Thailand. WMG will serve as the exclusive local physical and digital distributor of all EMI Music releases. EMI will continue to develop global digital partnerships which will include these territories.
The two companies already enjoy a successful partnership in India, the Middle East and North Africa, where EMI has marketed and distributed Warner Music’s physical product since 2005.
Lachie Rutherford, President of Warner Music Asia Pacific, said, "We are extremely pleased to be expanding our relationship with the talented team at EMI and to have access to their outstanding artist roster and catalog. For WMG artists, this has meant being able to utilize EMI’s first-rate infrastructure in parts of the world where our presence has been historically limited. Meanwhile EMI’s artists will now be able to fully leverage our South East Asian operations, specifically our marketing teams and vast distribution network of traditional retail, wireless and online partners, through which we’ve seen great success in recent years."
Adrian Cheesley, EMI Music’s President – Asia Pacific/Latin America, said, "This collaboration allows EMI Music and Warner Music to leverage each other’s resources locally to the mutual benefit of our artists and our business. In South East Asia, EMI will retain a small regional team in Hong Kong to oversee the local marketing and distribution of our artists’ music, working closely with Lachie and his excellent team.”
The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Charts Company underlines Official Status with Rebrand
2008-09-08
The Official Charts Company, which runs the UK’s music and video charts, has undergone a rebrand, resulting in the creation of a new logo emphasising the company’s credentials as compilers and suppliers of “Official” data.
The rebrand, conducted in partnership with leading commercial agency The Pepper Corporation, centres around the creation of an “Official” stamp, which will sit at the heart of the company’s main logo, as well as the branding behind its various products, including the Official Singles Chart and Official Albums Chart.
The rebrand also sees the company’s trading name change slightly too – the company will drop the “UK” to become known as the Official Charts Company. The changes will come into effect from this coming week (week commencing 8th September 2008).
Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot says, “The rebranding reflects the consumer research which we conducted earlier this year, which indicated that the ‘Official’ nature of our charts sets us apart from the rest of the field. Over the coming months, we will look to reinforce the power of this brand – and our status as the suppliers of official charts and data for both the music and video businesses.”
The Official Charts Company is a joint venture between BPI (British Phonographic Industry) and ERA (Entertainment Retailers Association) and is responsible for the commissioning, marketing, distribution and management of the UK's industry standard Music & Video Charts.
The company’s charts appear across a wide range of trade and consumer, print and broadcast media. Its Official Singles Chart is broadcast on BBC Radio 1, MTV and is used by the Commercial Radio Network for the Hit 40 UK show. The Official Charts Company’s video charts are endorsed by the BVA (British Video Association).
The Official Charts Company compiles its charts from sales information from over 6,200 retailers including all major high street retail chains, independent stores, supermarkets and internet retailers. This market research sample equates to 99% of the total UK Singles market; 98% of the total UK Albums market and 85% of the total UK DVD market.
ADELE, DUFFY, LEONA LEWIS, THE TING TINGS AND THE WOMBATS...
2008-09-08
...GO HEAD TO HEAD TO BE CROWNED BEST UK ACT AT
THE MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS LIVERPOOL 2008
London, Monday 8th September 2008 – MTV Networks International reveals nominees for Best UK Act for this year’s 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards. London girls Adele and Leona Lewis battle it out with Salford’s Ting Tings and The Wombats from Liverpool for the ‘Best UK Act’ award. The show will be broadcast live from the Echo Arena Liverpool, Liverpool on Thursday 6th November and are sponsored by edc by Esprit, Sony Ericsson and Dell.
2008 has been a big year for UK music and putting together a short-list of the very best has been difficult but Adele, Duffy, Leona Lewis, The Ting Tings and The Wombats have been nominated by a group of MTV viewers, records label reps and a team at MTV.
But exactly who’ll take home that coveted prize is up to the MTV audience. From Monday 8th September MTV
Once the votes have been counted, the winner will then do battle with the rest of Europe to triumph as ‘Europe’s Favourite’ in the ultimate MTV viewer vote to be announced at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool on November 6th.
DATE FOR THE BIGGEST EVENT IN BRITISH MUSIC UNVEILED
2008-09-08
BRITs NOMINATIONS LAUNCH SET FOR JANUARY 20 AT THE ROUNDHOUSE
UK recorded music industry association, the BPI, today announced the date for the UK’s biggest music awards ceremony. The BRIT Awards 2009 with MasterCard, will take place on Wednesday 18 February at London’s Earls Court Arena.
