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Leading U.S. music rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) honored the songwriters and publishers of Latin music’s most-performed songs on U.S. radio and television at the 19th annual BMI Latin Music Awards tonight at the Encore Las Vegas. En Español International superstar Pitbull received the BMI President’s Award in recognition of his profound influence on the entire entertainment industry. As the 2012 recipient, Pitbull joins an elite list of… more Deirdre Chadwick has been elected to the Board of Directors of the BMI Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to encouraging the creation, performance and study of music.New panelists and performers added, including Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin from The Go-Go's, who will play together in an evening performance! They join the impressive roster already announced: The Smeezingtons, Carly Simon, Peter Frampton, Jared Leto, Desmond Child, Dan Wilson and more.
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During the Social TV Summit in San Francisco Tuesday, Google Engineering Director Chee Chew tipped a major expansion of Google Hangouts that will open up many new opportunities for artists to interact directly with their fans. Guest post by Connor McKnight of Evolver.fm . With spring mostly sprung at our East Coast headquarters, it’s time to revive our weekly roundup series of the latest and greatest music apps. February and March were prolific months for music apps, and with SXSW , two Music Hack Days , and everything else going on , This Week In Music Apps was on pause. The good news: There’s plenty to talk about for this edition, starting with a few picks for the iPhone-toting musicians in our midst. A new Facebook app, just launched by flat fee digital music distributor Ditto Music , enables artists to get their music onto Spotify at no cost.
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For this week's Mashup Monday, The Ready Set drives back to the '90s to cover The Wallflowers' "One Headlight." "Born This Way" is still the top album, but the Lady has some stiff competition on her tails. See who made waves on this week's Billboard 200. Wiz talked touring, mixtapes, Snoop and answered your tweets during his Billboard live Q&A.