THE SHINS: release new single “SIMPLE SONG”

January 10th 2012

Beginning 3:00 p.m. EST Monday, January 9, 2012, The Shins will offer up a free stream of “Simple Song,” the first single from their eagerly anticipated fourth album Port Of Morrow, at TheShins.com To listen now click on simplesong.theshins.com
The long awaited follow-up to 2007′s Grammy-nominated gold-certified Wincing The Night Away, Port Of Morrow will be released March 20 via James Mercer’s own Aural Apothecary label and Columbia Records.
Digital pre-orders of Port Of Morrow will receive first single “Simple Song” beginning January 10. iTunes pre-orders will also include the non-LP B-side “Pariah King” upon release.

In addition, pre-sales will include a limited edition Reel-to-Reel deluxe package, vinyl LP and CD softpack – all of which include the “Simple Song” download. Merchandise bundles featuring extras ranging from concert tickets to exclusive T-Shirts and totes will also be available.

Port of Morrow was recorded in Los Angeles and Portland over the course of 2011 with Mercer customarily handling all songwriting duties, lead vocals, guitar, lap steel, percussion and glockenspiel. The record was produced by Greg Kurstin, who also contributes keys, guitar and bass on various tracks, and mixed by Rich Costey. Other musicians featured on the album include Joe Plummer, Janet Weiss, Dave Hernandez, Marty Crandall, Eric D. Johnson, Ron Lewis and Nik Freitas. The album’s cover art was created by Jacob Escobedo.

The first set of tour dates in support of the new album are listed below, more tour dates to be announced in the coming weeks. As with the band’s 2011 dates, the upcoming tour will see James Mercer leading a Shins lineup of Yuuki Matthews (bass), Jessica Dobson (guitar), Richard Swift (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums).

For more information continue to visit

theShins.com

TOUR DATES

Tickets on sale Wednesday 1/11 at http://theshins.cinderblock.com/
4/13/12 Las Vegas, NV Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Pool

4/22/12 Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

4/23/12 Davis, CA Robert Mondavi Center

4/25/12 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino

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Black Dice announce new album ‘Mr. Impossible’ to be released April 10 on Ribbon Music

January 9th 2012

Ribbon Music (A subsidiary of Domino Records with artists including Laura Marling, John Maus) recently announced the new full-length album from Black Dice, Mr. Impossible, to be released (LP/ CD/digi) on April 10 in the U.S. and on April 9 worldwide.

For over fifteen years, Black Dice have continuously reinvented and mutated punk music into new sonic forms. The New York based trio of Eric Copeland, Bjorn Copeland, and Aaron Warren have released scores of albums, EPs, and singles on iconic labels (Gravity, 31g,Troubleman, DFA, Paw Tracks), that document their musical travels, from raw brutal thrash to inside-out pop anthems from way out.

A decade and half of evolution has seen the amplification get larger, and the instruments more enigmatic. Drums and bass guitars have been replaced with mixer feedback, processed vocals, and alien sounds that seek to seduce and repulse impressionable ears. Using videos, live projections, and printed ephemera, the band has developed an over the top psychoactive audio-visual aesthetic that twists the useless pop sights and sounds we are bombarded with into infectious new strains of music and imagery that ooze a rock and roll spirit.

A special version of Mr. Impossible, hand-numbered and individually screen printed, is limited to 350 copies and are available for pre-order now: http://www.ribbonmusic.com/mrimpossible

Mr. Impossible Track List:
01. Pinball Wizard
02. Rodriguez
03. The Jacker
04. Pigs
05. Spy Vs. Spy
06. Out Body Drifter
07. Shithouse Drifter
08. Carnitas
09. Brunswick Sludge

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White Rabbits announce new album:

