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• September 19, 2008

  'Guitar Hero' Publisher Working On 'DJ Hero'

  

  "GUITAR HERO" publisher ACTIVISION BLIZZARD is working on a DJ-based music game called "DJ HERO," a source confirmed to MTV NEWS. On FRIDAY, gaming blog KOTAKU reported the first alleged details on a new ACTIVISION BLIZZARD music … more »

• August 7, 2008

  WMG Wants More Pay To Play

  

  WARNER MUSIC GROUP said on TODAY (8/7) that video game makers will need to pay more to license songs for music-based video games like "GUITAR HERO" and "ROCK BAND," reports REUTERS. WARNER MUSIC CEO EDGAR BRONFMAN drew comparisons … more »

• May 28, 2008

  Jacobs Survey: Video Games Sell Records

  

  A new JACOBS MEDIA web survey about technology has found that music-based video games are having a significant impact on music sales. Confirming previous reports (NET NEWS 11/26/07 and 1/24/08), the poll of over 27,000 listeners to U.S. Rock stations … more »

• March 21, 2008

  Gibson Lawsuit Widens Battle With Activision

  

  GIBSON GUITAR CORP. is demanding in a new lawsuit that a half-dozen major retailers pull all copies of the "GUITAR HERO" series from their shelves as part of a widening patent fight with ACTIVISION, publisher of the popular videogame, reports … more »

• March 5, 2008

  'Rock Band' Creators May Cash In

  

  The guys behind VIACOM's popular new video game "Rock Band" are in line to collect over $200 million if profits from the chief rival to ACTIVISION's "Guitar Hero" hit certain performance targets by the end of 2008, reports THE NEW … more »

• February 19, 2008

  Aerosmith To Get A 'Guitar Hero' Game

  

  Months after the cat first got out of the bag, GAMESPOT.COM reports ACTIVISION has confirmed AEROSMITH will be the first band to get a GUITAR HERO game all to themselves -- titled, unsurprisingly, GUITAR HERO: AEROSMITH. Real-life AEROSMITH guitar legend … more »

• January 24, 2008

  Further Proof: Videogames As The New Rock Radio

  

  This year's holiday music-related holiday sales seems to have confirmed what has been established earlier: that video games ---specifically GUITAR HERO and ROCK BAND -- are, promotionally, becoming a de facto radio in terms of generating sales. PCWORLD … more »

• November 26, 2007

  Can Guitar Hero Save The Day For Rock Product?

  

  It looks like the labels may have found a potent new promotional vehicle to help spur sales of their rock-based product: the Guitar Hero video game franchise. On the heels of the third and latest incarnation of the game, which sold well over $100 million … more »

• September 27, 2007

  Indie 103.1 Announces Private Sex Pistols Show

  

  The SEX PISTOLS are coming to LOS ANGELES in advance of their four U.K. reunion shows in NOVEMBER to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1977 release of "Never Mind The Bollocks ... Here’s The Sex Pistols." ENTRAVISION Alternative … more »

• July 16, 2007

  Paul Armstrong Joins MySpace

  PAUL ARMSTRONG exits PR firm BURSON-MARSTELLER, where he handled SONY and ACTIVISION, to take a position with MYSPACE as Head of Video Promotions, effective MONDAY, JULY 23. His last day at B-M is JULY … more »