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James Brown Vs. Corbis on Photo Rights

“The Brown estate is directly challenging Corbis, it says, because the photo archive charges its own fees for the usage of James Brown pictures in the Corbis library, without permission or compensation to the estate.”

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Tribune Publishes List of 50 Favorite Zines

Music magazines that make the list: Goldberg, Gramophone, Magnet, NME, Opera News, Rolling Stone and Tape Op.

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Book Says Madonna in Love With Self

“A memoir by Madonna’s brother says the singer really does love her husband, director Guy Ritchie, but, apparently, not as much as she loves her career and herself.”

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Nick Cave Book

“Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds are set to release a book exploring the genesis of their last album and its title track ‘Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!.’”

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Idolator Examines the Jack Black Blender Cover

“Right on time, here’s the August 2008 edition, which is fronted not by a comely young woman, but by a guy who shares a physique with a goodly part of the readership Levy and his colleagues desperately want to not to lose to World of Warcraft, Twitter, and a komputah-based distraction that emerged while AP was writing this sentence.”

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80% Ignore Professional Reviews

“8 out of 10 music fans are turning away from professional reviews and going online for music recommendations.”

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Association Urges Newspapers to Keep Classical Critics

“Music lovers may read a variety of things, in print or online, but they invariably put a value on coverage of their local organizations in their local daily press.”

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Interview with Mark Kemp

“Kemp edited the now-defunct alternative music magazine, Option; worked as a senior music editor at Rolling Stone; was a music editorial vice president at MTV Networks, and was the entertainment editor of The Charlotte Observer.”

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Wanted: Music Editor, Village Voice Media

“We have an immediate opening for a music editor in Phoenix.”

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The First Album Cover

“I mean, if they’d known what they had, I would’ve at least expected the auction to include ‘World’s First Album Cover!’ and a reserve price of $100, $500, who knows? Instead, I picked it up for less than $30.”

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