January 9th 2012

Brooklyn-based, Missouri-bred White Rabbits have unveiled “Heavy Metal” (see below for embed code), the opening track of the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2009′s critically acclaimed It’s Frightening (hailed by Jon Pareles of THE NEW YORK TIMES as “an American sound that fortifies its brains with muscle”). The band’s third album, Milk Famous, will be released March 6 on the tbd label (with a vinyl release March 13 on White Iris) and will consist of the following songs:

Heavy Metal
I’m Not Me
Hold It To The Fire
Everyone Can’t Be Confused
Temporary
Are You Free
It’s Frightening
Danny Come Inside
Back For More
The Day You Won The War
I Had It Coming

The bulk of Milk Famous was recorded over the course of 2011 in Austin TX, and produced by Mike McCarthy with the exception “Back For More,” which was produced by the band’s own Stephen Patterson and Alex Even and recorded last November at Meth Beach in Philadelphia.

Milk Famous’ release will also be preceded by first single “Temporary.”

With a live performance described by ESQUIRE as one of “9 Shows A Man Should See,” White Rabbits have confirmed their first dates of 2012. They will be joined by The War On Drugs and Tennis on select dates.

March 6: Philadelphia, PA / Union Transfer *
March 7: Washington D.C. / Black Cat *
March 8: Charlottesville, VA / Jefferson Theater ^
March 9: Raleigh, NC / Lincoln Theatre ^
March 11: Atlanta, GA / Variety Playhouse ^
March 12: Birmingham, AL / The Bottletree ^
March 13: New Orleans, LA / One Eyed Jacks ^
March 14: Houston, TX / Fitzgeralds ^
March 19: Denver, CO / Bluebird Theater
March 20: Salt Lake City, UT / Urban Lounge
March 22: Portland, OR / Doug Fir Lounge
March 23: Vancouver, BC / Biltmore Cabaret
March 24: Seattle, WA / Crocodile Cafe
March 26: San Francisco, CA / The Independent
March 28: Los Angeles, CA / El Rey Theatre
March 29: San Diego, CA / The Casbah
March 30: Phoenix, AZ / Crescent Ballroom
March 31: Tucson, AZ / Club Congress
April 3: Lawrence, KS / Jackpot Music Hall
April 4: Columbia, MO / The Blue Note
April 5: St. Louis, MO / Plush
April 6: Madison, WI / High Noon Saloon
April 7: Minneapolis, MN / Triple Rock Social Club
April 8: Chicago, IL / Metro
April 12: New York, NY / Webster Hall
April 13: Northampton, MA / Pearl Street Downtown
April 14: Boston, MA / Paradise Rock Club

* with Tennis
^ with The War On Drugs

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What’s New Pussycat? Third Man and Tom Jones collaboration.

January 6th 2012

Third Man Records recently announced the most virile entry in the history of its Blue Series singles: Mr. Tom Jones himself laying his unmistakable voice over Howlin’ Wolf’s “Evil” and the Frankie Lane classic “Jezebel” (as covered over the years by the likes of Edith Piaf and Anna Calvi). Both tracks were produced by Jack White at Third Man studios and will be available on 7″ and iTunes March 5th.

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Paul McCartney Announces Brand New As Yet Untitled Album

December 19th 2011

Paul’s Tribute To Personal Favorites & Two New Self Penned Compositions Out February 7th

WHILE many a musician is often asked about the tunes that have influenced their songwriting, it is not a question Paul McCartney ordinarily gets to answer – until now. Paul is about to offer a glimpse into “the songs which inspired the songs” with the upcoming release of a brand new album of those standards he grew up listening to in his childhood-plus two brand new McCartney compositions: the album, which is currently untitled, will be released on Hear Music/Concord Records on February 7th 2012.

With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band-as well as guest appearances from Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, McCartney’s new album is a deeply personal journey through classic American compositions that, in some cases, a young Paul first heard his father perform on piano at home. As authentic and daring a musical statement as he could make, this is the album Paul has been thinking about making for more than 20 years – and probably the last thing his fans are expecting. “In the end it was ‘Look, if I don’t do it now, I’ll never do it,” he says.

