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Target and Emilio Estefan Expand Partnership with the Exclusive Release of Sound Machine™ by Monster

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Target and Emilio Estefan Expand Partnership with the Exclusive Release of Sound Machine™ by Monster Headphones

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MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Target Corp. (NYS: TGT) , 19-time GRAMMY-Award winning producer and entrepreneur Emilio Estefan and Monster are teaming up to introduce premium Sound Machine™ by Monster headphones. The headphones will debut exclusively at select Target stores and Target.com beginning April 14.

Target and Emilio Estefan Expand Partnership with the Exclusive Release of Sound Machine(TM) by Monster Headphones (Photo: Business Wire)

The Sound Machine™ by Monster headphones are designed with Latin music in mind, capturing the rich, percussive nature of the music. They are available in both on-ear and over-ear versions, retailing at $149.99 and $249.99 respectively. The lightweight on-ear headphones feature controls for the user’s phone and music. The over-ear headphones feature plush cushions for noise isolation, as well as DJ-style swiveling earcups and advanced deep bass technology. The debut of these premium headphones is an expansion of the Target and Estefan partnership which was announced last year.

“Emilio Estefan is an icon in the music industry as well as the Latin community, and our partnership has been met with great excitement,” said Anne Stanchfield, divisional merchandise manager of entertainment, Target. “With the introduction ofSound Machine™ by Monster headphones, we are expanding our relationship to include a product Emilio played a role in creating.”

“Emilio Estefan‘s music has been and continues to be a tremendous influence on musicians all over the world,” said Noel Lee, head of Monster. “Being able to work with him to create Sound Machine™ by Monsterheadphones has been inspiring for everyone here at Monster, and thanks to our valued partnership with Target, we are looking forward to being able to bring Target guests a new way to enjoy all the music they love, with a unique headphone that epitomizes the heart and soul of Emilio’s art.”

“With Miami Sound Machine, we created a unique blend of rhythms that are synonymous with our culture and our city,” said Emilio Estefan. “It has been my dream to create a line of headphones that enhance the quality of sound for people to enjoy these unique rhythms of the world. I am proud to partner with Target in launching Sound Machine by Monster.”

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Amazon's New Scratch-Resistant Marvel

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By Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool

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Amazon.com
turned heads in January with the
debut of AutoRip
, and now it’s turning turntables.

The leading online retailer is expanding its popular platform that provides buyers of select CDs instant access to high-quality MP3s of every track on the record, through Amazon’s Cloud Player. This week, Amazon is expanding the perk to include instant streaming access for all vinyl purchases, too.

One can argue that vinyl buyers are a thin niche of throwback music lovers. If they wanted digital copies, they would’ve bought CDs. Vinyl collectors treasure the sonic warmth of a needle dropping on a grooved disc.

However, vinyl buffs also have smartphones and PCs. This is a clear value-added product and, if you were nuts to buy CDs from any place other than Amazon — if the disc you were set on buying was one of the more than 50,000 titles originally available — the same theory applies to vinyl.

Amazon’s cementing its leadership position in the realm of physical music media.

Apple can’t match that. It may be the country’s biggest seller of music, but its transactions are strictly digital. It can’t offer a CD — that someone can, in turn, give as a gift — without losing the tunes through Amazon’s Cloud Player.

It’s not as if the bricks-and-mortar chains can match Amazon, either. Sure, they sell CDs and occasionally vinyl, but some have retreated from the digital download space. Wal-Mart  stopped selling MP3 downloads three years ago.

Digital lockers of purchased music as a concept isn’t new. The original MP3.com did exactly that a decade ago, but it was sued into submission by the labels. Amazon’s not going to let that happen. It has struck deals with the participating labels, explaining why the number of participating titles are still small in number.

AutoRip has probably helped grow Amazon’s retail market share, as well as awareness of Amazon’s Cloud Player. After all, we’re not just talking about new purchases. Anyone who has bought a CD or vinyl dating back to the music store’s launch in 1998, now has retroactive access to those songs digitally.

At a time when all of the tech titans are either rolling out, or rumored to be rolling out, new streaming music service, Amazon’s taking advantage of the one thing that its peers can’t — physical retail.

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Armin van Buuren Takes ASOT600 To Madison Square Garden, Reveals His View Of Trance

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

Being the No. 1 DJ in the world comes with a certain level of confidence. For Armin van Buuren, it’s that self-assurance that keeps all the gears — the weekly radio show with millions of listeners worldwide, the countless DJ gigs, the top-level stage productions and artist albums — in motion.

