Recent data from Ipsos MediaCT’s MOTION study confirms that nearly six in ten (57%) U.S. Internet users 12 years of age and older have streamed video in the past 30 days – 7% higher versus the end of 2007
Recent data from Ipsos MediaCT’s MOTION study confirms that nearly six in ten (57%) U.S. Internet users 12 years of age and older have streamed video in the past 30 days – 7% higher versus the end of 2007
Global revenues from digital media will exceed revenue generated by filmed entertainment - movie theaters and home video combined - for the first time in 2008, according to new research from Strategy Analytics
ASCAP has announced that Kevin Gage has joined ASCAP as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Digital Development
The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), a leading U.S. music rights licensing organization, announced that it has entered a reciprocal agreement with the Russia Authors Society (RAO) for the licensing and collection of music copyright royalties
Alexander Publishing has officially launched its new Street Smart Guide series starting with the 330-page Street Smart Guide to Apple Logic 8, a guide organized into five sections with 37 progressive lessons, four-color screen shots detailing procedures step-by-step, and available in a downloadable PDF format.
Audio Impressions has announced they will be demonstrating the first official release version of their patented virtual instrument technology and high definition 70 piece DVZ Strings 2.0 sample library at the NAMM show in January
Andrew Hollander is doing the music for upcoming Lindsay Lohan comedy Labor Pains, according to his agency, Evolution Music Partner
The Tortured, the upcoming horror film directed by Robert Lieberman, gets an original score composed by Jeff Rona
Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund’s new film, thriller The Horsemen, gets an original score by Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
The Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency has added The Last Airbender to James Newton Howard’s filmography
Jim Dooley is doing the music for “Obsessed”, a Fatal Attraction-style thriller directed by Steve Shill for Screen Gems
Technology
Peter Alexander looks at accountability in system specs.
Chart Doctor
By Ron Hess
Ron Hess continues his series with a look at preparing for the scoring stage.
On The Score
Film music journalist Daniel Schweiger interviews composer-editor John Ottman and director Bryan Singer, whose collaboration reaches suspenseful heights with VALKYRIE
Final Note
By Mark Northam
Mark Northam takes a closer look at how ASCAP chooses replacement board members
Opinion
By Ron Hess
Guest editorial by Ron Hess (“The Chart Doctor”), candidate for the Board of Directors, Local 47, AFM (Los Angeles) Candidate for Local 47 delegate to the AFM Convention
Royalty Checks
By Mark Holden
Mark Holden and guests take a close look at ASCAP’s multi-million dollar MediaGuide detection system.
CD Reviews
Pino Donaggio’s most voyeuristic score for Brian DePalma finally gets heard in its full, lunatic light
CineRadio
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull tops the CineRadio Top-20 film music radio airplay chart for the second month in a row