ITV will once again be broadcasting The BRITs absolutely live, bringing millions of viewers the winners, the glamour and the stunning performances that have made The BRIT Awards the ultimate ‘must see’ televised event in British music.
Also with The BRITs Academy having deliberated and cast their votes at the end of a groundbreaking year for British artists, The BRIT Awards Nominations launch is set for Tuesday January 20 2009. A massive media event in itself, where the candidates for the coveted BRIT trophies are unveiled along with unique live performances from breakthrough acts, The BRITs annual launch event will be staged at The Roundhouse and broadcast on ITV2. Nominations will also be unveiled as it happens at www.brits.co.uk
Ged Doherty, Chairman of The BRITs committee commented, “The BRITs is the biggest night of music of the year and is a great showcase for the UK music industry. The success of last years' show gives us a great platform to now take it on to even greater heights."
Guy Freeman, ITV’s Controller of Music & Events added, “The BRIT Awards is in a class of its own and since being broadcast live, it has impressively increased its viewing audience. For many viewers, it’s the one music show they’ll watch all year and so the opportunity for artists to impress consumers is unrivalled.”
After the huge success of last year’s new BRITs ‘Critics Choice’, the award will be returning for a second year. Last year’s Critic’s Choice winner ADELE, virtually unknown at the time, went on to achieve platinum status with her number one debut album ‘19’. The ‘Critics Choice’ Award will continue to focus on new British acts the critics are tipping to break through in 2009. The shortlist and eventual winner will be chosen by a team of experts made up of music critics from the print, radio and online media. The ‘Critics Choice’ Award is open to artists signed to a label who are set to release their debut albums in 2009.
Clash to invest £500,000 in ClashMusic.com
2008-09-04
ClashMusicGroup has secured a £230,000 Investment Grant from the Scottish Government to expand its digital channels. Including the government grant, Clash will invest a total of £500,000 in its digital platform, www.ClashMusic.com, after seeing explosive growth since launch in January 2008. It will add 18 new jobs to its operations.
Clash is best known for its award-winning publication Clash Magazine, now the UK’s leading independent music magazine and already voted ‘Best Music Magazine of the Year’, however ClashMusic.com is now one of the UK’s busiest music sites with over 1000 artists profiled and an audience that has grown to more than 70,000 unique visitors per month while still in beta.
ClashMusic.com has captivated an audience unrivalled within its sector. It has attracted marketing campaigns from leading music labels Universal, SonyBMG, EMI, Warners, and creative brands including iTunes, Live Nation, Diesel, Ben Sherman, Red Stripe, Tuborg, Firetrap, Converse, Oakley, Beck’s, O2 Wireless, Zavvi, Levi’s and many other international brands and events
ClashMusic.com has delivered media partnerships with iTunes, MySpace and leading international festivals including SXSW, Benicassim, Sonar, Lovebox, Rockness, Iceland Airwaves and many other boutique events worldwide.
The new jobs will resource the expansion of all online channels across News, Reviews, Features, Festivals, Gigs, Events, Tickets, Audio Visual and Downloads, as well as generating and creating more interactive and social community features.
John O’Rourke, Clash Managing Director, says: “We are delighted our business has been awarded £230,000 from the Scottish Government to expand ClashMusic.com. We now have the opportunity to develop the platform with more applications that will captivate our unique community of music tastemakers and help realise our global aspirations. Clash will continue to concentrate on quality in both our content and delivery, streaming many exclusives and adding new channels, all of which shall see the level of growth continue.”
NEW STREAM MEDIA ENTERS INTO LICENSING AGREEMENTS WITH ALL FOUR MAJOR MUSIC COMPANIES
2008-09-04
02 September 2008, London: New Stream Media, the digital content partner to The O2 and indigo2 today announces that it has completed licensing deals with all four major labels: Universal Music UK, Virgin/EMI, Warner Music UK and SonyBMG as well as with several independents to be announced in due course.
The deals allow NSM to record and distribute live concerts from the O2 and indigo2 venues: concerts to date have been recorded with Keane, Elton John, Sugababes, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs and The Cribs and are available to download via O2 Active, a mobile service provided to over 5million O2 customers.
NSM’s Managing Director Abigail Hemingway says “Signing framework deals with the major labels allows us to approach the majority of artists coming to perform at The O2 with a compelling proposition: we shoot their show in HD, combine distribution and marketing with huge audience networks and collaborate with labels in terms of synching the content up with an existing release schedule to add value.”
Recently NSM have teamed up with production company Spin TV to produce a series of events called Live @ indigo2 with a range of multi-platform partners including ITV2, O2 and 7digital.com.
