Ten Most Popular Stories This Week On Billboard.biz November 20, 2009
By Billboard staff
The following is a round-up of the 10 most popular stories on Billboard.biz during the past week.
1. Citi Rejects Terra Firma's Latest Bid To Save EMI: Report Citigroup Inc recently rejected a proposal from Guy Hands' private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners to restructure the debt of music group EMI, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday.
2. Vevo Launch Date Set The Vevo online music video service is expected to launch Dec. 8, according to sources close to the company.
3. John Mayer Likely To Top Next Week's Billboard 200 The annual onslaught of big album releases has begun in earnest as a bevy of superstar acts are in the hunt for high debuts on next week's Billboard 200 chart.
4. Bon Jovi Comes Full 'Circle' At No. 1 On Billboard 200 Bon Jovi claims its fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as its new album "The Circle" lands in the penthouse with 163,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
6. TMG/AEG Live President Messina Clarifies Ticketmaster An ongoing investigative report on ticketing practices from Nashville's NewsChannel 5 has created a stir, and promoter Louis Messina, president of TMG/AEG Live wants to clarify comments he made in a segment that aired last night regarding Ticketmaster Entertainment
7. 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards Heads To Puerto Rico For the first time in its more than 20-year history, the Billboard Latin Music Awards will take place in Puerto Rico, marking the first time the show goes on the road from its traditional Miami homebase. The awards, presented by State Farm, will be broadcast live on April 29, 2010, by the Telemundo network.
8. Analysis: Vinyl, Digital Sales Hit New High Marks Vinyl and single track download sales set new records last week, according to data from Nielsen SoundScan. The two events represent very different trends that were born from the rising popularity of digital music.
9. The Best Ways To Expose Your Music? What's the best way to get people to listen to your music? For her Monitor Mix blog, Carrie Brownstein at NPR posed the question to a group of industry folks -- musicians, label owners, managers, record store owners, journalists and others. The responses are short on actionable tactics and long on larger issues, but two interrelated themes emerge.
10. Australasian Borders Owner Plans New Store Concept The Australasian owner of Borders' Asia Pacific operations is looking at a new store concept that will bring together music and DVD with books and stationery.
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