In short, Paul believes it is about time “the songs me and John based quite a few of our things on” received the recognition they deserve. Moreover, the record also features a couple of new original McCartney compositions in the spirit of those classics.

“When I kind of got into songwriting, I realized how well structured these songs were and I think I took a lot of my lessons from them,” Paul explains. “I always thought artists like Fred Astaire were very cool. Writers like Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, all of those guys – I just thought the songs were magical. And then, as I got to be a songwriter I thought it’s beautiful, the way they made those song’.”

Determined to approach the record in a new and unique manner, Paul enlisted the help of LiPuma and Krall and her band-who delivered ultra-high quality musicianship and were completely in tune with Paul’s restraint and feel for the music. In the studio, the recording of this album was also a new challenge for Paul who, for the first time ever, performed exclusively in the vocal booth without no instrument – no guitar, no bass, no piano – which led to a vocal performance like no other in his career.

He adds, “It was very spontaneous, kind of organic, which then reminded me of the way we’d work with The Beatles. We’d bring a song in, kick it around, when we found a way to do it we’d say ‘Okay, let’s do a take now’ and by the time everyone kind of had an idea of what they were doing, we’d learnt the song. So that’s what we did, we did the take live in the studio.”

“It was important for me to keep away from the more obvious song choices so, many of the classic standards will be unfamiliar to some people. I hope they are in for a pleasant surprise.”

The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011. It also features guest musicians Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, respectively, on the original compositions ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’.

The track ‘My Valentine’ will be exclusively streamed on www.paulmccartney.com to premium members for 24 hours only, from 1400hrs (GMT) today (Monday 19th December).

Full tracklisting to be announced soon.

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THE SHINS REVEAL TITLE AND COVER ART OF FOURTH ALBUM

December 15th 2011

PORT OF MORROW OUT MARCH 2012 ON AURAL APOTHECARY/COLUMBIA

The Shins have confirmed a March 2012 release for their fourth album, Port Of Morrow. It will be released jointly on James Mercer’s own Aural Apothecary label and Columbia Records.

Port of Morrow was recorded in Los Angeles and Portland over the course of 2011 with Mercer as usual handling all songwriting duties, lead vocals and the majority of instrumentation. The record was produced by Greg Kurstin and mixed by Rich Costey. The attached cover art was created by Jacob Escobedo.

The album’s track listing is as follows:
1. The Rifle’s Spiral
2. Simple Song
3. It’s Only Life
4. No Way Down
5. September
6. Bait and Switch
7. Fall of ’82
8. For A Fool
9. 40 Mark Strasse
10. Port of Morrow

An exact release date as well as touring plans will be announced shortly. As with the dates earlier this year, the upcoming tour will see James Mercer leading a Shins lineup of Yuuki Matthews (bass), Jessica Dobson (guitar), Richard Swift (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums).

For more information continue to visit theshins.com

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RYAN ADAMS TO HEADLINE WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

December 14th 2011

Friday, February 17, 2012

Having recently made his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut last month as part of See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould, Ryan Adams will return to the iconic venue as a headliner on Friday, February 17, at 8 p.m.

The L.A. show is the latest in a series of 2012 tour dates extending his current completely sold out tour, which the New York Times recently lauded as a “gorgeously hushed communion” in which “a lone chord can arrive like a thunderclap.” Of his performance at last month’s Mould tribute, the Los Angeles Times noted, “Ryan Adams stole the show, however, with the quietest set of the night. His devastating solo acoustic reads of Mould’s “Heartbreak a Stranger” and “Black Sheets of Rain” stripped the arrangements bare and revealed the first-rate melodicist behind them.”

