Sean “Diddy” Combs said, “I feel strongly that this movie needs to be viewed and judged by the public rather than by executives. Some people may be uncomfortable with the sensuality and sexual content, but it is important for them to make that decision personally. Since we launched the Sean John brand 10 years ago, we have taken chances and done many non-traditional things. This three minute movie is no different; it will revolutionize the way people view fragrances forever.”

Um, ok…

No doubt an overly dramatic statement from Mr. Combs, but he’s a showman. I suppose it goes with the territory.  (shrugs)

Netflix

This unique marketing promotion provides Netflix subscribers with the opportunity to watch the premiere episode of the new series on DVD or they can watch it instantly on their PC. For the first time, Netflix is offering subscribers the chance to watch original content in advance of its broadcast premiere through both the service’s instant watching feature and via DVD.

“Californication” centers on writer Hank Moody (Duchovny), who struggles to raise his 13-year-old daughter (Madeleine Martin) while still carrying a torch for his ex-girlfriend Karen (Natascha McElhone). His obsession with honesty and self-destructive behavior — drinking, drugs and relationships — are both impeding and enriching his career.

Ever wonder what you’d look like as a Simpsons character?

You can stop wondering on July 16, 2007.

courtesy of Simponize Me by Burger King and The Simpsons Movie

Freedom of speech is one of the most fundamental rights that American’s enjoy and is essential to the existence of Democracy. Whatever side you fall on, simply get your opinion out there and exercise your right to free speech. The SHUT UP & POST blog is essentially a forum where anyone can participate and comment with other bloggers. To get involved, simply visit http://www.myspace.com/shutupandsing and post your comments or upload a video of yourself stating what your opinions are on free speech.

SpiralFrog will offer users of its no-cost web-based service the ability to legally download music by many artists, such as U2, The Killers and Audioslave.

Digital rights management technology is built-in to all audio and video content.
SpiralFrog will launch in beta later this year.

oySongs boasts a wide range of styles and genres, including Contemporary Jewish Music, Klezmer, Sephardic, Israeli, and more. Jewish music artists (who are often self-published) have embraced oySongs as a new way to distribute their music.

On lala.com, members trade CDs they have for CDs they want. Members receive a CD for every CD they ship to another member. CDs are sent through the mail in pre-paid envelopes provided by lala.com. For every CD received, members pay lala.com $1. Joining lala.com is free.

Lala.com voluntarily contributes 20% of its CD trading revenue to performing artists.

Director of Sales and Marketing for Fortuna, Chad Frisque says, “Selling classical music in packages is not a new concept. What makes the Cornerstone Collection unique other then its sheer size, is that the library will only be sold digitally. Classical music sales account for less then 5% of physical media sales, but make up nearly 12% of digital music sales.”

The music along with high-resolution scans of the original CD booklets and liner notes comes preloaded on Fortuna’s high-fidelity home theater device called Maestro. Even with Maestro the Cornerstone Collection costs about one third of what it would under traditional digital music models of $0.99 per track.

Fortuna’s Director of Music and Media, Steven Carlson says, “The goal of the Cornerstone Collection is to offer classical music lovers an instant library of foundational classical music repertoire, in one package. It would normally take years to carefully assemble a vast library of essential classics such as this.”

What can you do at MusicHawk?

• Create a list of your favorite bands
• See real-time charts that are completely powered by the collective taste of fans
• Add your own favorite bands to the community
• Invite friends to be part of your own private Music Social Network
• Collaborate with members via public message boards and private messaging
• View 10,000+ band profiles that are collaboratively built by community members
• Find high quality links to online music magazines, stores and blogs

“Our members have been very generous to let us know what they like and don’t like about our beta service. That’s one thing we really like about being a small startup — we just ask our members what they want and we try to build it for them as fast a possible,” King added.

Can you help me discover more music that I’ll like?

Well, that’s the question that Pandora hopes to answer for music listeners of varying tastes. It’s really simple. Just type in your favorite artist or song title and Pandora will allow you to explore musical suggestions which are akin to your current likes. Listen as long as you like and find new artists and music easily. A great tool.