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Reciprocal Representation Agreements with Foreign Performing Rights Societies

If you’re a songwriter or composer and have written songs that have the potential to be used on radio, television, the Internet, in restaurants and or any of the thousands of other businesses that use music, you need performing right representation, which will ensure that you get paid when any of those businesses plays your song.

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franchised food service
    organisation.

franchisees

McDonald’s
    franchisee

The Franchise Agreement

MAJOR SUPPLIERS
FOOD
McKey Food Service    Hamburger patties, bacon and pork products
Golden West Foods    Buns, ketchup, milk shake syrups, multi-temperature distribution
Sun Valley Poultry    Chicken products
McCain    French Fries and Hash Browns
Icelandic Freezing Plants    Fishproducts
Unigate Dairies    Milkproducts
Ashby Dairies    Milkproducts
Scottish Pride Dairies    Milkproducts
Central Edible Oils    Vegetable shortening
Howard Long International    Salad
Kitchen Range Foods    Fruit Pies and Donuts
Gala Coffee    Coffee
Dairy Produce Packers    Cheeseslices
McCormick    Sauces
Coca-Cola    Soft drinks

McDONALD’S EDUCATION SERVICE
[]In 1993, the McDonald’s Education Service was set up to work
    with Education Business Partnerships (EBPS) and to provide a
    resource to schools and communities around our restaurants.

[]The Education Service is working with over 40 EBPS,
    concentrating on the areas of teacher placement, work
    experience, Young Enterprise, curriculum support and school
    governor support.

[]Teacher Placement
    In 1994, McDonald’s worked with the Teacher Placement Service
    to place 95 teachers in restaurants to give them direct
    experience of business.

[]Work Experience
    McDonald’s restaurants are being used as venues for work
    experience for 16 year olds.

[]McDonald’s has a vocational work experience programme linked
    to National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs).

[]Young Enterprise
    Over 80 McDonald’s managers are working with Young
    Enterprise to develop business awareness in 16 to 18 year old
    pupils.

[]National Curriculum Support
    The support of educational projects of benefit to children form a
    major element of McDonald’s programme of community activity.

[]In 1994 McDonald’s invested over £340,000 in educational
    programmes.

[]The Education Centre at the Festival Park in Ebbw Vale is funded
    by McDonald’s. A permanent classroom, staffed by
    educationalists, enables school parties to undertake projects,
    based upon environmental and ecological aspects of the
    Festival Park. Two resource packs linking the park to the National
    Curriculum have been funded by McDonald’s for use by schools
    visiting the park.

[]McDonald’s has sponsored an educational resource pack for the
    Welsh Rugby Football Union which will enable teachers to teach
    rugby skills as part of the PE National Curriculum.

[]In support of the Technology syllabus of the National Curriculum
    McDonald’s has produced a resource pack written by teachers
    for secondary pupils aged 14-16. By the end of 1994, the pack
    had been requested by 4,600 schools.

[]A resource pack on information technology written by teachers
    has been produced for Key Stage 3.

[]A primary activity pack for Key Stage 1 on Economic and
    Industrial Understanding has been developed by teachers
    funded by McDonald’s and Humberside Education Business
    Partnership.

[]School Governors Support
    60 restaurant managers and franchisees are school governors.

[]McDonald’s is sponsoring, with the Times Educational
    Supplement, the School Governors Report to Parents Awards.

[]McDonald’s sponsored five conferences in 1994 run by the
    Institution for School and College Governors to help governors
    manage effectively.

EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP
    In 1994 McDonald’s sponsored an Insight into Industry
    programme in Glasgow involving 32 local secondary schools.

[]At the request of EBPS, McDonald’s ran seminars for teachers in
    1994 on assertiveness, leadership, time management and
    marketing and participated in a seminar on recruitment.

Business Week Online    
FEBRUARY 5, 2007
COVER STORY
McDonald’s 24/7
By focusing on the hours between traditional mealtimes, the fast-food giant is sizzling

http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/07_06/b4020001.htm?chan=gl

clubgoers
straggling home

cars barrel by

a commercial strip of big-box stores and chain restaurants

buttermilk biscuit
steel bowl
grilling sausage patties and eggs

clocked out

all-night convenience store

a McGriddle
a side of hash browns

the prices are cheaper and the brand is one he trusts

went 24/7

boost profits by extending store hours

night owls and early birds

“There are so many customers out there all times of the day,” he says. “We have to be out there, too.”

