Nashville, TN - Turning Point Media Relations
is moving...
As of Monday, January 28, their new contact information will be:
124A First Avenue South
Franklin, TN 37064
Phone: 615-261-1818
Fax: 615-261-1817
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1/24/02 Word Reorganizes
Word Entertainment, recently acquired
by mainstream giant AOL Time Warner, is reorganizing, and Word Label
Group President Loren Balman has resigned. Also, Everland Entertainment
and Word's special-products division will be folded into other
departments, Word's Los Angeles music-publishing office will close, and
10 employees have been terminated.
1/22/02 8th Christian Guitarist Conference
The 8th Christian Guitarist Conference will be February 1 & 2, 2002 (Friday & Saturday) at Neighborhood Church in Castro Valley, California, featuring Phil Keaggy, Paul Baloche and Reggie Coates. The Christian Guitarist Conference is geared uniquely to train and motivate Christian guitarists in skill and faith. Visit our web site at
HeartfeltMusic or give us a call at (831) 335-1905.
1/19/02 Provident's David Asch Appointed to Vice President of gospel and urban music
Don Noes, senior vice president of Provident Music Distribution, today announced the appointment of David Asch to the newly created post of vice president of gospel and urban music for the distribution company.
Asch, formerly managing director of Malaco Christian Distribution and Freedom Records, brings many years of experience in gospel and urban music distribution to the Provident team. "I'm honored to be here and look forward to developing this division, distributed labels and artists," notes Asch.
Asch's responsibilities will include acting as a liaison between the distributed gospel labels and Provident Music Distribution, overseeing coordination of all marketing plans specific to the CBA retail market, developing and facilitating local marketing events, and
spearheading growth, education and relationship between Provident's distributed labels and the gospel community.
1/17/02 Billboard reports music sales down in 2001
Album sales in the United States dropped in 2001 from the previous year, according to Billboard magazine, but the largest factor isn't Napster or illegal copying of CDs, at least not on the surface. The problem is a substantial decline in the sales figures for the nation's top-selling recordings. According to Billboard, the top 10 albums of 2000 sold a collective 60 million copies. In 2001, the top 10 albums sold 40 million units collectively, a sharp drop that, in itself, accounts for nearly the entire 2.8% drop in U.S. album sales last year. The article notes that no albums last year topped 5 million copies sold, although 7 albums in 2000 sold in excess of 5 million units. Meanwhile, Baptist Press, citing figures from the Christian Music Trade Association, reports that sales of Christian music rose 13.5% in 2001 compared with 2000. SoundScan sales figures show sales of 49,965,000 units of Christian music.
1/14/02 Warner labels move to Word
Due to its recent acquisition by Warner,
Word will now distribute all upcoming Atlantic and Elektra releases,
including Plus One's Feb. 26 release, "Obvious" (Atlantic). Chordant
previously carried Atlantic and Elektra, home to P.O.D. and Yolanda
Adams. Word will begin distributing catalog product from all affected
labels on April 1.
Gotee Records moves
Gotee Records has moved to 1881 Gen. George Patton Dr., Franklin, TN 37067.
The phone and fax numbers remain the same.
Stacie Vining joins The Resource Agency
The Resource Agency (TRA) is pleased to announce the addition of Stacie Vining as publicist to the company's fast-growing Public Relations division. Vining has spent the past 2.5 years with Sparrow Records.
"We are incredibly excited to have Stacie join our team," commented Director of Public Relations, Velvet Rousseau. "Stacie has a great attitude, passionate work ethic, and is simply a wonderful person. We're proud to have her, and look forward to expanding our team and continuing to work to provide our clients with the best publicity possible."
As Vining begins with TRA, she will continue to represent two of the acts she has been working with at Sparrow, Steven Curtis Chapman and ZOEgirl.
1/05/02
WORD CANADA closes doors
WORD CANADA is closing it doors following parent
company Gaylord Entertainment's sale of Word Inc.(but not Word
Canada) to AOL Time Warner. Word Canada will offer in-stock titles at
50%-60% discounts, but isn't taking any returns. WORD CANADA distributed major book, music, and gift companies.
Music sales in Christian stores increase
Music sales in Christian stores increased by 8% in 2001, according to
SoundScan. Overall Christian-music sales rose 13.5%, while
mainstream-music sales were down. The gain was 14.1% in Christian-market
chain stores, 4.9% in independents, and 15.3% in general-market stores.
Christian stores sold 43.3% of all Christian music--27.6% through
independents and 15.7% through chains.
DOVE Awards tickets go on
DOVE Awards tickets go on sale January 7. The 33rd annual event is
Thursday, Apr. 25, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. To order,
go to .
