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RealNetworks expects 2nd-qtr revenue above analysts' views
RealNetworks Inc. on Thursday predicted second-quarter revenue slightly above analysts views and raised its outlook for the full year.
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RealNetworks 1st-qtr profit declines, revenue rises
RealNetworks Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter profit declined from a year-ago period that benefited from the settlement of antitrust litigation with Microsoft Corp.
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Tony Kostrzewa: Founder of Red Rhino Records
The post-punk scene of the late Seventies saw an explosion of independent labels linked to record shops. Beggars Banquet, Rough Trade and Small Wonder all started as backroom operations in London stores and respectively launched Tubeway Army, Stiff Little Fingers and The Cure.
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Classical Brit for violinist who took up the instrument at the age of four
It is four years since Nicola Benedetti achieved nationwide fame when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year but last night, at the third time of trying, she secured another major award when she was named best Young British Classical Performer at London's Royal Albert Hall.
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With wall-to-wall touring and a Juilliard degree in progress, pianist Joyce Yang is all about work, work, work
A conversation with the 21-year-old Joyce Yang is like streaming the second movement of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, the masterpiece she’ll play this weekend with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. It’s a wave of serenity amid a life that’s the same heady pace as the concerto’s famous first movement.
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My Morning Jacket Announce Lengthy U.S. Tour
Who? Exploratory, Southern-tinged rockers My Morning Jacket, led by grizzled frontman Jim James, and featuring bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, multi-instrumentalist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster. What? A 24-date U.S. outing -- entitled "An Evening with My Morning Jacket" -- in support of the quintet's fifth studio record to date, Evil Urges . Rolling out ...
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Editorial: Arnold's class elevated Nashville's music
Perhaps more than any other artist, Eddy Arnold took the image of country music from low-rent to high-class.
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Country Music Star Eddy Arnold Dies at 89
Country music star Eddy Arnold died Thursday near Nashville just shy of his 90th birthday. Measured in terms of hit recordings, he was the most successful country artist of all time, selling 85 million records in a career that spanned from the Great Depression to 2005, when he released his last album. Craig Havighurst of member station WPLN in Nashville reports.
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Live Music Preview: IPRC Superstar Open-Mike
The local music scene isn't the only art form that benefits from Portland's do-it-yourself ethic. Take, for example, the zine scene. Zines -- self-published magazines, ranging from simple photocopied collections to elaborate works of art, often produced by one person writing about intensely personal subjects -- have become such a Portland institution that the Independent Publishing Resource ...
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`Rafta, Rafta' gently lampoons generational differences
Picture two young people trying to enjoy their wedding night in the bedroom right next to the groom's parents, and you'll get an idea of the frustrating yet touching comedic premise of Ayub Khan-Din's warmhearted play, "Rafta, Rafta ...," currently in a New Group production at off-Broadway's Acorn Theatre.
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Impressive start for talented Nu group
It was one of those ideas dreamt up over lunch at a restaurant, which developed over several more meals into the launch of a new 13-piece group. Ensemble Nu, with the support of Tura New Music, got off to an impressive start this week with a sold-out debut concert at the WA Art Gallery.
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Zoo Houses New Baboons
The Seneca Park Zoo's baboons have a new home. Monroe County leaders unveiled the $2.7 million exhibit, home to 12 baboons. There are eight females and four males. They range in age from 5 and a half to 16 years. The exhibit is part of the zoo's Step Into Africa project.
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Clash, crash-landing mar Israel's 60th birthday party
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A clash between Arab protesters and police, and a paratrooper's crash-landing during a ceremonial jump marred Israel's 60th independence day festivities Thursday.
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art Till May 9 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm:
Figurative Expressions , an exhibition of the works by Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Subrata Pal, Shyamal Mukherjee, Prakash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan and Ramananda Bandyopadhyay.
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NCSA moves a step closer to name change
A UNC board of governors committee has approved changing the name of the N.C. School of the Arts.
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Study in contrasts anchors Elderwood art show
ELDERWOOD -- Life isn't always black and white, but for a group of artists, the contrasting shades were the impetus for continuing a relaxed art show in a rural setting.
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Microsoft's Next Target - Your New Car
New car shoppers looking at a Hyundai or Kia vehicles will soon find that Microsoft has further penetrated the automotive entertainment market , hoping to build on the success of its SYNC technology partnership with Ford. While details on the Hyundai or Kia systems are unavailable, industry insiders generally believe that many SYNC features will be incorporated - including across the board ...
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Summit Cove Elementary School students Pennies for Peace event
Summit Cove Elementary School fifth grade students partnered with Borders Books Music Movies and Cafe in Dillon for two benefit days this weekend.
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"Rap session" part of summer plan for youth
With summer coming fast...leaders in Richmond County are looking for ways to keep kids busy and safe once school is out.
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Country music superstar Eddy Arnold dies at 89
Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography "Eddy Arnold: I'll Hold You in My Heart." His wife of 66 years, ...
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With All Their Love
Anonymous Greeting-Card Writers Put Their Heart Into Their Work As we pay tribute to mothers this Sunday, consider for a moment the unsung heroes of Mother's Day: greeting-card writers.
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Man arrested in recording equip. theft from ex-Motown star
DETROIT -- A 27-year-old Detroit man is being questioned in the theft of music and recording equipment from a home belonging to former Motown star Martha Reeves.
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Country music superstar dies
Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography "Eddy Arnold: I'll Hold You in My Heart."
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Goldberg to host Tony Awards
Stage and screen star Whoopi Goldberg will host Broadway's 62nd annual Tony Awards next month after the show went two years without a single master of ceremonies, organisers said.
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BDN file photo Artist Anne Elisabeth Hogh creates a plaster cast of James Richter’s face during ArtWalk at The ...
Next weekend, art lovers will be able to see more than 100 different artists displaying their work at various downtown locations.
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