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Japan to launch carbon footprint labelling program
Labels breaking down the carbon emitted in production, packaging, transportation, and disposal will appear starting next spring on a wide range of Japanese consumer goods. Because the program is entirely voluntary --... Pandora Internet Radio to go Silent?
If you haven't used Pandora.com yet, this might be your last chance. Pandora, aka the Music Genome Project, helps you find music you like, no download needed; just go to the site and type in the name of a song or... Death Row Records Auctioned for $24 Million
Suge Knight's infamous Death Row Records has been auctioned to Global Music Group for a cool $24 million. The gives Global access to the label's extensive back catalog of multi-million selling rap records by artists... Nickelback Signs With Live Nation
Nickelback is the latest heavyweight group to sign a multi-year, multi-album 360 deal with Live Nation. Their roster now boasts some of the biggest earning musicians on the planet, including: Madonna, U2, Jay-Z, and... Canadian Family Rejects Terror Label
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if Momin Khawaja were a teen, some could attribute the terrorism link to youthful idiocy, though still a teen knows right from wrong. In this case it is a...Record Label Sues a Couple of Stone Temple Pilots
Classic major label strategy: hold onto your artists until the very bitter end. And, even then, don't let go: wring the musical blood from the stone carcass of their formerly great career. Brilliant strategy."Warner...Get Oscars, Get Cut
Let's see. Paramount Vantage has a banner year with two critical and Oscar darling films. In return, the division gets slashed. It makes sense to me."Paramount Pictures has downsized the art-house division that... New rules for Canadian food labels
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAll I can say it is about time, after two decades of Canadian consumers thinking the foods and produce they consumed were from Canada or North America, soon found out they... Widow: My husband died from online drugs
"WICHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- She found her husband on their bed in a pool of his own vomit, dead from an accidental overdose of drugs he received from an online pharmacy.... MLA wants labels on potentially toxic food
This seems so commonsensical that I can't believe it isn't the case already. "Vancouver-Fairview MLA Gregor Robertson plans to introduce a private member's bill in the legislature today making it mandatory to... Emerging Fashion Designers Get Own Social Network
Fashionspace sounds a lot like Iqons, only not as cool."Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world's answer to the social networking Web...The Roots Struggle With 'Rising Down' at Def Jam
The Roots are veterans of the hip-hop game, having long been immersed in the struggle to achieve commercial success with music that defies tired rap clichés, sugary pop conventions, and lyrical dilution.Widely...Coldplay and Metallica want to be like Radiohead
Radiohead are not only one of the most popular bands on the planet they are also one of the most unassuming, yet progressive, groups of artists working in contemporary culture.The band has steadfastly embraced new...Canada Justice: Suicide Bombers to get Life in Prison?
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYep, only in Canada where a group calling itself the Canadians Against Suicide Bombing (CASB) has the Senates "Ear" in trying to pass a Bill S-210 which makes it a criminal...Nokia and Major Labels to Offer Mobiles With Free Music
Cellphone manufacturer Nokia has jumped into the mobile content game. Today the company announced that they will begin offering a range of mobile phones that, in partnership with Sony BMG and Universal, will allow...
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