The clientele

joshing with one another

zipping from the pickup window

a midshift break

taking a breather

preschoolers scamper

carousing

the world’s biggest restaurant chain

busting out of its old boundaries

stretches up to seven hours

an all-day option

between-meal refuelings

late-night munchies

all-hours

McDonald’s. For most of its history, growth meant one thing: more locations

juggernaut

outlets

cranking out

a run of hit products

reached a saturation point

Cannibalism:
While overall revenue kept climbing, the new sites stole customers from existing locations

same-store sales

real estate

newly refurbished

McDonald’s is, of course, much more than an ordinary fast-food chain. It is a cultural mirror.

The changes at the burger company reflect the evolution of American eating habits.

longer drive times

busier after-work schedules

a home-cooked dinner

Father Knows Best

McDonald’s
The $21.6 billion company now feeds a record 27 million people (Americans) every day, 1 million more every year since 2003.

the food police

its two most popular foods
    (the double cheeseburger and fries)

a nonissue

competitors
    Starbucks (SBUX ), Wendy’s (WEN ), Burger King (BKC ), and Dunkin’ Donuts

national rollouts

triumphant

has such a lead that even its fastest-growing rivals may never catch up

“People’s days are longer, so are McDonald’s restaurant hours. This is a natural evolution to capture more business.”

is all optimism

Hosting breakfast

- It’s a simple secret, actually: Americans like to eat all day long. (Business Week)

retirees

had driven 14 miles

fetch breakfast for her daughter

high school swim team

egg-and-sausage bagels

Brown, 37, loves the wider variety of foods and drinks available at McDonald’s today. “I used to have to go to five different places for everyone. I’d have to go to one place to get bagels. Smoothies at another. Coffee at another,” she says. “Now I can get everything here, all at once.”

icons like the McMuffin
the McGriddle—a pork patty

syrup-infused pancakes

still plenty of room to grow

And new products attract new business

To build on this momentum

conundrum

plucks — from

the breakfast battle

“We’re promiscuous at lunch and dinner, but we tend to be monogamous at breakfast.”

Midday snackers

at Jamba Juice

enticement

a squirt of sauce

“It gives me enough energy to carry me for another two or three hours.”

crowd-pleasers

product development

the company’s food studio in Oak Brook
 a staff of three dozen chefs, food technicians, and market researchers

The company doesn’t just assess sales. It also monitors costs and margins and judges how easy a new product is to prepare by a crew that is constantly changing.

The annual turnover among cooking crews companywide exceeds 100%

If the concept passes muster, McDonald’s expands its test cell to 800 to 1,000 restaurants in four to six markets

scant time

Case in point: the McShaker salad.
Introduced in 1999, it came in a large plastic cup designed to fit a car’s cupholder. Problem: Nobody could figure out how to eat a salad while driving. “We were more willy-nilly then,” says Skinner. “The attitude was, we’ll make it and they’ll buy it.”

 in-store promotional signs and local advertising

 tricked-out rvs to concerts, sports events, and bars

pitch twentysomethings with coupons and contests

Although it is well known for the sameness of its food and restaurants, McDonald’s is really a lot of different restaurants that cater to a lot of different people.

Head of New Media at Red Light Management/TBD Records

Event härdar ut i finanskrisens spårLogo - IRMI IRM:s, Insititutet för reklam och mediestatistik, rapport för tredje kvartalet ökar medieinvesteringarna med 2,2 procent och uppgår till 6.9 miljarder kronor. Eventmarknaden visar en fortsatt tillväxt på 3,3 procent.

I veckan lanseras musiksajten ubetoo.com som erbjuder ny musik gratis för lyssnaren, samtidigt som upphovsmannen får betalt för sitt material genom annonspengar. Sajtens mål är att utmana jättar som Myspace och Youtube.

