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Kennedy Center unveils honorees
Music News: McCartney, Winfrey, Haggard to be feted -- Country singer/songwriter Merle Haggard, dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, composer/lyricist Jerry Herman, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, and TV host/actor/producer Oprah Winfrey have been selected to receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors, the Center said Monday.
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Rhino plans more layoffs
Music News: Move seen as reflection of troubled CD market -- In one more reflection of the declining market for CDs, and specifically for back catalog product, another sweeping round of layoffs is planned at Warner Music Group's Rhino Entertainment division this month, according to sources.
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Spice Girls to get Fab treatment
Music News: Craymer's tuner centers on band's songs
-- Scribe and performer Jennifer Saunders will pen stage tuner based on the music of the Spice Girls.
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Cellist Mike Edwards dies in accident
Music News: Former member of Electric Light Orchestra was 62 -- Edwards died after his van collided with a hay bale that had rolled down a hill into the road.
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Court overturns Eminem royalties verdict
Music News: Panel says team that discovered rapper was shortchanged -- Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals says that language in a disputed contract was "unambiguous."
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ASCAP launches iPhone/iPad app
Music News: App is first of its kind for perf rights org -- The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the performing rights organization made up of approximately 390,000 members, has announced the launch of ASCAP Mobile, an application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
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'Soul Train' rode the express for black culture
Music News: DVD release pulls pop icon back into station -- On Wednesday, when the Grammy Museum hosts a 40th anniversary tribute to "Soul Train," Don Cornelius and Smokey Robinson will be on hand just as they were during the show's heyday.
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Cuts put end to Paste
Music News: Music mag keeps website -- The long-imperiled yet highly-regarded music magazine Paste has folded its print edition, laying off nine of its 12 staffers.
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The 'Teenage' rage
Music News: Katy Perry's latest sells 192,000 copies in debut -- Katy Perry proves her singles success is no reverie, as the singer's sophomore Capitol album "Teenage Dream" enters the national album chart at No. 1 this week.
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Alliance Entertainment to Platinum, Gores
Music News: Duo acquires mega wholesale distributor -- Alliance Entertainment, the country's largest wholesale distributor of CDs, DVDs and video games, has been sold to equity firms Platinum Equity and the Gores Group by Source Interlink.
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