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	JAY-Z NABS TOP SPOT FOR 10TH TIME 'American Gangster' sells 425,000 copies Jay-Z's "American Gangster" (Roc-a-Fella/Island Def Jam) becomes the rapper's 10th album to hold the No. 1 position on the album sales chart.
	GRAMMYS GET ANNIVERSARY MUSIC Seven CDs celebrate award show's 50th Seven CDs commemorating the Grammy Awards' 50th anniversary will be released by Shout! Factory.
	BERTELSMANN EARNINGS DROP 66% Napster settlement dents profits Citing one-off costs due to legal expenses, German media giant Bertelsmann on Wednesday posted a 66% drop in net profit to E132 million ($194 million) in the first nine months of the year.
	'UNPLUGGED' DEBUTS IN CHINA MTV show to feature local talents MTV’s “Unplugged” acoustic concerts will unspool in China, featuring local talents Pu Shu, who will play at Star Live in Beijing on Dec. 15, and Yu Quan, who will do a set at Shanghai’s Absolute House on Dec. 22.

source: variety.com

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:CAT POWER
LABEL:MATADOR RECORDS

MYSPACE

There's really no such thing as downtime in Chan Marshall's universe, and while her summer and autumn have been consumed with terrific shows around the globe alongside the Dirty Delta Blues (including a Madison Square Garden gig supporting Interpol earlier this month), the big news around 304 Hudson is that we're getting ready for 'Covers II', a Cat Power & The Dirty Delta Blues CD/LP of still-to-be-determined length, for an early 2008 release.

We'd love to leak the cover art and track listing, but the former was just changed and perhaps the latter will as well. But sometime before the end of the next batch of Cat Power shows, we should have it all figured out:

10/14 Norfolk VA The NorVa
10/15 Washington DC 9:30 Club
10/16 Carrboro NC Cat's Cradle
10/18 Tallahassee FL Club Downunder/FSU
10/19 Savannah GA Savannah Coll. of Art & Design Trustees Theater
10/20 Orlando FL Club Firestone
10/21 St. Petersburg FL State Theatre
10/22 Miami FL Studio A
11/4 Austin TX Fun Fun Fun Fest (with New Pornographers, Cave Singers, Angry Samoans, Girl Talk, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists)

Song To Bobby, Available From the iTunes Music Store TODAY Though Jukebox <http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=984>  wont be available until January 22 (ada y earlier in the UK and Europe), the original Chan Marshall composition Song To Bobby is available
starting today from the iTunes Music Store <http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=268295535>
source: MATADOR RECORDS
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newssourcedotcom: Ladytron Signs With Nettwerk

LADYTRON MYSPACE

Nettwerk Music Group has announced the addition of Liverpool’s electro pop group Ladytron to the Label’s roster. Ladytron is currently recording their fourth studio album with co-producer Vicarious Bliss of Ed Banger Records (Justice, DJ Mehdi, Busy P) which is set for release May of 2008. The forthcoming release will be the follow up to 2005’s critically acclaimed Witching Hour. Ladytron plans to do a full US tour in the spring of 2008.

SOURCE: FILTER- MAG.COM
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