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Idén till Ubetoo väcktes för ett år sedan och redan från början insåg Blixt Modin att det gäller att kunna erbjuda musiken gratis.

- För mig är internet som en enda stor kopieringsmaskin och jag har ju följt fildelningsdebatten. Folk vill inte betala, men man måste ändå hitta ett sätt att få betalt för sitt jobb.

Då dök tanken upp att lösningen skulle kunna finnas i en tredje part: annonsörer. Med annonsintäkter som baseras på antalet unika besökare går det att få in pengar på samma sätt som de flesta nyhetstidningars hemsidor: man erbjuder sitt journalistiska material gratis och får betalt av annonsörerna.

Med pressade omkostnader kan Ubetoo ge hälften av reklamintäkterna till den som laddat upp sitt material på sajten. Vilket är en betydligt större andel än vad en upphovsman får när dennes verk säljs på nätet: i Sverige får låtskrivaren åtta procent av vad kunden betalar för att ladda hem en låt.

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http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=836656

SVT tiger om schlagermiljoner

Utgifterna för Melodifestivalen vägs upp av bland annat sponsorpengar och biljettintäkter, som SVT inkasserar tillsammans med företaget Live Nation (före detta EMA Telstar). På uppdrag av SVT har Live Nation sålt drygt 100.000 biljetter till deltävlingarna och finalen för sammanlagt 35 miljoner kronor. Dotterbolaget Eventum har hand om kontrakten med Melodifestivalens sponsorer som tillsammans betalar omkring 20 miljoner kronor för att deras varumärken flimrar förbi i sändningarna.

Hur pengarna sedan delas upp mellan SVT och Live Nation är ett hemligt avtal mellan de båda företagen. Live Nations svenske VD Staffan Holm säger att Melodifestivalen är en bra affär för hans bolag, men att SVT troligen går back trots sponsor- och biljettmiljoner.

- Melodifestivalen är ju en riktigt Rolls Royce-produktion, den är otroligt påkostad och det är så många människor inblandade.

- Men affären har blivit bättre för SVT sedan de började göra den här långa turnén med flera deltävlingar, jämfört med när det bara var en enda tävling.

(Ledger) - Pengahögen kan förklaras med att filmkontraktet inkluderade inkomster från bland annat kringprodukter som exempelvis actionfigurer, samt procent på biljettintäkter.

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- Överlevnad på liveområdet handlar om att spela på flera strängar. Samtidigt.

Det säger Staffan Holm, sedan tio år verkställande direktör för arrangörsjätten Ema, European Music Agency.

Staffan Holm berättar att Ema Telstar exempelvis intresserar sig för familjeunderhållning och musikaler, något man tidigare knappt brytt sig om. Fler konserter på en fast scen, som Ulf Lundell på Tyrol, står också på listan. Monster jam, där gigantiska bilar tävlar mot varandra, är andra utvecklingsbara liveupplevelser, liksom de i sportens värld. Som tennis, Stockholm Open, där man studsat in i genom dotterföretaget Eventum

Staffan Holm är heller inte främmande för att hans bolag framöver är involverat i en europeisk, tv-sänd, hockeyliga

- Med tillgång till fler verksamheter och fler anläggningar ska vi genom olika samarbeten, på kort tid och i större utsträckning, kunna producera olika evenemang i samma arena. Sport ena kvällen, rockkonsert nästa och kanske musikalföreställning den tredje. Korta omställningstider ger vinster på flera plan, säger han.
Samarbete med andra företag har Ema Telstar dels direkt, dels genom olika förgreningar. Ett av de samarbeten som fått störst genomslagskraft under senare år är det som sker med Sveriges television genom Melodifestivalen.

- Samarbete med olika tv-bolag prioriteras. Vi vill dock inte låsa oss vid bolag eller evenemang, utan går in där vi tror oss ha något att vinna, säger Holm.

Men främsta medlet att konkurrera med är enligt Holm liveakten i sig. Att, till både artister och publik, leverera den kompetent, säkert och till hyfsade priser.

- Liveupplevelsen, mötet med artisten på plats, är oersättlig. Ju mer digital musikindustrin blir, ju mer gynnar det oss.

