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Artist News • 3 min read

An historic event? Jacko trial update

After his acquittal, Michael Jackson compared his victory to historic events on his website, while his lawyer says he will end teenage sleepovers and Live 8 organisers weigh up a possible performance.…

CMU Editorial • 15 Jun 2005

Music industry legal news coverage • 1 min read

Motley Crue sue TV network over ban

Motley Crue have sued NBC after being banned from the network following Vince Neil's on-air swearing during a New Year's Eve broadcast.…

CMU Editorial • 26 May 2005

Artist News

System Of A Down swear on Saturday Night Live

System Of A Down sang an unscheduled sixth use of the word 'fuck' during 'BYOB' on Saturday Night Live, against NBC's five sanctioned uses, and a fine may follow.…

CMU Editorial • 10 May 2005

Deals

NBC picks up ITV's Hit Me Baby One More Time for US

NBC has reportedly picked up ITV's 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' for a US broadcast over the summer, retaining Vernon Kay as host and produced by Granada America.…

CMU Editorial • 05 May 2005

Media • 1 min read

Spare Freeview channels up for grabs as Crown Castle finds more space

Crown Castle, a Freeview network partner, has found two more spare channels thanks to new compression technology, allowing Channel 5, Disney, NBC and Turner to bid again.…

CMU Editorial • 15 Apr 2005

Deals

ITV wins last Freeview slot

ITV has won the remaining Freeview slot auctioned by Crown Castle, beating several rivals, and is expected to use it to extend its Men & Motors channel.…

CMU Editorial • 04 Apr 2005

Gigs & Festivals

Line-up for NBC tsunami-aid telethon

Madonna, Diana Ross and Maroon 5 are among artists signed for a US tsunami-relief telethon airing on NBC on 15 January, alongside George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Uma Thurman.…

CMU Editorial • 12 Jan 2005

Artist News • 1 min read

Investigate Motley Crue New Year's message

The US media regulator the FCC is investigating after Motley Crue's Vince Neil swore on a live New Year's Eve edition of Jay Leno's show on NBC.…

CMU Editorial • 05 Jan 2005

Artist News • 1 min read

US viewers and their Olympic complaints

The FCC has released viewer complaints about NBC's Olympics coverage, including complaints about a breast, male genitalia and the word fuck.…

CMU Editorial • 23 Dec 2004

Artist News • 1 min read

Mother of Damageplan gunman says son had schizophrenia

Mary Clark, mother of Damageplan gunman Nathan Gale, has told NBC 4 she bought her son the gun and that he had paranoid schizophrenia.…

CMU Editorial • 20 Dec 2004

Business News • 1 min read

Vivendi Universal and Bertelsmann release financial results

Vivendi Universal reported third-quarter revenues down 20% due to selling entertainment assets to NBC, while Bertelsmann's nine-month profits rose fourfold, including BMG.…

CMU Editorial • 10 Nov 2004

eBay

Martha Reeves fears identity theft after eBay sale

Martha Reeves has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission after a genuine NBC contract bearing her signature and social security number was sold on eBay.…

CMU Editorial • 19 Oct 2004