Cross Movement Records is pleased to announce that two of their artists, Da' T.R.U.T.H. and J.R., have been nominated for a 2008 GMA Award in the category of "Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song" for the song "Who Am I?"

A number of big-name universities are pushing back against the RIAA, including Duke, Harvard, and the University of Oregon. Others are more compliant, including those within the state of Tennessee.

Following the jet crash that nearly killed DJ AM and Travis Barker, Barker’s +44 bandmate Mark Hoppus has been pondering the future of their old band Blink-182. “In the midst of everything else that has happened lately, Tom, Travis, and I have all spoken together,” Hoppus writes on his blog.

One of the most interesting aspects of singing is that the instrument is contained within, and ultimately there’s nothing to lean on except the vocalist’s own skills and talents.

Shares of Warner Music Group hit a new, all-time low on Monday, part of a broader Wall Street selloff. At the bell, WMG slipped 13.36 percent to $2.40, a valuation that easily outstripped a previous lull of $2.74 from last week. That raises fresh questions of whether Warner is headed into a sinkhole, particularly a sub-dollar danger zone.

One of Christian music’s premiere singer/songwriters, Jason Gray, has released a new CD, Acoustic Storytime. The project features fifteen songs performed acoustically that were recorded live onstage in Minnesota and California or in the studio. Interspersed between the songs are Gray’s heartfelt stories and winning sense of humor that have had such an impact on audiences nationwide.

In its seventh week, 33,246 copies of Robert Pierre’s sophomore record Identity have been given away for the benefit of Family Christian Stores’ The James Fund. With a $10 donation through the Barnabus Bear program to the organization, shoppers are receiving Identity before it is released to all stores nationwide in Feb. 2009.

GRAMMY-nominated modern rock band RED made R&R history this week as its first radio single “Fight Inside” from its sophomore album, Innocence & Instinct debuted at No. 1 on the R&R Christian Rock chart. Never, in the history of the magazine and the chart, has anyone accomplished this incredible feat.