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SONY IS PRESSED TO SPIN OFF ELECTRONICS TO BUILD PROFITS
c.2013 New York Times News Service TOKYO — Sony is best known as a consumer electronics company, making PlayStation game consoles and televisions. And it loses money on almost every gadget it sells. Sony has made money making Hollywood movies and selling music. That profitable part of the business is ...
SOMETHING HAPPENED ON WAY TO BOUNTIFUL: EVERYONE SANG ALONG
c.2013 New York Times News Service NEW YORK — Not long after the curtain rises on the second act of “The Trip to Bountiful,” the Broadway revival of the Horton Foote play at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, something unusual happens. Cicely Tyson, as Mrs. Carrie Watts, sits on a bus ...
McCartney leaves pick on 1st visit to Graceland
Paul McCartney made his first visit to the one-time home of the King of Rock 'N' Roll and left a gift behind. According to the official Twitter account of the former Beatle, McCartney dropped a personal guitar pick on Elvis Presley's grave and said it was "so Elvis can play ...
NEW MUSIC, NEW CDS
c.2013 New York Times News Service ‘ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE’ (Ribbon Music)Laura Marling “I will not be a victim of romance,” Laura Marling declares near the start of her magnificent new album, “Once I Was an Eagle” (Ribbon Music). That doesn’t stop her from plunging into it. In her ...
Daft Punk sets Spotify record with new album
Daft Punk has set another record on Spotify. The music service said Monday that the electronic duo's new album, "Random Access Memories," had the biggest number of streams in its first week in the United States. Spotify wouldn't release the number of streams, but Daft Punk beat the 8 million ...
Longtime 'Tonight Show' drummer Shaughnessy dies
Ed Shaughnessy, the jazz drummer who for nearly three decades anchored the rhythm section of Doc Severinsen's "Tonight Show" band, has died in Southern California. He was 84. William Selditz, a close family friend, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1albfp7 ) that Shaughnessy had a heart attack Friday at his ...
Flying Dog releases first compilation disc
"Beer and music go hand in hand. Literally. When's the last time you drank a beer in silence?" Chip Watkins, the marketing director at Flying Dog Brewery, has a point. He also admitted that it's often live music at the brewery that makes or breaks the evening. Because Flying Dog ...
Oklahoma Mourns Tornado Victims
About 2,000 survivors of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado attended a memorial in a church on Sunday. Governor Mary Fallin was among those in attendance. (May 27)
Duluth man finds his niche as the vintage amp guy
His work has been seen and heard at music festivals, clubs and arenas around the world, but you won't find posters of him lining the bedroom walls of teenagers. Nic Patullo started New Vintage Amplifiers in 2008. And with an ever-expanding client list that includes the bands blink-182, 3 Doors ...
Run-D.M.C. still spreading the gospel of hip-hop
Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels is frank, bold and completely unabashed in his passion for the forefathers of hip-hop. A founding member of Run-D.M.C. — hip-hop pioneers in their own right — McDaniels has endured a string of personal challenges (depression, alcoholism) and professional ones. In 2002, he and Joseph “Rev. Run” ...
BUSINESS NEWS AT A GLANCE
c.2013 New York Times News Service AGENCY’S INQUIRY COVERS 400,000 FORD PICKUPS The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Sunday that it was investigating consumer complaints about “sharp reductions” in acceleration on 2011 to 2013 Ford F-150 pickups that are equipped with the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine. The action — ...
HAROLD SHAPERO, NEO-CLASSICAL COMPOSER, DIES AT 93
c.2013 New York Times News Service Harold Shapero, a composer who was a central figure of American Neo-Classicism, a school of composition that thrived in the 1940s and ’50s, died on May 17 in Cambridge, Mass. He was 93. His death, at a nursing home, was announced by his family ...
Boston Marathon concert to feature music icons
Some of Boston's biggest music icons are scheduled to perform this week at a benefit concert for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Aerosmith, James Taylor and New Kids on the Block are among the performers expected at the benefit concert Thursday at the TD Garden. The show will benefit ...
BC-BIZ-COVER-NYT
FOR MONDAY AMs The following stories are on the front page of the Business Section of the New York Times for Monday, May 27. They are scheduled to move by 9 p.m. ET unless otherwise noted. To reach the New York Times News Service, phone 888-346-9867 or 212-556-1927. You can ...
Kanye West video premiere canceled in Baltimore
Baltimore officials have canceled outdoor premieres of a new Kanye West video because organizers didn't seek permits from the city. Police say the events had been scheduled for 10 p.m. at three locations: the Bromo-Seltzer Arts Tower, the Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. West has been ...
INDUSTRY TAKES AIM AS COMPUTER PROGRAMS SIPHON OFF CONCERT TICKETS
c.2013 New York Times News Service As the summer concert season approaches, live music fans, and the concert industry that serves them, have a common enemy in New York. And in Russia. And in India. That enemy is the bot. “Bots,” computer programs used by advanced scalpers, are a hidden ...
Singer praises resilience of Okla. tornado victims
Christian singer Sandi Patty says it's been "a really powerful thing" to see the resiliency of Oklahoma residents affected by Monday's deadly tornado. Patty lives about 20 miles from hard-hit Moore, Okla., and says her church has been serving as a relief center for tornado victims. Twenty-four people were killed ...
Russian choir of 4,335 performs in St. Petersburg
More than 4,000 Russian singers have performed outdoors in St. Petersburg with the aim of setting a world record for the largest choir. The 4,335 singers of all ages and from nearly all of the city's professional and amateur choirs sang from the steps of St. Isaac's Cathedral before thousands ...
Fame part of family business for Will, Jaden Smith
Will Smith has a new outlook on teenagers: Parents do indeed understand. The rapper-turned-actor says he's "grown a lot" since writing the Grammy-winning 1988 hit that humorously declared they didn't. All three of his children now at least dabble in music and acting, most notably 14-year-old Jaden, who stars with ...
Ga. band works to save Civil War battlefield sites
Atlanta band Granville Automatic is preparing to release a music video filmed at an ice cream shop on the site of the 1864 battle that left the city in flames during the Civil War. The project is part of an effort to raise awareness about Civil War battlefields across the ...
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