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TV & Film
By Richard Smirke, London
| 10:47 AM, February 22
The organizers of this year's Brit Awards have issued an apology to Adele for cutting short her second acceptance speech of the evening -- an incident which led to the singer raising her middle finger to the crowd and millions of watching TV viewers in frustration.
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Global
By Richard Smirke, London
| 10:25 AM, February 22
U.K. digital radio station Jazz FM has issued an unreserved apology and promised to launch an internal investigation after accidently broadcasting explicit audio exerts from what appeared to be a gay porn film during one of its shows.
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Legal & Management
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Digital & Mobile
By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press
| 7:54 AM, February 22
Apple defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling company that denies it sold the mainland China rights to the tablet's name.
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Touring
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TV & Film
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Branding
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Latin
By Sigal Ratner-Arias, Associated Press
| 7:52 AM, February 22
Sergio Mendes will attend the Academy Awards on Sunday, but will do so with mixed feelings. He's honored his song "Real in Rio," from the animated movie "Rio," is one of the only two nominated Best Origianl Songs this year, but upset with the show producers' decision not to present the tunes during the telecast.
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Branding
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Rock & Pop
By Marc Schneider, New York
| 7:40 AM, February 22
President Obama last night sang a few frames of "Sweet Home Chicago" during PBS blues special taped at the White House with an all-star band that included B.B. King, Booker T. Jones, Mick Jagger and Derrek Tucks.
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Record Labels
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Publishing
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Digital & Mobile
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Branding
By Georg Szalai, THR
| 7:30 AM, February 22
U.S. stocks, including shares of entertainment conglomerates, finished Tuesday's trading day flattish after initial gains pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average index above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008.
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Record Labels
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Global
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Digital & Mobile
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Retail
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Rock & Pop
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles
| 8:34 PM, February 21
Adele's "21" album hits a number of major milestones this week on the Billboard 200 chart, as it basks in the glow of the British diva's multiple Grammy Award wins on Feb. 12. The album sold 730,000 copies in the U.S. last week (ending Feb. 19) according to Nielsen SoundScan -- up a whopping 207%. It spends a 21st week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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Legal & Management
By Associated Press
| 8:10 PM, February 21
A judge has granted a motion to dismiss concert promoter AEG Live from a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson's father. City News Service says the judge agreed with AEG attorneys who said Joe Jackson should have joined a separate suit filed by his wife, Katherine. The judge says the law does not favor multiple suits by individual heirs.
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Touring
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Country
By Associated Press
| 8:00 PM, February 21
Attorneys for country duo Sugarland said concertgoers were at least partly to blame for injuries suffered in a stage collapse, drawing a sharp reaction from fans Tuesday and prompting the band's manager to issue a statement criticizing the finger-pointing.
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TV & Film
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Rock & Pop
By Portia Medina, The Hollywood Reporter
| 7:00 PM, February 21
After being cut off mid-sentence during her acceptance speech for Album of the Year, the British songstress, who swept the Grammy Awards this year, flipped off the producers of the show.
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