- Samtidigt kan jag berätta att storheter som Mick Jagger och Bruce Springsteen personligen lagt sig i prissättningen under åren. De är angelägna om att det ska finnas biljetter som “vanligt folk” har råd med. De, liksom vi, är medvetna om att det är fansen som bär upp den här verksamheten.

Det har från fans riktats kritik mot att bra platser säljs dyrt till näringslivet. Att de hamnar hos personer som inte bryr sig om musiken utan hellre hänger i vip-baren.
- Jag har tagit del av kritiken och förstår att den beskrivningen kan sticka i ögonen. Samtidigt måste vi som evenemangsföretag kunna erbjuda både och. Totalt sett är det bara en procent av alla biljetter vi säljer som går till näringslivet, säger Staffan Holm.

Ema:s ägarstruktur
I ryggen finns USA-koncernen Clear Channel. Ema Telstar-gruppen är dess moderbolag i Norden. I Sverige ägs Ema Telstar, Eventum, Cirkus i Stockholm samt 49 procent av arrangörs- och bokningsbolaget Luger. Bolaget Motors verksamhet är helt knutet till Ema Telstar, men har ett eget varumärke.
Ema Telstar-gruppen äger helt sina arrangörsbolag i Danmark, Finland och Norge.

Nu får biljettjätten Ticnet konkurrens från två håll - Nöjen - Sydsvenskan - Nyheter dygnet runt

Två kända europeiska biljettföretag startar på den svenska marknaden i november. Det innebär konkurrens för det i dag dominerande Ticnet. Men om det får biljettpriserna att gå upp eller ner är oklart.

den svenska grenen av norska Iticket, ett av de bolag som startar i Sverige.

det tyska bolaget Eventim som nu förgrenar sig till Sverige. De mjuklanserar i slutet av november.
– Och vi har ett kontrakt med Live Nation från och med första januari, säger Eventims vd Heikki Jungell.

Live Nation, tidigare EMA Telstar, är i dag Sveriges största konsertarrangör.

Här är den nya prisnämnden i Polarmusikpriset:

Alfons Karabuda, ordförande

Anders Anderson, familjen Anderson

Lars Anderson, familjen Anderson

Thomas Johansson, Live Nation

…

Under rätt många år hade Sverige en situation där tre av de största konsertarrangörerna således hade samma ägare, utan att det märktes särskilt tydligt utåt. När EMA Telstar för fyra månader sen bytte namn till Live Nation följde dock Motor med, och försvann som egen enhet.

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Så länge Eventum har samarbetsavtalet med SVT att fortsatt sköta all sponsring, biljettförsäljning och PR runt Melodifestivalen är detta en kasssako.
Staffan är helt rätt ute. 30 miljoner i omsättning på 5 anställda. Det är nog många företag som är avundsjuka dom siffrorna.
Majoriteten av årsomsättningen bör nog komma från TV Huset och från de företag som “köper in sig” i Melodifestivalen.
(SVT får ju inte ta emot reklampengar, men det får Eventum, fattar ni? )
Begåvad kannabalism på Svt´s varumärke Melodifestivalen… he he..

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Efter namnbytet från Ema Telstar vill konsertarrangören Live Nation renodla verksamheten till enbart underhållning och Eventum, som enbart sysslar med företagsevent, har därför uppfattats som en främmade fågel i koncernen.

Live Nations styrelseordförande Staffan Holm, som även är styrelseordförande i Eventum, försökte först stå emot en försäljning av bolaget. Men när det inte gick bestämde han sig för att själv köpa Eventum, tillsammans med Håkanson United.

- Jag kunde inte stå över chansen att komma över varumärket och bolaget Eventum, som har en lång historia inom eventindustrin i Sverige, säger Staffan Holm.

För Håkanson United, som är en strategisk sponsorbyrå, innebär köpet att erbjudandet breddas till att även omfatta genomförandet av eventen.

- Vi samarbetar ofta med eventbyråer, och det kommer vi att fortsätta med. Men vi blir bredare genom att även äga våra egna event.