Generating some of the best reviews of his career, Adams’ “superb new album” (the New York Times again), Ashes & Fire (PAX-AM/Capitol), is eleven succinct and beautiful songs that “will leave you speechless” according to People, and hailed by Esquire as “too good not to write about” and by USA Today as a record that “restores faith in the increasingly saggy singer/songwriter genre.” Ashes & Fire was produced by 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Glyn Johns, renowned for his work with the likes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Clash and The Rolling Stones, and whose son Ethan produced previous Adams solo landmarks including Heartbreaker and Gold. The record also features guest turns from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and Norah Jones, who contributes piano and backing vocals to several tracks.

Tickets are available for purchase beginning Sunday, December 18th at 10 a.m. at LAPhil.com, the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet. To order by phone with credit card, please call the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office at 323.850.2000, or Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000. For more information, please call 323.850.2000.

RYAN ADAMS UPCOMING NORTH AMERICA DATES

12/13/11 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
01/24/12 – Bethesda, MD – Strathmore
01/25/12 – Cleveland, OH – Ohio Theater at Playhouse
01/27/12 – Ann Arbor, MI – Hill Auditorium
01/28/12 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theater
01/30/12 – Louisville, KY – The Louisville Palace
01/31/12 – St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House
02/01/12 – Kansas City, MO – Music Hall
02/03/12 – Denver, CO – Temple Hoyne Buell Theater
02/17/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall

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FOO FIGHTERS ROCK NEW ZEALAND–LITERALLY

December 14th 2011

Three Hours Of Sustained Tremors Caused By Auckland Crowd of 50,000

Anyone who’s witnessed one of Foo Fighters near-three-hour tour dates in support of their worldwide #1, Album of the Year Grammy-nominated Wasting Light knows: They’re the hardest rocking band on the current stadium and arena circuit.

But now there’s geoscientific evidence to prove it: the capacity crowd of 50,000 at the Foos’ December 13 gig at Auckland, New Zealand’s Western Springs Stadium generated actual detectable geological tremors.

New Zealand media reported that nearby monitoring stations in Herne Bay and Eden Park picked up tremors consistent with those generated by a volcanic event–except that the shaking coincided precisely with the Foo Fighters performance, even including “lulls in the signal between the songs and peaks in signal intensity during the songs” according to the GeoNet blog http://geonet-shakennotstirred.blogspot.com/2011/12/rock-n-roll.html

The Western Springs Stadium show was the conclusion of a record-breaking run of Australia/New Zealand stadium shows, as well as the last date of the Wasting Light tour until 2012 when the Foo Fighters will resume moving the earth.

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RADIOHEAD TO RELEASE NEW TRACKS

December 13th 2011

New Tracks “THE DAILY MAIL” AND “STAIRCASE” ON DECEMBER 19th 2011

“RADIOHEAD: THE KING OF LIMBS – FROM THE BASEMENT” DVD / BLU-RAY AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW AT www.radiohead.com, U.S. COMMERCIAL RELEASE JANUARY 31st 2012

Radiohead will release the previously unavailable tracks “The Daily Mail” and “Staircase” on December 19th. Bothtracks were recorded as part of the “The King Of Limbs – From The Basement” session, filmed earlier this year, and can be pre-ordered now.

Radiohead fans may also recognize “Staircase” from the band’s appearance on this year’s Saturday Night Live season premiere, and “The Daily Mail” from their hour-long special edition of The Colbert Report.

Currently the full “The King Of Limbs – From The Basement” program is available exclusively at www.radiohead.com but will be released commercially through independent retailers in the U.S. on January 31st 2012.

Radiohead recently announced the first dates of a 2012 world tour, full details can be found here: http://radiohead.com/tourdates/index0141.php?s=01934

More live dates to be announced soon at

www.radiohead.com

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IO Listeners and Bubba Army: Help Fight Internet Censorship

December 7th 2011

This message from the people trying to protect Internet freedoms at demandprogress.org :

We need to jam up the phones. There’s a big vote coming up on the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House next week.

Will you click here to call your representative and ask him or her to oppose Internet censorship? it’ll just take a couple of minutes.

