As Myspace Fades, News Corp. Mulls a Sale to Vevo.com
News Corp. may have found a suitor on which to unload its ailing social network. Bloomberg reports that the company is in talks with Vevo.com to exchange Myspace for a “stake in a new venture.” Vevo is the fifth biggest video site in the U.S. with 45.9 million visitors and is controlled by some of the biggest record labels, including Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. The match …
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Southeast Portland News: Historic photos, Eat Mobile 2011 and fundraising for Japan
Over the last year, volunteers from Hosford-Abernety Neighborhood Development have dug up tons of old photos from their part of town and posted their findings to Facebook. From the albums page:
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Grief over hit-and-run death of ‘extraordinary’ woman
The 77-year-old woman killed in a Friday night hit-and-run crash was an extraordinarily gifted Russian emigree with degrees in music and engineering and a passion for the arts, friends and family said Saturday.
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A peaceful event aimed at teaching aboriginal healing was turned on its ear by violent winds blowing Sunday atop Mt. McKay. About four dozen participants banded together to save a traditional longhouse built out of birch saplings.
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News Briefs
SKI HILLS CLOSED The Capreol and Lively Ski Hills are now closed for the season, the City of Greater Sudbury said Friday. Adanac Ski Hill, meanwhile, will remain open until Sunday, weather and ski conditions permitting.[...]
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The death of the iPod
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RAMONA: Man gets 15 years to life for molestations
EL CAJON —- A Ramona music teacher who molested two young sisters who lived down the street from him was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison.
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News: Nintendo not interested in “garage devs”
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Fort William Historical Park has decided to cancel this year’s Rock the Fort concert. The concert, which attracted tens of thousands of music fans the past two years, was cancelled because park officials have other priorities.
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COMMUNITY NEWS: Mother to talk on drug dangers
Mother to talk on drug dangers Justina McIntyre of One Life One Chance will speak to parents, educators and the community on March 21 at the North Penn Community Forum.
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Hit show impacts high school music groups
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I Read The News Today… For March 7, 2011
If you’re looking for a website to vote for in CBC Radio 3′s Searchlight Best Canadian Music Website contest, look no further than CHARTattack contributor and Monoxides drummer Ken Kelley’s The Music Nerd Chronicles . Hi site has made the top 10 in the contest. VOTE VOTE VOTE!
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Music review: VocalEssence, Andre Thomas let the spirit flow
Andre Thomas is an inspiring man. He’s devoted his career to teaching young Americans not only how to sing traditional African-American spirituals, but about the history and evolution of the songs, as well, which involves confronting a lot of troubling truths.
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