“I don’t try to be someone I’m not — I’ve always followed my heart and trance has always been my main sound,” a fresh-faced van Buuren told HuffPost Entertainment in the first of his many Saturday afternoon interviews at a posh New York nightclub. Later that night, the 36-year-old DJ would headline Madison Square Garden, where he, Ferry Corsten and Markus Schulz, W&W and Alex M.O.R.P.H. brought A State of Trance 600 to thousands of eager ravers. (The “600” means the show had reached its 600th episode. It’s a weekly program, so do the math.)

Staying true to himself is a common theme for van Buuren, who grants interviews freely and affably, despite the understanding that his dance music pedigree should speak for itself. “At this point in my life, it seems like the less harder I try, the more easy it gets,” he said. “I’m Armin van Buuren, and this is who I am.”

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Sabrina Boing Boing, Brazilian Model, Instagrams Herself Breastfeeding Calves (PHOTOS)

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

We’ve heard of milking it for the camera, but this is udderly ridiculous.

Sabrina Boing Boing, a brazilian model, is woman of many talents including DJ‘ing, impersonating Pamela Anderson and her latest endeavor, breastfeeding calves.

It appears to be quite the mooooving experience too. Boing Boing instagrammed photos of herself lending her ample breasts to an unsuspecting calf on the side of the road in her native country.

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Bed Head Hotel: Diplo, Jillionaire, Walshy Fire, Tommie Sunshine And More Do The Gale Hotel (JIPSY PHOTOS)

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New York-based firm UG Strategies took over the Gale Hotel in South Beach to create The Bed Head Hotel, a special 2-day VIP event during the 2013 Miami Music Week, Winter Music Conference, and Ultra Music Festival. The Bed Head Hotel featured a lineup of DJ stars including Diplo, Tommie Sunshine, Walshy Fire, Jillionaire, Audrey Napoleon, The Disco Fries, FIGO, Torro Torro, Fareoh, and Mr. Black.

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WPP Makes Strategic Investment in SFX Entertainment to Strengthen Content Capabilities and Reach You

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WPP Makes Strategic Investment in SFX Entertainment to Strengthen Content Capabilities and Reach Young Consumers

LONDON & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WPP (NAS: WPPGY) , the world’s leading communications services group, has made a strategic investment in SFX Entertainment, Inc. (“SFX“), a digital media company that is the leading global platform for electronic dance music (EDM) events.

Based in New York City, SFX was founded by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert F. X. Sillerman in 2011. Sillerman and his senior management team average over 30 years’ experience in entertainment and music-related businesses, including acquiring and consolidating companies that specialize in producing and promoting live events.

SFX has created a global platform for dance music through acquisition and partnership with some of the leading festivals, events, clubs and online brands. It has a collective audience of over 100 million connected, highly mobile music fans through its various properties which include: Beatport, ID&T North America (Sensation and Mysteryland), Life In Color, Disco Donnie Presents and Miami Marketing Group, home of LIV, Story and Arkadia.

WPP Chief Executive Sir Martin Sorrell said, “We recognize the value in what SFX is creating and believe we can help bring this valuable audience to our agencies’ global clients. The challenge of navigating through digital and social media is daunting for clients and we believe this partnership can further develop WPP‘s content capabilities, particularly in new media in the youth consumer segment.”

Sillerman said, “The investment from WPP is an exciting step for us as it underlines what we have believed from the start. There is a huge, global, fragmented audience of 16-34 year old dance music consumers that is very difficult to reach. In developing our global platform, we will be able to offer brands the opportunity to connect directly through events, festivals, online and mobile media.”

From its earliest roots in Chicago in the 1980’s, dance music has become a $4 billion a year global phenomenon. Accelerated by the growth in digital media creation and distribution, dance music dominates the charts worldwide and DJ events have become the fastest growing segments in live entertainment with 45% year-on-year growth since 2007.

The investment will enable WPP‘s operating companies to tap into the fast-growing international EDM markets with a focus on sponsorship and branded entertainment opportunities. It continues WPP‘s strategy of developing digital media beyond traditional advertising, which has become increasingly important to clients trying to connect with 16-34 year old “digital natives.”

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Saving on Weddings? Not in 2012!

