Bertelsmann’s e-commerce group, BeCG, is undergoing some restructuring and management shifts. The group, which was formed a year ago as a division of Bertelsmann AG, includes Bertelsmann’s 40% ownership of Barnesandnoble.com and its 49% piece of … » Read

Bertelsmann’s e-commerce group, BeCG, is undergoing some restructuring and management shifts. The group, which was formed a year ago as a division of Bertelsmann AG, includes Bertelsmann’s 40% ownership of Barnesandnoble.com and its 49% piece of … » Read

SAINT LOUIS – Talks are underway between the Saint Louis Symphony and Webster University for the latter to take over the administration of the former’s music school. “The Symphony took over the school in the fall of 1994,” writes Sarah Bryan … » Read

BERLIN -- The news that Christie's had auctioned a piece of paper about half the size of a postcard, bearing a drawing of a horse and rider by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), for 3.5 million pounds sterling -- almost $5 million -- coincided … » Read

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – CAPA, identified as “an Ohio nonprofit firm” that owns theaters in Columbus (Ohio) and Chicago, has taken over the management of the Shubert Performing Arts Center here, according to a report in The Hartford Courant. The city … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) -- The slowing economy has struck a sour note along the pop concert trail. The $508 million earned by the top 50 concert tours during the first six months of 2001 is down more than 12 percent from the same period a year ago, … » Read

SPOLETO -- When heavenly voices suddenly sound out from above as you walk the steep narrow streets of the medieval hilltown of Spoleto in central Italy, you wonder whether your time has come. Is it a host of angels? No, it's the Children's … » Read

NEW YORK – In what one observer wryly characterized as “bad circus karma,” Cirque Plume, the French circus troupe scheduled to perform during the current Lincoln Center Festival, has cancelled last night and tonight’s performances, due to injuries … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Napster plans to appeal a crushing decision handed down by a federal judge that the company remain off-line until it can perfect its song-swapping system. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel shot down the notion that … » Read

NEW YORK – BMG Entertainment has announced the appointment of David Weyner as executive vice president and general manager of the “newly formed” RCA Victor Group, which the company identifies as “music [that] bridges a diverse musical spectrum … » Read