John Lewis has unveiled a charity music album featuring the hit cover versions of pop songs used in its TV ad campaigns over the past four years.
The 11-track album, called ‘Reworked’, went on sale on Monday 28 November. The CD is also available in all John Lewis and Waitrose stores.
Priced at £7.99, John Lewis has vowed to donate £2 for every album sale to Save the Children –
A programme capturing life in Britain in a 24-hour period has launched as part of the BBC’s Cultural Olympiad.
‘Britain In A Day’ took contributions from the public about their lives on 12 November this year.
People were asked to film themselves and put the video online for the project which is in conjunction with Sir Ridley Scott’s production company.
Commissioning editor Charlotte Moore said: “This is a bold project,
Record breaking Susan Boyle has made UK music history again by becoming the first female artist ever to have three consecutive albums debut at No.1 in the UK album chart in less than two years.
No other female solo singer in the 65 year history of the Official UK charts has achieved this in the first week of the albums being released.
The highly anticipated album ‘Someone To Watch
The Guardian’s iPad app, which launched this month, has generated over 145,000 downloads in its first week, while its Facebook app has clocked up over 1m installs after its launch last month. Over 85,000 downloads have come from UK iPad-owners, while US Guardian readers generated over 29,000 downloads. Meanwhile, downloads from the rest of the world have almost reached 32,000.
The Guardian’s iPad app comes with a £9.99 monthly subscription
Pandora founder Tim Westergren has said that the personalised radio service will not be able to move outside the US under licensing deals are sorted.
The service was launched 11 years ago and currently has 37 million active users in the US. It was originally available in the UK, however it restricted access to the US after failing to get necessary rights agreements in place.
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