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I samband med köpet tecknar Eventum ett samarbetsavtal med Live Nation. Eventum använder artisterna i Live Nations stall och Live Nation pekar mot Eventum när de får förfrågningar om företagsevent.

- Håkanson United är främst förnippade med sport, men nu stärks kompetensen inom musik och underhållning vilket är ett område med stor potential.

Lars Engström blir vd i Eventum efter köpet, som blev klar den första september, och Staffan Holm är kvar som styrelseordförande. Han fortsätter även som styrelseordförande i Live Nation.

- Jag köper Eventum som privatperson. Eftersom Live Nation inte sysslar med företagsevent uppstår ingen konflikt av att jag äger bolaget, säger Staffan Holm.

rockbandet tjänar uppskattningsvis 140 miljoner kronor på tolvårskontraktet. Samarbetet mellan det irländska bandet och Live Nation, som blev offentligt i mars, inkluderar världsturnéer, kringförsäljning och bandets nätsajt U2.com. Det är dock inte ett äkta 360-graders-kontrakt (som inkluderar allt), eftersom U2 fortsätter att släppa skivor på Universal Music.Förra torsdagen registrerade Live Nation 1,56 miljoner aktieandelar till U2 på Securities and Exchange Commission

Tidigare har Live Nation skrivit kontrakt med Madonna, Jay-Z och U2. Nickelback räknas som en storsäljare i rockbranschen, bandets senaste platta såldes i tio miljoner exemplar. Nu gör bandet åtminstone tre plattor och tre turnéer för Live Nation.

i grund och botten är det ju artisternas vilja att turnéra som styr utbudet, inte antalet konsertarrangörer, säger Ola Broquist.

Luger har länge nischat sig på något mindre, smalare artister och band. Ola Broquist oroas inte över att affären skulle kunna innebära att deras inriktning ändras.

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Vi ska hjälpa Baluba att marknadsföra Dansbandskampen och locka publik till den. Just nu blir det mest traditionella medier, men vi tittar på andra lösningar

Procter & Gamble (Research) is already the nation’s largest consumer products company, making everything from Pampers to Tide, from Crest toothpaste to Head & Shoulders shampoo. Products from Gillette (Research) include not only its signature razors but also Duracell batteries and Braun and Oral-B brands dental care products.”This merger is going to create the greatest consumer products company in the world,” said billionaire investor Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway (Research) is Gillette’s largest shareholder with 96 million shares, or about 9 percent of the company.

The 26-year-old star is merging his life as an entertainer with his new roll as an entrepreneur.

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Mr. Ovitz, over his new company, Artists Management Group.

For more than two years, in fact, Creative Artists had refused to represent anyone who signed with Mr. Ovitz, badly damaging Artists Management. The day of the record searches, Mr. Huvane testified, was the day that Artists Management announced layoffs.

Mr. Ovitz, who has acknowledged using Mr. Pellicano’s services as of 2002, has denied any knowledge of his illegal activity and has not been charged.

Mr. Pellicano is the private investigator on trial on wiretapping and racketeering charges as a result of duties he reportedly performed for his bigwig clients. The case got its start after a search warrant was issued for his reported involvement in threats against two journalists.

Back when Michael Ovitz ran the Creative Artist’s Agency, hailed as the most powerful talent agency in the world, he would hand out copies of Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” to his staff

Mr. Ovitz, who is 49 and has moved into advertising, corporate finance and the convergence of entertainment, information and communications,

In January 1991 three senior agents left the Morris Agency for a rival, taking with them a mix of well-established and up-and-coming stars

That’s when former head of television Jerry Katzman ascended to Morris’s presidency in 1991 with a mandate to breathe new life into the agency.

Morris may have gotten its biggest break in 1995, when CAA chairman Michael Ovitz left the agency he founded to join the Walt Disney Company. In the wake of this tidal wave, Morris picked up Whoopi Goldberg and re-signed Sylvester Stallone.