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By CNNMoney

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Brides and grooms spent more on their big wedding day last year than they have since the beginning of the economic downturn.

In 2012, newlyweds (and their families) spent an average of $28,427 on weddings and related events – the highest amount since 2008, according to an annual survey of 17,500 couples released by wedding website TheKnot.com.

Couples increased spending in nearly all categories, from the photographer and wedding DJ to flowers and invites, the survey found. But spending still came in below the 2008 high of $29,334.

“Couples are a little bit more comfortable and able to splurge a little bit more,” said site director Anja Winikka.

Same-sex couples, who were surveyed for the first time in 2012, spent slightly more on their weddings than heterosexual couples, despite having fewer guests.

Couples in Manhattan dropped the most cash, with an average wedding budget of $76,687. Other pricey wedding destinations included Chicago ($49,810), northern and central New Jersey ($48,496), Santa Barbara and Ventura, Calif. ($42,319) and Boston ($39,239).

Alaska, meanwhile, was home to the most frugal affairs, with an average budget of $15,504.

A smaller percentage of respondents said the struggling economy was a damper on their wedding plans. In 2012, 26% of respondents said the economy had affected their budget, down from 29% in 2011 and 34% in 2009.

Also helping to increase spending was a trend Winnika dubbed “the year of the guest.” Many couples provided a variety of wedding extras that pushed average per-guest spending higher by almost $10 per person to $204.

More than a quarter of all weddings included shuttles or buses to transport guests to the ceremony and reception. Spending on wedding extras like rehearsal dinners and morning-after brunches also increased.

“A lot of couples are having stateside destination weddings,” she said. “Their friends and family live all over the place. They are planning these three-day weekend events.”

And at many weddings, a DJ or band was just not enough. Last year, 27% of weddings included additional entertainment — such as a photo booth or caricature artist — more than double the percentage who did so in 2011.

“They consider it no longer this total splurge, but rather something they feel they need,” Winikka said.

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Russell Simmons Is Dead Wrong About The NRA

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Russell Simmons and his brother Run (of Run DMC fame) were part of my formative years!

Their optimistic, sometimes political music provided a perfect swan song for the gun violence that crack brought in the 1980s.

New York’s draconian gun laws disarm the innocent while the guilty arm themselves to the teeth.

It’s sad to hear Simmons recently say “Black people ain’t got time (for the NRA)” when Jam Master Jay (born Jason Mizell), DJ for his brother’s group, was murdered in 2002.

Mr. Mizell had been previously shot in one of his legs. Could accessible, legal gun ownership have saved his and other NY gun crime victims’ lives?

Perhaps Black folks’ lives aren’t important enough in the “enlightened” North?

Simmons should support Black gun ownership if for no other reason than the sad fact that so many rappers now find themselves targets of angry thugs.

Even Afrocentric female rapper Queen Latifah narrowly escaped an armed carjacking attempt in 1995.

When will Black liberals finally stop allowing thugs to run loose in the Hood?

The irony of the situation isn’t lost on observers who note that many of these same rappers’ lyrics and stage personae also bellow “angry thug!” to the marketplace.

Simmons should want his Black listeners to be able to legally defend themselves since they can’t afford armed bodyguards and police escorts like him.

Safety is a civil right too, and the Hood whose fads made Simmons a multi-millionaire is also the most unsafe place in America.

All brothers like new NRA spokesperson Colion Noir are doing is trying to bring some equality into the picture.

Equality is what it’s all about, isn’t it?

Especially when inner-city thugs in major cities like New York and Chicago enjoy an unequal right to shoot unarmed Black citizens obeying gun laws that leave them defenseless.

Black people without bodyguards don’t have time for uneven odds killing us daily!

Russell Simmons is wrong about the NRA.

Dead wrong, according to inner-city headlines.