And if you can’t call (or even if you can) will you use these links to ask your friends to join the fight against this legislation, or direct them to StopCensorship.org?

We’re at the beginning of the end, and we need to act right away. The Stop Online Piracy Act would ruin so much of what’s best about the Internet:

It will give the government and corporations new powers to block Americans’ access to sites that are accused of copyright infringement, force sites like YouTube to go to new lengths to police users’ contributions or shut down, and put people in prison for streaming certain content online.

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the legislation next week, and the only way we’ll stop them is if we create an uprising of rank-and-file members.

We need to have their phones ringing off the hooks this week.

Please click here to call your representative and ask him or her to oppose Internet censorship. It’ll just take a couple of minutes and we’ll give you a short script you can use.

Let’s make the most of social networking sites before SOPA shuts them down. If you can’t call (or even if you can) will you use these links to ask your friends to join the fight against this legislation, or direct them to StopCensorship.org?

Thanks for continuing the fight.

-Demand Progress

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BEASTIE BOYS ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME STATEMENT

December 7th 2011

“We’re in the rock and roll hall of fame? That’s f—-n’ crazy and awesome! While we are very proud of the music we make, we have to acknowledge the inspiration from our families, friends and musicians like the slits, bad brains, x-ray spex, the treacherous three and too many others to possibly name. And most of all, we give thanks to New York City and the world of musical influence it provided for us.”

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RadioIO Joins Virtual World in LOOT™ Entertainment on Demand (EOD) System

November 22nd 2011

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 2011 | PRNewswire

Entertainment and social networking come together like never before as Sony DADC’s LOOT™ group partners with leading digital media companies to bring virtual world experiences to feature films, television, radio, and live events to Sony Computer Entertainment America’s PlayStation®Home social game platform. With the addition of Crackle, Ustream, and RadioIO social experiences to PlayStation®Home, users can invite friends to share traditional entertainment experiences in a virtual environment, communicating with each other in real time—whether across town or on the other side of the world.

“The PlayStation®Home platform provides an opportunity to change the way people interact with online media and our LOOT team thrives on introducing new types of fun and exciting experiences to PlayStation® users,” said David Sterling, vice president of business development at Sony DADC. “We are very excited to bring familiar social experiences from the real world into a virtual environment, so people around the globe can connect and communicate with each other while sharing their favorite movie, show, music, or event. This is the next big step in social networking and it will transform the way people consume media.”

Created by LOOT, Sony DADC New Media Solutions’ internal development team, the PlayStation®Home real-time social game platform is available on PlayStation®Network to all users of the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Users in North America are able to explore a world of entertainment and unparalleled interactive capabilities either using LOOT’s Public Theater virtual spaces which offer “Social Viewing” experiences with up to 60 users or invitation-only private spaces such as Sunset Yacht, Hollywood Hills House, and the LOOT Space Apartment where hosts can invite up to 11 friends to watch content together and communicate via voice and text. Now, PlayStation®Home users will be able to share the experience of the platform’s Entertainment on Demand (EOD) system with content provided by three leading online media companies.

RadioIO: Streaming music pioneer takes listening social

RadioIO (IWDM.OB), PlayStation Home and LOOT bring another option for “Social Listening” to PlayStation®Home by recreating the social experience of listening and discovering music with your friends. The new LOOT virtual item called Entertainment On Demand Active Radio lets PlayStation®Home users invite friends into their private spaces, or listen on their own in the LOOT Space Station public space, to enjoy high-quality Internet radio from RadioIO with their choice of more than 60 music and talk channels from Classical, Jazz, Rock, and Pop to Hip Hop, R & B, Country, Electronic, Dance and many more specialty niches including live shows from nationally syndicated radio talk show host Bubba the Love Sponge® and additional programming from Shannon Burke and Dangerous Conversation with Scott “Ledge” Ledger. Concerts and sporting events will be available in the future, as well as virtual goods to extend the fan experience.