The shows have featured Paul Weller, The Courteeners, Amy MacDonald, One Night Only, The Enemy, Alphabeat, Royworld, The Zutons, The Feeling, The Fratellis, N.E.R.D., Sam Sparro and Gabriella Cilmi.
Fans can download audio tracks and videos exclusively from www.7digital.com
DIESEL ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
2008-09-03
xXx – THE CREATIVE EXPERIMENT
ON OCTOBER 11th AT LONDON’S NEWEST VENUE, MATTER
30 ARTISTS CONFIRMED TO PERFORM UNIQUE COLLABORATIONS, INCLUDING MARK RONSON, PETE DOHERTY, THE VIEW AND MANY MORE!
One of the globe’s most innovative and prestigious fashion houses, Diesel, are celebrating their 30th anniversary with the biggest series of international celebrations the fashion world has ever seen! From18 major cities around the world, 8 different time zones, sweeping across the globe on Saturday, October 11th 2008, Diesel will be igniting parties in the following cities: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Beijing, Copenhagen, Dubai, Helsinki, London, Milan, Munich, New York, Oslo, Paris, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Zurich.
The London event, ‘The Creative Experiment’, will take place at one of London's most exciting new venues, matter, situated at The O2 site but with its own separate entrance on The Thames. Designed by experts to offer a unique, state of the art proposition for live music and club nights in the UK, matter will have opened its doors only 3 weeks before Diesel's birthday! It will be a night to remember with thirty of the hottest musical acts poised to perform unique and exciting collaborations throughout the night in a “musical relay”; rolling collaborations that will make xXx a quite exceptional event. Already confirmed are Cock’n’Bull Kid, Disco Bloodbath, Friendly Fires, Hannah Hanra (Durr), Lethal Bizzle, MARK RONSON, Mystery Jets, New Young Pony Club, Ox.eagle.lion.man, PETE DOHERTY, Rob Da Bank, The Lovely Jonjo (Durr), These New Puritans, The Souljazz Records Soundsystem, The Teenagers, The View and many more to be announced in the next few weeks. Tickets will go onsale for this fantastic event on September 4th through www.matterlondon.com
For many guests the night will begin aboard Thames Clipper boats, which are destined for the xXx event. For more travel information, go to http://www.matterlondon.com
The lead up to xXx will begin in September, when Diesel welcomes back the hugely successful Diesel U Music radio (www.dieselumusicradio.com
Andy Griffiths, Head of Communications at Diesel UK, commented “In celebration of 30 incredible years of Diesel, we will be putting on the biggest party of 2008, spanning the globe. London’s unique celebration will focus on 30 one of a kind collaborations from music’s most exciting and groundbreaking artists. October 11th 2008 – put it in your diary now!
TICKETS GO ONSALE SEPTEMBER 4th.
FOR MORE INFO GO TO: www.diesel.com/xxx/london
Tough quarter for Commercial Radio as credit crunch bites
2008-09-02
Commercial Radio revenue figures released today for the Quarter 2 period 2008 show that it was a tough quarter for the sector with the credit crunch clearly having an effect. In line with previously flagged expectations, total revenue for the period was down 10.2% year on year reaching £134,235,904. Within this figure, national revenue was £71,478,124, local £37,005,537 and sponsorship & promotions increased 7.3% year on year to £25,752,243.
Said Simon Redican, managing director of the RAB: “We always knew this would be a tough quarter for all media - as recent results from ITV and the newspaper sector have shown - indeed, all sectors have been finding it tough in recent months because of the credit crunch - fortunately for radio, we're well placed to bounce back. The signs are that Quarter 3 is already starting to look brighter; radio works well when marketing budgets are being squeezed, adding bite to media campaigns as well as multiplying the effectiveness of other media.”
Said Andrew Harrison, chief executive of RadioCentre: “As a medium, radio is well placed to get through an economic slowdown without getting too badly hit; we are always the first to feel the effects because of the flexibility in how radio is booked, but we’re confident that this is only a temporary blip following our previous 4 successive quarters of growth.”
The Radio Advertising Bureau is also running new advertisements across the Commercial Radio network highlighting the benefits of using radio in an economic downturn. The adverts feature actor and comedian David Schneider, best known for his appearances in Knowing Me Knowing You…with Alan Partridge and I’m Alan Partridge. In the three commercials, produced by radio specialist Eardrum, Schneider interviews three major radio advertisers: Emma Hitcham from Unilever; Mark Jones from Ford; and David Meliveo from Autoglass.
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