DAILY UPDATE
from Billboard.biz
April 23, 2009
EURO CHART DOUBLE FOR GAGA
Patience is a virtue for Lady Gaga, who completes her Europe-wide conquest by hitting the top of European Top 100 Albums for the first time with “The Fame” (Interscope/Universal), while “Poker Face” starts a ninth week at No. 1 on European Hot 100 Singles.
EMI APPOINTS U.K. PRESIDENT
EMI Music U.K. and Ireland has appointed Andria Vidler as president. She is currently chief marketing officer at Bauer Media in the U.K.
PIRATE BAY LAWYER CALLS FOR RETRIAL
The lawyer representing Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde says he intends to demand a retrial after it emerged that the judge presiding over the recent trial of four men behind the BitTorrent tracker is a member of copyright protection bodies.
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