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Week In #Instagigs: Diplo, Foxygen, Toro Y Moi And More (PHOTOS)

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One lucky concert goer snapped this photo of Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known by his pseudonym, Diplo, at a gig in Canada this past week. The Philly-based rapper and DJ was capitalizing on a Kodak moment, lifting what appears to be a phone to capture the crowd at Toronto’s Sound Academy, and in the process, set the stage for a pretty impressive Instagram shot:

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Blue Jean Billionaire: Inside Diesel, Renzo Rosso's $3 Billion Denim Empire

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By Clare O’Connor, Forbes Staff

When Renzo Rosso arrived in Manhattan to open his first Diesel jeans store, he deliberately picked a spot directly opposite Levi’s on LexingtonAvenue. “I wanted to show how beautiful our product was, in front of them,” says Rosso, a mischievous grin spreading across his tanned, unshaven face. Diesel didn’t have enough merchandise to fill the 15,000-square-foot space back then, in 1996, so Rosso did what seemed logical to him and built a bar and DJ booth. “In the beginning every few months we’d close the store at 6 o’clock and throw a party,” he says in his occasionally impenetrable Italian accent. “And we would party.” …read more
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Gizmodo: Twitter Hacker Is a Boston-Area DJ

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By John Johnson Gizmodo says the hacker who took over the Twitter feeds of Burger King yesterday and Jeep today also left an “Internet paper trail” that reveals his identity. Introducing Tony “iThug” Cunha, described by Gizmodo’s Sam Biddle as a DJ in the Boston and Providence areas and “esteemed former hacker of… …read more
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The Woman Behind India's Million Dollar Celebrity Weddings

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By Morgan Hartley and Chris Walker, Contributor

Neeta Reheja has planned more million dollar weddings that she cares to remember, but she can still get nervous when a big, expensive show is about to go off. On this occasion, she was standing on the wedding ground amid thousands of awed guests, watching the grandest entrance she had ever been asked to pull off.  Two helicopters were flying in low, and as they hovered over the crowds, the groom was lowered from a cable onto the stage.  A massive construction crane rumbled from just outside the wedding grounds, and its huge arm wheeled around to deposit the bride next to her new partner. The second helicopter started dumping fresh rose petals by the bucketful, and, right on cue, a DJ started playing a popular hindi song about lovers flying through a shower of rose petals. …read more
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Chanel's Fresh Face, Kate Moss's Juicy Tip, and Barneys' Team of Comedians

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By Robert Khederian


    All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.

  • Lane Crawford fused fashion with technology to produce its first ever 3D campaign for Spring 2013 shot by Nick Knight. [Fashionologie Inbox]
  • Giselle Bündchen has been named the new face of Chanel Beauty. [BellaSugar]
  • Karl Lagerfeld celebrated his new photo exhibit for Cassina in Paris last night. “All those things I photographed are things I love,” The Kaiser said. “[Cassina has] the most beautiful iconic pieces in the world of furniture editions.” [WWD]
  • Lena Dunham is rumored to be working on an upcoming comedy based on the memoir of a former personal shopper at Vogue UK]
  • Kate Moss‘s secret to healthy nails is “eating well and juicing – the more vitamins you have the better the condition of your nails.” [Telegraph]
  • Kate Spade will become the second fashion house to self-launch a fragrance when the brand releases its new scent, Live Colorfully, in April. [WWD]
  • Makeup heiress Claire Courtin is set to debut her DJ-ing skills this Fashion Week at a party she is co-hosting with TL-180. [Fashionologie Inbox]
  • 2013 is already shaping up to be a big year for Reuters]
  • Intern Labor Rights, a subsection of Occupy Wall Street, will protest unpaid internships during New York Fashion Week. [BuzzFeed]
  • Garance Doré]
  • Fashion just got funnier, thanks to The Window]
  • Speaking of Barneys, its Spring windows will feature a series of surreal films (a still from which is pictured below) by Italian artist Yuri Ancarani. [WWD]

Top photo: Courtesy of Lane Crawford; Bottom photo: Courtesy of Barneys New York

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Innovation + Tribe = Innotribe! The perfect DJ mix.

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By Kosta Peric, Contributor This is a guest post by Peter Vander Auwera, one of the co-founders, with me, of Innotribe. The post was first published on the Management Innovation eXchange as a submission for M-Prize. I reproduce it here as I think it’s a great summary of what Innotribe is all about. Giving the floor […]
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McMoRan's Moffett And Partners Refuse to Give Up at Davy Jones 1

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By Joan Lappin, ContributorMcMoRan’s Moffett has stubbornly persisted in trying to conquer Davy Jones at its DJ#1 well. The well has cost a veritable fortune to drill and continues to perplex McMoRan and its partners, Energy XXI and the legendary Texas Oilman Tex Moncrief. Even so, they continue to pursue options to make the well flow. The partners believe the problem is man made, thus capable of a man made solution.
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