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		<title>What&#8217;s The Leading Cause Of Poor Record Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/ie_articles/09/10/2011/whats-the-leading-cause-of-poor-record-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s The Leading Cause Of Poor Record Sales? By Rizoh HoustonPress.com ​Last week, the music world laughed up a hiccup as Lil Wayne pranced around the VMA stage in nut-suffocating, Le Tigre-inspired jeggings. While that performance affirmed that Wayne is no fashion guru, his chart performance a week later reminded us that he&#8217;s very good 


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		<title>This pop-porn will ruin a whole generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Stocke The recent final of Britain’s Got Talent was broadcast on a Saturday evening, featured two finalists who were 11 and 12 years old, and was watched by millions of children of about the same age or even younger. Yet the producers still thought it appropriate that the guest-star Nicole Scherzinger, formerly of 


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		<title>Not about rape, not about Rihanna</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lisa Fager Bediako CNN.com (CNN) &#8212; Rihanna&#8217;s &#8220;Man Down&#8221; video was the motivation for Industry Ears &#8212; a media watchdog group I co-founded &#8212; to recently join forces with the Parents Television Council to hold media corporations, in this case Black Entertainment Television, accountable. We argued that the graphic violence aired in the video 


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		<title>The Truth on BET, Rihanna and the deal cut for BET Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While BET and Rihanna are defending the &#8220;Man Down&#8221; video. The facts regarding BET&#8217;s Standards and Practices are clear that the goal post have moved simply to secure BET Award show talent. Facts: BET did not play Rihanna&#8217;s Russian Roulette or S&#038;M videos. BET Standards and Practices did not view &#8220;Man Down&#8221; before the BET 


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		<title>Parents Television Council Joins with  Industry Ears, to Condemn  Rihanna’s “Man Down” Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<title>Rihanna&#8217;s &#8220;Man Down&#8221; Video: Dead Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/06/01/2011/rihannas-man-down-video-dead-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rihanna &#8216;Man Down&#8217; Video Draws Fire for Murdering Abuser The Parents Television Council is condemning Rihanna&#8217;s latest music video, saying it depicts the singer in an &#8220;implied rape scene with a man whom she later guns down in an act of premeditated murder.&#8221; The opening scene of the singer&#8217;s &#8220;Man Down&#8221; music video shows her 


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		<title>Attorney Generals Call on Pabst to End Production of Blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Gansler Calls on Pabst Brewing to End Production of Blast “Binge-in-a-Can” Targets Youth; Flavored Malt Beverage Poses Serious Health Risks Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler today sent a letter to Pabst Brewing Company, asking the company to end production and sale of its new Blast by Colt 45. Attorney General Gansler says the 


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		<title>Blast Colt 45: New Media, Same Old Tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blast Colt 45: New Media, Same Old Tricks Why the media-watchdog group Industry Ears is firing back at a despicable new malt liquor campaign that it says targets our kids. By: Natalie Hopkinson &#124; Posted: April 21, 2011 from TheRoot.com http://www.theroot.com/views/blast-colt-45-new-media-same-old-tricks Once upon a time, getting urban youths hooked on your product was a fairly 


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		<title>Colt 45 makers under fire over new flavored booze</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (CNN) &#8212; The makers of Colt 45 malt liquor have stirred up a controversy with their new beverage that some fear will encourage kids to drink. Blast is a fruity new blend boasting twice the alcohol as Pabst Brewing Co.&#8217;s original malt liquor. The drink in a colorful 23.5-ounce can resembles soda pop 


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		<title>Blast by Colt 45 Targeting Youth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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