Jerry Katzman advanced to the post of vice-chairman in April 1997 and Arnold Rifkin, director of the film division, added the day-to-day management of the agency to his list of responsibilities.

as well as corporate clients such as Coca-Cola and toymaker Mattel. Supplemental services include strategic counsel, financing, and consulting. Its Intelligence Group/Youth Intelligence unit tracks and conducts behavior research for consumers from ages 8 to 39. CAA was founded in 1975.

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ICM agency is jolted by departures - Los Angeles Times

industry veteran Robert Newman jumped ship Wednesday after 17 years to join rival Endeavor Agency.

Newman, 48, the head of ICM’s motion picture group, represents a roster of prestigious filmmakers that include Robert Rodriguez, Baz Luhrmann, Guillermo del Toro and Mike Figgis.

He and Matt Solo, the former head of ICM’s television literary department, are joining Endeavor as partners. Solo, 45, whose clients include “House” creator David Shore and “The Shield” creator Shawn Ryan, left International Creative Management Inc. last month.

The signings come six months after a management shuffle and power shift at ICM that saw Chris Silbermann replace veteran agent Nancy Josephson as co-president

Industry sources said the latest departures showed that the legendary ICM remained in transition, whereas Endeavor continued to attract buzz as an up-and-comer.

Newman and the agency both said the split was amicable.

“I’ve had a great experience for the last 17 years, and I’ll always be grateful to my friends and colleagues at ICM,” Newman said in an interview. “I’m excited to be joining a team that has created such a wonderful, supportive environment for artists.”

The Superagents

However, some would say that this type of relationship is a thing of the past. In Hollywood, the agency business was almost single-handedly transformed in the late seventies by the infamous Michael Ovitz, founder of CAA (Creative Artists Agency) and dubbed by the press over the next two decades as ‘the most powerful man in Hollywood’.

Ovitz and his fellow agents built up a huge and impressive client list, and went aggressively after big deals and big money.

Using their experience in television, CAA began to offer ‘package’ deals - common in TV but unheard of in film - whereby the agents would bring together the writer, director, producer and principal cast from amongst their own clients and offer them to a studio as a package.

CAA undercut normal agency fees but demanded huge salaries for their actors.

ICM and WMA (William Morris Agency) eventually followed suit. The cost of making movies soared, and the powerbase was transferred from the studios to the ’superagents’.

Talent agents work on behalf of the ‘creative talent’ in the entertainment industry. Usually ‘creative talent’ means actors, directors and writers, but can also include producers, costume designers, lighting cameramen, choreographers, composers. Basically anyone who has creative input in an entertainment project can have an agent to represent them.

An agent’s place in the industry pecking order is based not on their own personal qualities and talents, but the people on their list. If you want to get the head of Miramax on the phone, or make a same-day reservation for lunch at the Ivy¹, you need to represent some major talent.

If an actor is working, make sure you talk to him at least twice a week. If he is not working, talk to him every day.- Movie mogul, Lew Wasserman

ICM and Limato are expected to battle in out in an arbitration hearing scheduled for Aug. 1. At issue is a non-compete clause, which could keep Limato from taking his clients to another agency

Mr. Cohn said over the phone: ‘’Nothing’s really happened. I had sold my shares. I’m remaining with the company. I’m changing my management role. That will be conferred on other people, namely Binky and Esther, who’ll do a fine job.'’

Dokumentären är producerad av skådespelaren Edward Norton, och har följt Obamas kampanj och karriär inom politiken sedan 2006.

Regissörerna Amy Rice och Alicia Sams tilläts att filma exklusivt innan Obama 2007 tillkännagjorde att han skulle ställa upp som presidentkandidat, och har fortsatt att filma fram till segern denna vecka.

– Obamas historiska race till Vita huset har gett vår film en perfekt mall för att utforska pulsen i vårt land under denna viktiga händelse i historien, säger Edward Norton till Reuters.

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if a musician knows how to write and perform, develops a solid live reputation by touring constantly, and can spare a few thousand dollars to record and press a quality-sounding recording, what’s a label get them? Radio play–maybe a 1 in 1,000 chance. An expensive carpet-bombing publicity campaign? Only useful for wannabes with insufficient talent to attract attention on their own. Comfortable living for a couple years while you wait for your big break? Fine, as long as you’re sure you can recoup your advance.