Crackle: Social viewing for feature films and TV

Crackle, a multi-platform video entertainment network features hundreds of full-length Hollywood movies and television shows plus Crackle originals. Short-form content from Crackle has been available on PlayStation®Home since November 2010; now, all Crackle content is available on the social platform, including movies such as STEP BROTHERS, RESIDENT EVIL, GLORY, A FEW GOOD MEN, and STARSHIP TROOPERS, TV shows such as “Married…with Children,” “NewsRadio,” and “Jackie Chan Adventures,” over 1,000 anime episodes including “Samurai X,” “Blood +,” and “Blue Exorcist,” and over 40 Crackle originals including the award-winning “The Bannen Way,” “Issues,” and “Why It Crackles.” New titles are added monthly. In a rich virtual world experience, user avatars can get together with friends in the LOOT Space Station public space, the LOOT Sunset Yacht personal space, and other spaces to watch ad-supported Crackle content on-demand. Real-time text and voice communications bring users together in the kind of shared experience movie and TV fans have always loved.

Ustream: Real-time interactivity around live broadcasted shows

The Ustream network features online lifecasting and live video streaming produced by more than 12,500,000 registered users. PlayStation®Home will now feature a broad range of live Ustream events. Ustream content will be available in both public and personal LOOT spaces, allowing PlayStation®Home users to enjoy the entertainment of their choice, the way they choose.

Crackle content is available now in PlayStation®Home. Ustream content and RadioIO and the Entertainment On Demand Active Radio will debut in December. To see LOOT’s Entertainment on Demand system in action, please visit and subscribe to LOOT’s YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/lootgear.

“PlayStation®” and the “PS” Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

About Sony DADC New Media Solutions

Sony DADC New Media Solutions provides complete digital supply chain solutions to power a new era of media consumption. Major film studios, broadcasters, music labels, game companies, software providers, and other content providers rely on us for innovative technology to keep pace with rapidly evolving consumer demand and emerging multichannel distribution models. Our market insight, proven expertise across both physical and digital media, and strategic partnerships throughout the industry enable us to provide unmatched end-to-end services that deliver the speed, efficiency, and quality required by today’s digital media businesses and the audiences they serve. For more information, please visit newmedia.sonydadc.com.

About RadioIO

Streaming pioneer, RadioIO, has been streaming internet radio made for individuals, by individuals since 1998. Each channel is an independent, original creation, featuring handpicked music sets crafted by stream hosts – not computers. RadioIO currently delivers in excess of 15,000,000 monthly stream initiations across all distribution platforms. Channels provide users a variety of listening choices from Classical, Jazz, Rock, and Pop to Hip Hop, R & B, Country, Electronic, Dance and many more specialty niches.

About Crackle, Inc.

Crackle, Inc. is a multi-platform next-generation video entertainment network that distributes digital content including original short form series and full-length traditional programming from Sony Pictures’ vast library of television series and feature films. Crackle is one of the fastest growing entertainment destinations on the Internet today, offering audiences quality programming in a variety of genres, including comedy, action, sci-fi, horror, music and reality. Crackle reaches an impressive audience through its diverse online and mobile distribution network. Visit Crackle’s site at www.crackle.com

About Ustream

Ustream, Inc. is the leader in live and interactive video streaming. The interactive platform connects broadcasters and viewers of unlimited size through innovative technology, including: Facebook and Twitter social engagement tools, real-time chat and notifications, custom-designed channels, and embeddable features across multiple websites and platforms. Users are also able to broadcast, view, and engage with others in real-time, directly from mobile phones, tablets, computers, and smart TVs. The company attracts millions of high-profile brands, celebrities, musicians, athletes, politicians, animal enthusiasts, and gamers. Ustream recently earned the Guinness World Record for the “Most Content-Ingested by an Online Video Service”. For more information about Ustream, visit www.ustream.com and follow us on our socials: Twitter (@Ustream); Facebook (www.facebook.com/Ustream).