Posts Tagged ‘Alicia Keys’

This diverse array of the greatest names in music will appear on one stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on two consecutive nights, September 23 and 24. The festival is a celebration of the official launch of the New iHeartRadio, Clear Channel’s free, industry-leading digital radio product. New iHeartRadio will combine more than 750 broadcast radio and digital-only stations from 150 cities with the ability to create custom stations, delivering listeners everything they want all in one fully integrated service.

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PopEater with Naughty But Nice Rob, a video series launched by Aol’s PopEater celebrity-news site and featuring Naughty But Nice columnist Rob Shuter, has drawn nearly 6 million views since debuting Jan. 26, Aol said.

The daily video series kicks off Aol’s celebrity block on Aol.com at 6 p.m. ET. Prior to PopEater, Shuter was executive editor of OK! Magazine, and he is a contributor to Today, The Insider, The Joy Behar Show, and CNN. He was also a publicist for celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Diddy, Jessica Simpson, and Jon Bon Jovi.

Aol also touted the Feb. 1 debut of another video series, Urlesque, which runs at 2 p.m. weekdays and focuses on Internet trends, viral videos, and memes. Urlesque has tallied nearly 4 million views to date.

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It’s the end of an era. The Associated Press is reporting that Bertelsmann AG will sell its 50-percent stake in music business Sony BMG to Sony Corp. in a $1.2 billion deal, the companies announced Tuesday. That gives Sony full ownership of the joint venture whose artists include Celine Dion, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys and Usher.

The new company will be called Sony Music Entertainment. “This move is consistent with our new growth strategy and will enable us to focus on our defined growth areas,” Bertelsmann CEO Hartmut Ostrowski said in a statement. “Sony has been an excellent partner, and they are the right company to take this business to the next step and ensure that it realizes its full value and potential.”

Sony continues to consolidate its portfolio as the only company that sells music players, cell phones, online music services, and is also a major music label that provides content for all of those things.