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Smashing Pumpkins sue record label
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
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1. The Smashing Pumpkins are suing their record company because...
2. Music labels want to work with advertisers because...
3. Richard Branson sold Virgin Records because…
4. The Smashing Pumpkins split up because…
5. Record companies’ profits are falling because…
6. Sony can allow Beatles songs to be used in advertising because…
a. … it now owns the rights to the Beatles’ back catalogue. 
b. … he needed money for his airline business.
c. … sales of their records had stopped rising. 
d. … they say it used their name and music in advertising without permission.
e. … CD sales are falling and they need money from other sources.
f. … CD sales are falling and people are copying CDs illegally.
Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
between an artist and a brand. Scottish singer 
songwriter Paolo Nutini will have a long-term 
relationship with Puma, which will use his song 
New Shoes in its global advertising campaigns.
© Guardian News & Media 2008
First published in The Guardian, 26/03/08
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Smashing Pumpkins sue record label
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Words and definitions
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Match the words and expressions with their definitions.
1. advertising campaign
a. a song that sells a very large number of copies
2. income 
b. the difference between what you earn and what you spend
3. licensing fee
c. a planned series of advertisements to promote something
4. profit
d. a professional performer in music, dance or the theatre
5. hit
e. money someone gets for working or for selling something
6. artist
f. money paid for permission to use something