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have signed Fillion to a talent holding deal, aiming to either develop a new property for the “Firefly” star or else to slot the actor into an existing show.

Austin Nichols has inked a talent holding deal with HBO. Under the pact, Nichols will be cast in a drama or comedy series project for the premium cable channel. The deal is somewhat unusual for HBO, which rarely signs actors to holding deals.

LOS ANGELES - “Dancing With the Stars” finalist Stacy Keibler has signed a talent holding deal with Disney’s Touchstone TV studio.

Under the pact, the former wrestler will star in a pilot for the studio or will join an existing Touchstone TV series. She became a hot commodity following her turn on the second installment of ABC’s reality competition “Dancing With the Stars,” on which she finished third.

Alphabet and sibling ABC Studios have inked a talent holding deal with Wolf. Goal is to develop a project built around Wolf or to cast him in one of the net’s 2008-09 pilots.

Keenan left shortly after Lloyd and the duo began developing new projects for Paramount as a team, landing a blind series commitment from CBS for the short-lived comedy “Bram and Alice.”

They are shooting a pilot and it already has a blind series commitment.

The network has opted to pass on the Bernie Mac-led comedy pilot despite being given a blind series commitment back in November. FOX and producer Warner Bros. Television nevertheless are hoping to develop something new with the actor/comedian, who has a talent holding deal with the studio.

rather than order a pilot, the pay cabler has taken the unusual step of giving a blind series commitment to the untitled project.

Cowell, also repped by attorney Sam Fischer

a blind series commitment, and Cowell will be giving his opinion to Idol contestants for the next three years. The deal has Cowell taking home about $150,000 per episode for the third installment of Idol, a significant bump from the salary he received last season. American Idol 3 will make its bow in January.

Warner Bros. agreed, viewing the miniseries as a loss leader for a blind series commitment. That’s the only way Warners would go forward. Even back then they were looking at the longer term of how to make money on series.

Google backed off to avoid a challenge from the U.S. Justice Department

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SFX Entertainment has been hugely instrumental in ushering in the era of “synergy” between rock and advertising. Since late 1996, SFX has spent more than $1.6 billion to buy up most of the nation’s pop and rock industry. SFX now owns or operates more than 120 live-entertainment venues in 31 of the top 50 U.S. markets, including 15 amphitheaters in the top 10 markets. (Locally, SFX owns Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, Blockbuster Pavilion in Devore and the Wiltern in Los Angeles.)

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Jimmy and Doug’s Farm Club, at http://www.farmclub.com, which was started by Universal Music Group executive Jimmy Iovine. The site invites unsigned artists to upload songs in exchange for critical feedback from Farm Club’s staff and a shot at getting signed by UMG.

Garageband.com regularly holds contests in which fans log on and vote for their favorite music uploaded to the site. The winning band gets a $250,000 recording contract with Garageband.com.

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A superstar songwriting talent is following music publishing power broker Marty Bandier from EMI to Sony.

Free agent tunesmith Diane Warren has inked a deal with Bandier’s Sony/ATV Music Publishing to exclusively administer her catalog on a worldwide basis, excluding North America.

The prolific Warren has penned over 100 Billboard top-10 hits for artists including Aerosmith, Elton John, Tina Turner, Barbra Streisand, Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey and Cher.

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“Every time one of our songs is performed, we get paid for it. It doesn’t make a difference who does it or how, the cash comes to us. Most artists now understand that we can be a good way of making extra money. The artist has a right to say they don’t want their song being featured in an advert or sung by a doll and we’ll honour that, but it’s not the Bible we’re writing here.”

Record companies may swing in and out of favour, depending on who their hottest acts are, but radio stations keep playing classic tracks no matter who the owner of the intellectual property is. Each time a record is played, EMI takes a fee.

A few years ago he turned down a request from a health care group to license the music for Over There, a patriotic rallying cry for American forces in the first world war. The company wanted to rename the tune Under Here with reworked lyrics persuading women to use their brand of underarm deodorant. “We were offered a gargantuan sum of money but sometimes you just have to say no,” he says. “This is one of America’s most important anthems.”