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EMI Math: Graph Of A Digital Sales Increase
One month after iTunes Plus introduced the country to unprotected EMI downloads, there is some proof that the change has been beneficial to EMI's digital shares. It is harder too tell, though, what impact the company's digital strategy has had on its overall market share (probably little to none). (11/07) ReadYou may also like
Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks
Timesonline | 16/06/08 
Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young ... More
Labels eye variable pricing for digital sales
Reuters | 07/06/08
Arguably the No. 1 item on record labels' to-do list for the year is, "Establish variable pricing for digital downloads."
As luck would have it, ... More
The music biz's digital flops - a short history
The Register | 26/05/08
Since the record industry first noticed that some of the kids were using the internet in the mid-90s, it's flopped from one puddle to the next. Despite ... More
New MP3 Revolutionizes Way You Listen to Music
The Korea Times | 23/05/08
If you are a serious guitar-master wannabe and you want to focus on the tune of Brian May's guitar and don't want to hear Freddie Mercury's voice and ... More
DRM claims more victims as Microsoft fails its music users
The Guardian | 23/04/08 
DRM (Digital Rights Management) added to music is a really bad idea and you should never buy DRM-protected files, unless you have more money than sense ... Read
“American Idol” Contestant David Cook Tops Amazon MP3 Chart, Then Vanishes
Rolling Stone | 23/04/08
After enjoying last week as the top-selling album at the Amazon MP3 store, American Idol contestant David Cook's 2006 album Analog Heart was pulled from ... Read
MP3sparks.com downed by links to Russian cybercrime gang
The Register | 11/01/08
The popular Russian digital music retailer MP3sparks.com has scored a own goal by doing business with a web host that has been linked to an infamous cybercrime ... Read
Digital Music Industry Challenged to Follow Fans' Lead
PC World | 10/01/08
At the Consumer Electronics Show this year it's clear that consumers are making choices that are driving industry changes, and nowhere is that more evident ... Read
DiMA, Publishers Clash Over Rights
Billboard | 08/01/08
A major battle is erupting between some digital media companies and major music publishers, which may lead to federal litigation, Billboard.biz has learned. ... Read
Mainstream music industry realizes the value of 'free'
International Herald Tribune | 27/01/08
The mainstream music industry is coming to recognize a price for digital songs that might be good enough to compete with the underground exchange of tunes ... Read
Warner Music profits slump 58%
Timesonline | 29/11/07
Warner Music Group today unveiled a 58 per cent slump in fourth-quarter profits, with increased digital revenues failing to offset a collapse in sales ... Read
Sony BMG Plans to Drop DRM
Business Week | 04/01/08
In a move that would mark the end of a digital music era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is finalizing plans to sell songs without the copyright protection ... Read
7Digital Gets Agressive With Pricing & Features.
Hypebot | 06/12/07
UK digital retailer 7Digital is pushing aggressive pricing as well as new features and alliances designed to challenge iTunes and other retailers. The ... Read
The DRM maze for consumers
BBC | 11/12/07
The last few years in the history of digital content are littered with examples of Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions that have been accused of ... Read
Music, sex and murder
Jamaica Gleaner | 16/06/08
Like businesses, countries have their competitive advantages, things for which they have a particular propensity. And what Jamaica excels at, or at least ... More
'Nashville Star' lassos NBC
The Arizona Republic | 09/06/08
John Rich, half of the country music sensation Big & Rich, achieved stardom the old-fashioned way: He earned it.
The Texas native, with pal Kenny Alphin, ... More
Music is more than just entertainmnet
Ghanamusic.com | 07/06/08
Hiplife artiste Bice Osei-Kuffour aka Obour has urged all Ghanaians to stop viewing musicians as mere entertainers, but rather as social activists who ... More
Music City can turn a citified girl into a country-hummin' gal
Kansascity.com | 18/05/08
The last time I listened to country music was the summer after my senior year of high school when I worked in a sweatshop in Tyrone, Pa., sewing seams ... More
Dolly Parton and Lessons on Bad Branding
Wall Street Journal | 04/05/08
There is nothing wrong with the product. But boy, the branding bites.
That's what I thought last night at Radio City Music Hall as I watched one of ... More
Music in China: The Inside Story
The Register | 02/11/07
How To Do Business In China, China CEO, The New Chinese Consumer... my shelves here in Beijing are stacked full of such books, all trying to throw some ... Read
Why Nazis and spies make such sweet music
Independent online | 17/11/07
Improbable Frequency, the musical by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter, is halfway through a country tour at the moment and opens in the Pavilion Theatre, ... Read
Will The Music Industry Pin Its Hopes On Vinyl Records (Or Player Piano Rolls)?
