Monday, April 1, 2013

Daily News: Entertainment - US-MUSIC Summary

Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:05 PM PDT

US-MUSIC Summary 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:05 PM PDT
Capitol wins digital records lawsuit vs ReDigi start-up (Reuters) - In a major lawsuit testing the legitimacy of music downloads, Capitol Records LLC has won a court ruling that the start-up ReDigi Inc has infringed its music copyrights. U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan said ReDigi was not authorized to allow listeners to use its platform to buy and sell "used" digital music tracks originally bought from Apple Inc's iTunes website. ...
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San Francisco Symphony musicians reach labor accord to end strike 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:04 PM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Striking San Francisco Symphony musicians have reached a tentative labor deal with management of the Grammy-winning orchestra, agreeing to end a walkout nearly three weeks after performances were halted, the two sides said on Monday. No details of the settlement, reached on Sunday, were divulged, and the agreement on a new 26-month contract must still be ratified in a vote by all 103 union musicians, who went on strike March 13 in a dispute over wages and benefits. ...
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CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:48 AM PDT
Capitol wins digital records lawsuit vs ReDigi start-up (Reuters) - In a major lawsuit testing the legitimacy of music downloads, Capitol Records LLC has won a court ruling that the start-up ReDigi Inc has infringed its music copyrights. U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan said ReDigi was not authorized to allow listeners to use its platform to buy and sell "used" digital music tracks originally bought from Apple Inc's iTunes website. ...
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US-TELEVISION Summary 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:48 AM PDT
Shain Gandee of MTV's ''Buckwild'' found dead in West Virginia (Reuters) - A cast member of MTV reality show "Buckwild" was found dead in rural West Virginia on Monday after being reported missing by family members following a late-night session in a local bar. Shain Gandee, 21, was found dead in a car along with two other men including his uncle David on Monday morning in Sissonville, Kanawha County, a spokeswoman for County Commissioner Kent Carper told Reuters. ...
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Shain Gandee of MTV's ''Buckwild'' found dead in West Virginia 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:47 AM PDT
Shain Gandee, who starred in the MTV reality series "Buckwild" set in West Virginia, is shown in this undated publicity photograph(Reuters) - A cast member of MTV reality show "Buckwild" was found dead in rural West Virginia on Monday after being reported missing by family members following a late-night session in a local bar. Shain Gandee, 21, was found dead in a car along with two other men including his uncle David on Monday morning in Sissonville, Kanawha County, a spokeswoman for County Commissioner Kent Carper told Reuters. "This is a very sad and tragic event. We live in a very small community. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Gandee family," Carper said in a statement. ...
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Capitol wins digital records lawsuit vs ReDigi start-up 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:31 AM PDT
The Capitol Records building is pictured in HollywoodBy Jonathan Stempel and Alistair Barr (Reuters) - In a major lawsuit testing the legitimacy of music downloads, Capitol Records LLC has won a court ruling that the start-up ReDigi Inc has infringed its music copyrights. U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan said ReDigi was not authorized to allow listeners to use its platform to buy and sell "used" digital music tracks originally bought from Apple Inc's iTunes website. ...
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US-INDUSTRY Summary 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:15 AM PDT
Greek court rules deliberations in suit against Reuters invalid ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek court has ruled deliberations in a lawsuit by Piraeus Bank against Reuters over a story it published were inadmissible on technical grounds. The ruling, obtained by Reuters on Thursday, also postponed deliberations against a second defendant in the case - reporter Stephen Grey who wrote the article. ...
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TBS extends Conan O'Brien's 'Conan' talk show into 2015 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:15 AM PDT
Comedian and talk show host Conan O'Brien is interviewed at The Cable Show in BostonLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show has been extended through November 2015, U.S. cable network TBS said on Monday. "Conan" debuted in November 2010 following O'Brien's acrimonious split with broadcaster NBC after his brief stint as host of the network's flagship "The Tonight Show." O'Brien's show gets about 900,000 viewers per episode - well below those of rivals Jay Leno, David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel - but it has a younger median audience age than the other U.S. late-night talk shows, TBS noted. ...
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Appeals court denies broadcaster request to shut Aereo 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:03 AM PDT
Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp Barry Diller attends the Allen & Co Media Conference in Sun Valley, IdahoBy Erin Geiger Smith (Reuters) - An appeals court on Monday declined to temporarily shut down Aereo Inc, an online television venture backed by billionaire Barry Diller, which broadcasters say is infringing their copyrights. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with the broadcasters, including Walt Disney Co's ABC and Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal, that Aereo should discontinue its service until litigation between the companies is resolved. Subscribers to Aereo can stream live broadcasts of TV channels on mobile devices using miniature antennas each assigned to one subscriber. ...
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"Glee" star Cory Monteith enters addiction treatment facility 
Monday, Apr 01, 2013 09:39 AM PDT
Actor CMonteith arrives at Do Something Awards in Santa Monica, CaliforniaNEW YORK (Reuters) - "Glee" star Cory Monteith has entered a rehabilitation facility where he is being treated for an unspecified substance addiction, his publicist said on Monday. Monteith, who plays Finn on the popular Fox television series, "asks for your respect and privacy as he takes the necessary steps towards recovery," the publicist's statement said. The statement said Monteith's decision to seek treatment at the facility was voluntary. It offered no details on the nature of the addiction other than that it was a "substance addiction. ...
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