Reuters - Music can be as crucial to exercise as water and spandex, and a spinning instructor's playlist or an iPod's inventory can make or break a workout. As part of its branding strategy, the upscale fitness club chain Equinox has enlisted artists like Madonna, Stevie Nicks, Cyndi Lauper and Michael Buble to submit their own playlists for EQ Sessions Celebrity Sets that will launch at Equinox.com this fall.
Reuters - AEG Live, the company behind Michael Jackson's planned comeback in London, is negotiating with several Hollywood studios seeking a deal to release in movie theaters a documentary about the final days of the pop singer, the Wall Street journal said on its web site.
Reuters - MUZU.TV, an Irish-based video website, has signed a licensing deal with the agency behind the world's leading independent music labels, giving it access to footage from the Arctic Monkeys to Radiohead.