PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday, June 9, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday, June 9, 2006

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American Red Cross to Benefit From Sale of New American Idol Taylor Hicks' Single 'Do I Make You Proud'

As the "soul" survivor of "American Idol's" fifth season, the passionate Alabama native, Taylor Hicks, has signed a record deal with Nineteen Recordings Limited/Arista Records with a portion of the proceeds from the sales of his single, "Do I Make You Proud," benefiting the American Red Cross. For every C-D sold, twenty-five-cents will go to the American Red Cross, as well as fifteen cents for every digital download sold, and twenty cents for every ringtone and ringback.

The single to be released on June 13th, marks the fourth "American Idol" single to provide financial support to the mission of the Red Cross and the people it serves. Sales of the past three recordings generated more than a quarter million dollars in donations.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3229021

Say It With Music! Let One-of-a-Kind Website - InstaSong.com - Serenade Dad With a Personalized Musical Greeting Card This Father's Day

What do you give the dad who makes your heart sing? A song, of course! Insta-Song-dot-com lets gift-givers do just that through a marriage of one-of- a-kind, whiz-bang technology, which combines music and Dad-specific data to create a personalized musical greeting card.

A fun and user-friendly site, Insta-Song-dot-com lets visitors create their own songs, personalizing them with names, dates, physical attributes, personal habits, and more. The next step lets them preview their creation. They can create as many songs as they like for free. Once they're satisfied with the results, they pay just four-dollars-ninety-five-cents to e-mail the song to the recipient.

Although each song is created instantly, they are fully produced, featuring strings, horns, and background singers.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3229067

Menudo Entertainment Names Yahoo! as the Official Internet Partner for 'Mvasion' - International Talent Search to Bring Back the All-Boy Mega Singing Group

Menudo Entertainment L-L-C has joined forces with Yahoo! as its official Internet partner for its "M-vasion," the international talent search to recreate the all-boy mega singing group. The official Menudo Web site Menudo-dot-com will be hosted by Yahoo! Telemundo and allows fans and Menudo hopefuls to access in English and Spanish exclusive information pertaining to audition schedules, mall tours, registration, voting procedures, chat rooms, and up-to-the-minute live action on developments in the international talent search, along with videos and photos of the entire process.

The original Menudo group, which took the U-S and Latin America by storm during its run in the late 70s and 80s, produced superstar Ricky Martin, recorded thirty-five albums and sold more than forty million records worldwide.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3229010

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PRNewswire -- June 9

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