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Steve Aoki: The Neon Punk of EDM

Once an indie darling, he has coasted to superstardom on a wave of pure showmanship.

Beatport Sells Out: SFX Entertainment Buys Music Website for Undisclosed Sum

If a picture's worth a thousand words, an electronic-dance-music site has to be in the neighborhood of $50 million, right? According to the New York Times, SFX Entertainment, which owns a stake in the Opium Group (Mansion, Set, Cameo) and is in the midst of negotiating a deal with Miami Management ... More >>

Rick Ross's Remaining MMG Tour Canceled

The Bawse just canceled the last six shows of his MMG Tour. Earlier today, we here at Crossfade mentioned that two dates in North Carolina got nixed after Ross received death threats from Gangster Disciple members. But now representatives of Maybach Music Group tell us that all concerts till Decem ... More >>

Florida Bill Would Allow Advertising on School Buses

Your kids' ride to school every morning could soon be sponsored by Coca-Cola, Kendall Toyota or Disney Channel. A new bill introduced in the Florida House of Representatives would allow school districts to sell advertising space directly on the school bus.

EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better?

See also: Our Complete Coachella Coverage Dance music is coming to an arena near you: Kaskade will be the first DJ ever to play Staples Center (July 27). And mainstream concert promoters such as Live Nation are diving into the electronic dance explosion. Electric Daisy Carnival, which is being hel ... More >>

Did Shakira Get Shafted? Her $60-Million Distribution Deal With Live Nation

See also "Shakira's 'Addicted to You' Video May Result in Sex Rehab." A couple of weeks ago, Shakira walked away with four Billboard Latin Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year in both the songs and album categories, all despite the fact that her last record, Sale el Sol, was released n ... More >>

Don King's Truck Full of 30,000 Turkeys Hijacked

​Don King, a man known for his boxing promotion and superawesome hair, wanted to give back to the South Florida community. So he loaded a truck full of 30,000 turkeys and hoped to give them to families in need throughout the region. This, of course, being South Florida, the truck was hijacked and ... More >>

Death to "The King": Burger King Picks New Ad Agency

​The relationship between Miami-based Burger King and Coconut Grove-based ad agency Crispin Porter Bogusky has officially come to an end. After announcing in March that CP B's services would no longer be needed, the fast-food chain has announced that New York-based McGarryBowen will take ove ... More >>

The Honeymoon Series with Zeds Dead at the Fillmore Miami Beach May 5

The Moon Is Out! Live Nation and Embrace Team Up for the Honeymoon Series

Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezThe neo-raver, grandchild of the hippies.​The Honeymoon Series begins this Saturday with Datsik, continuing with Zeds Dead May 5 and Borgore June 17. Back in the LSD-soaked '60s, a big boxy San Francisco building named the Fillmore Auditorium was routinely overrun by l ... More >>

Morgan Spurlock takes on the ad industry

As Commission Votes On Clear Channel's 14 New LED Billboards, Activists Protest

Sarnoff, the city's biggest billboard backer, has taken thousands from advertising companies.​Raise your hand if this sounds like what Miami needs: fourteen new glowing LED billboards along the highway demanding drivers in hi-def to buy Svedka Vodka, iPods and cut-rate car insurance. Oh, hi th ... More >>

Groupon Finally Pulls Controversial CP B Ads

​Mark this as a failure for local ad firm Crispin Porter Bogusky. Groupon.com has finally decided to pull it's Super Bowl ads created by the firm after public outrage. In the most controversial example, Oscar-winning actor Timothy Hutton talked passionately about the plight of the people of Tibe ... More >>

Police Suspect Missing Mom Lilly Aramburo May Have Been Killed

Miami-Dade Police​More than three years after she went missing, Miami-Dade Police investigators believe Lilly Aramburo was a victim of foul play. At least, that's what an updated missing persons flyer seems to indicate. New Times wrote a cover story about the young single mother's June 1, 2007 dis ... More >>

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Jonas Brothers, Creed, and Other Tickets Go For $10 Again Today

Public domain image, via Wikimedia CommonsCarlos Santana's show at Cruzan Amphitheater has been added to the $10 deal list.​Another Wednesday in the summer, another $10 Live Nation ticket deal. The bad news: This deal only adds one concert to the list of shows that were discounted last week. The g ... More >>

Former director/DJ for 103.5 the Beat, Vanessa James, launches her own company

Next Monday, Score $10, No-Fee Tickets For Jonas Brothers, Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, and More

photo by Ryan RussellScore cheapo tickets to see Paramore headline the Honda Civic Tour in Miami. ​Here's some more Live Nation ticketing news. As we told you at the beginning of the month, the concert promotion juggernaut has, in June, been offering no-service-fee tickets for all of its amphithe ... More >>

