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The article offers news briefs on the music industry as of August 2007. Bruce Stevens, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Steinway & Son will retire from his position by December. The NPR radio show "From the Top," announces its new mentoring scholarship program, the Jack Kent Cooke Talent Development Award, which will be awarded to annually promising young musicians aged between 8 to 14 years old. The Career Services Center of the New England Conservatory launches the Web-based music database Bridges: Worldwide Music Connection.