New movie-editing software goes on sale June 14: Apple, based in Cupertino, California, had unveiled the software in April during the National Association of Broadcasters meeting in Las Vegas. Final Cut Pro 4 will sell for about $999 [$911.99 from Amazon!!] Apple, like many personal computer companies such as No. …

Verizon runs out of options and has to reveal the names of four customers suspected of illegally uploading [article mistakenly says “downloading”] digital copies of songs to the RIAA: The nation’s largest telephone company was ordered to surrender the names to the Recording Industry Association of America by the U.S. …

Have you heard of RFID (radio frequency identification)? Wal-Mart has: Inventory management technology that uses wireless signals to track products from the factory to store shelves is set to win a major new ally next week: Wal-Mart. The retail giant is expected to throw its weight behind RFID (radio frequency …

Companion site to “American Mavericks” series produced by Minnesota Public Radio offers opportunity to play eccentric musical instruments virtually online: American Mavericks (www.musicmavericks.org), a new Web site focusing on unorthodox classical composers, allows visitors to hear [Harr] Partch’s music, read one of his manifestos or, by tapping on a computer …

The soundtrack for the The Hulk, will be out June 17. Danny Elfman – who is engaged to Bridget Fonda – composed the score. The soundtrack also includes “Set Me Free,” recorded by a post GN’R super group featuring Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots; vocals), Slash (Guns N’ Roses; guitar), …

Hey, that was fun. I was just on the BBC Five Live Up All Night radio show – up all night alright, it was almost 3am there (10pm here) – with host Dotun Adebayo. We talked about Pearl Jam leaving Epic Records and its ramifications – the producer caught the …

Borders Books and Music reopens in Lower Manhattan next Thursday, June 12, replacing the WTC store destroyed 9/11/01: Located in the American Surety Building at 100 Broadway between Pine and Wall Streets, the new 31,200-sq.-ft. store has two full floors, a mezzanine and a cafe operated by gourmet food and …

My great friend Leo Sacks – one of the most most conscientious and prolific reissue and compilation producers in the business – had the sun shine most specially for him on his labor of love, his original production of the glorious leader-and-chorus gospel and soul of New Orleans icon Raymond …

With all this talk of the future of the music industry today, it’s a great time to read Jim Wilcox’s terrific article in Sound and Vision looking at the various claims and theories as to why CD sales are down: it’s not surprising that the record industry sees downloading as …

Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, the FCC’s oversight committee, gave the five Commissioners a spanking yesterday: many senators expressed disappointment, outrage and confusion over the FCC’s decision to allow broadcast networks to buy more television stations, among other changes. “It looks for all the world …