Former 103.5 The Beat Director, DJ Launches Vanessa James Media

​When the hip-hop and R&B station 103.5 The Beat flipped to 103.5 Super X this past May, many fans were left bewildered and utterly confused. Clear Channel claimed the switch was based on Miami's growing Hispanic market, but few bought the "cultural emergence" argument. Before the flip, South ... More >>

No-Fee Tickets For Robert Plant, Maroon 5, Honda Civic Tour, and More

CC by 2.0, via lanchutt on FlickrSwoon over Adam Levine? Act fast and do it for no fee. ​One of the worst thing about being a devoted live music fan is the sticker shock that comes when a ticket's final price is totaled up. A ticket that's about $20 can end up as much as $40 sometimes when you lum ... More >>

U2 Postpones Its Sun Life Stadium Concert Originally Scheduled For July 9

CC by 2.0, via r_w_h on FlickrHe'll be back to otherworldly shape soon.​U2 fans the world over can rest easy knowing Bono is on the road to recovery. The iconic frontman has been discharged from a Munich hospital where he underwent emergency back surgery this past Friday. The procedure was success ... More >>

Grovites Are Angry the Miami Herald Ignored Local Guy Ric O'Barry's Best Documentary Oscar

Ric O'Barry​The email arrived at the Miami Herald yesterday with some choice words about the paper's Oscar coverage. It came from Bob Ingram, a folk singer who has lived in Coconut Grove since the '60s. Here's an excerpt from the letter, which was never published: "When the Miami Herald reported ... More >>

In Defense of Lyrikill's Viral Marketing Strategies

Before he was crashing live news coverage to get himself on TV, Lyrikill Dot Com already had a sophisticated viral marketing strategy in place. See the above video of the Lyrikill song "You Done Messed Up" intercut with celebrity gossip photos and titled "Chris Brown Beat Rihanna [Picture Rihanna ... More >>

$10 Tickets for Dethklok, AFI, 311, Styx, Jewel, and More

​If you crave live music, but you're broke and didn't grab the two for one deal on tickets last week, Live Nation is back with another (although not quite as good) deal this week. Anytime from now until midnight tonight, log on to Live Nation's website to grab some all inclusive tickets for as low ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Social Media Club South Florida, October Edition

All wired up and ready to talk shop about social media.​This month's Social Media Club South Florida (SMCSF) was held October 13 at City Year headquarters in downtown Miami, followed by some socializing at Tobacco Road. A panel of advertising, public relations, and marketing specialists led the di ... More >>

In the Name of Dub

Jesse Stoll's homegrown DubFest brings international reggae legends out of hiding.

Concert Review: Square One MusicFest in Downtown Delray, July 31

Miami swing revivalists Ever So Klever​Square One MusicFestThe Pavilion, downtown Delray BeachWith Elastic Bond, the Pretty Faces, and Ever So KleverFriday, July 31, 2009Better Than: Barbie's 50th Birthday exhibit at Old School Square's Cornell MuseumThe Review:When a state's revenue shrinks, it's ... More >>

Herald Parent Company Announces New Ad Sale Strategy

Today was Miami Herald's parent companies McClatchy Co.'s shareholders meeting. The troubled newspaper giant -- what newspaper giant isn't troubled? -- faces a tough road ahead, but all CEO Gary Pruitt had to offer was a slightly tweaked advertising strategy for the entire chain. According to Editor ... More >>

Scott'll Make You Feelgood

Orange You Glad You Got "Squeezed" for 35 Mil?

Problem: Too many shoppers recognize logoSome of my favorite boondoggles over the years have involved the vast sums stupid companies have spent to fix what ain't broke. Our latest example is Tropicana, headquartered in Bradenton, Florida. In a classic act of desperation, the ailing orange juice prod ... More >>

More Staff Cuts at The Herald

Well, this is just not good news for anyone. Bob Norman at the Pulp got a hold of a Miami Herald memo announcing that there's more cuts coming to the paper, very soon. Publisher David Landsberg blames a decrease in ad revenue due to the hard luck of many local retailers and auto dealers. No word on ... More >>

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Signs of the Times

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New Times peeks inside the newest VW campaign, in the name of, um, journalism

An Ad for Art

La Comunidad brings the gallery into the agency

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Insurgent Billboards

Signage lobbyist Eston "Dusty" Melton wages guerrilla war on his old employers

2001: A Billboard Odyssey

Last year much was learned about Miami's illegal signs, including the fact that they're still standing and still lucrative

Shake

It's time to stop pointing fingers and start to jump and wave!

Miami: America's Billboard Sanctuary

Will city commissioners embrace outdoor advertising, or will they heartlessly shun a vital industry?

Packed, Stacked, and Hijacked

How a citizens advisory board created to investigate illegal billboards became an industry support group

A Sign of Victory

New Times' jihad to scrub the skyline rolls onward

Everywhere a Sign

When it comes to constructing roadside billboards, the City of Miami is a regular free-for-all