Idolator | 30/10/07
Wired thinks that vinyl is about to "re-enter the mainstream, or at least become a major tributary" thanks to the "uniformly optimistic picture of the ... Read
Banking on a 'Disco Inferno'
Valide FR Valide EN | 18/05/07
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is proving you can boogie and finance at the same time, buying the 1976 Trammps hit "Disco Inferno" and the ... Read
Idol star sweeps country awards
BBC | 17/04/07
The singer picked up video of the year and female video of the year for her revenge anthem Before He Cheats. Director Roman White also won a prize for ... Read
Carrie Underwood: Hacked!
TMZ | 06/06/07
Holy biscuits and gravy! Country music sensation Carrie Underwood's MySpace page has been hacked! One of our staffers, a huge Underwood fan, has been ... Read
A scare for McCartney as fan breaks through security
PR-Inside | 03/04/07
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY suffered a scare at his country estate in England after a fan crashed a speeding car through entrance gates on Friday (30MAR07).
The ... Read
George Strait Earns 32nd Platinum Album
Music Industry News Network | 05/12/06
You can add another jewel to his crown. The King of Country Music has received his 32nd platinum album certification for It Just Comes Natural, which was ... Read
Why Does Avril Lavigne's Label Have To Make Things So Complicated?
Idolator | 27/04/07
Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing may be the No. 1 record in the country this week, but were her sales numbers inflated by listeners' desire to hear ... Read
Songwriter's family fights after his death
The Columbus Dispatch | 16/01/07
The children of a hit country music songwriter accuse their evangelist aunt of promising to use her healing powers to cure his cancer and then stealing ... Read
In Elvis we trust
The Telegraph | 09/01/07
Canada has a proud claim: it's the only country in the world other than the United States where Elvis performed in concert. In the spring and summer of ... Read
Warner Tells Kid Rock To Denounce File Sharing; He Denounces Warner Instead
Techdirt | 19/06/08
While Warner Music had claimed that it was getting away from attacking fans who wanted to download, it appears that it still has a long way to go. Atlantic ... More
Labels eye variable pricing for digital sales
Reuters | 07/06/08
Arguably the No. 1 item on record labels' to-do list for the year is, "Establish variable pricing for digital downloads."
As luck would have it, ... More
Virgin warns illegal internet music downloaders
Telegraph | 06/06/08
Teenagers building vast music collections by downloading songs illegally from the internet should beware. Their access to free music faces being cut off ... More
Music Industry Gurus' Five Point Plan to Save their Business
Wired News | 18/05/08
Researchers at The Leading Question and experts from Music Ally have determined that fewer people are regularly paying for downloads, while the percentage ... More
Rifflet, Like Twitter For Music
Gizmodo | 18/05/08
I like to believe that all of us have rock star alter egos. For most of us, these inner rock beasts sleep latently, awaiting the proper heartbreak or drug ... More
Music execs stuck in old time rock'n'roll
The Guardian | 11/05/08
It is May 9 1996, and you are a Senior Executive at a Very Big Record Label, in charge of Future Developments. This "internet" thing is being talked ... More
When DRM detonates your music collection
Timesonline | 11/05/08
Imagine if you had a bedroom full of CDs and decided to buy a new player one day, only to discover that none of your albums would play on the new system. ... More
Guitar Hero Band Releases First Full Album
Wired News | 02/05/08
Plastic ax-wielding players of Guitar Hero II surely remember the dub/metal hybrid "Elephant Bones" by a band called That Handsome Devil. The song managed ... Read
Thom Yorke: Radiohead's stunt was 'one-off'
The Globe and Mail | 01/05/08
They turned the music sales model on its head, but indie rockers Radiohead won't be repeating their decision to let fans choose what to pay for their ... Read
Sony/ATV streaming, limited download ban
p2pnet.net | 08/01/08
The Harry Fox Agency has been told to halt all future licensing of its product for streaming or limited downloads. Behind the order is Sony/ATV Music Publishing, ... Read
Warner Music Suing MP3 Search Engine Seeqpod
Silicon Alley Insider | 23/01/08
Warner Music Group (WMG) is suing Seeqpod, the most popular of a new breed of music search engine/players with a new twist on the original Napster strategy ... Read
Reznor Reveals Sales On Saul Williams Project
Billboard | 05/01/08
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has posted the download and sales numbers for "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust" the Saul Williams ... Read
Seeking Truly Mobile Music
Wall Street Journal | 08/10/07
Last week Starbucks began testing a new service letting those with iTunes on their laptop, or carrying an iPhone, identify and download songs playing in ... Read
Nine Inch Nails' Open Source Remix Album Available as Free Torrent
Wired News | 11/09/07
Over the past few months, "multiple judges" at 9inchnails.com listened to over 200 submissions to the Nine Inch Nails open source remix contest and the ... Read
Digital sales boost Universal Music
The Guardian | 25/07/07
Universal, the world's biggest music group, today flagged up strong UK sales and rapid growth in downloads despite a tough market for recorded music. ... Read