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Imeem Pioneers Free Music With Ads
Is Imeem the next iTunes? Imeem is a social network site with a heavy emphasis on music. I have no reason to believe that it will become as important as the iTunes music store. But it is quietly doing something that is one of Apple's biggest accomplishments: getting the music labels to agree to license songs in a new way (30/10) ReadYou may also like
Can bad TV save a bad music career?
Times Colonist | 23/06/08 
Janet Jackson will soon be roaming the backstreets and church choirs of America on the hunt for "the next big thing" in pop. Naturally, it's all for ... 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
A new harmony for music labels, TV
Los Angeles Times | 07/06/08
It's the sobering reality of today's music business -- a record company executive can sign a new act and then tell her, "Keep your day job."
That ... 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
How much should music cost?
Los Angeles Times | 06/05/08
hree interesting developments today on the issue of music pricing and price elasticity, a subject close to my heart. While one label starts flirting with ... More
Bands are getting into bed with consumer brands
Timesonline | 04/05/08
Gabriel Hubert, horn player with Damon Albarn's favourite street-jazz collective, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, speaks with the unashamed zeal of a convert: ... More
Music can be path to language and math
AP Google | 01/05/08 
The challenge was to come up with an idea that can transform public education, particularly in poor communities. The winner: an educator with a passion ... Read
No One Likes The Music Labels. Who Cares?
Silicon Alley Insiders | 21/04/08
Newsflash, courtesy of PR agency Edelman: Young people don't feel warmly about the music industry, presumably because they are harshing their mellow and ... Read
Music biz lawyers wary of labels' new grab
Reuters | 29/12/07
Like it or not, major record companies are expected to continue drafting their artist contracts so that labels share a piece of most -- if not all -- of ... Read
Further lack of harmony between EMI and top acts
Timesonline | 19/12/07
The relationship between EMI and some of its leading artists soured further yesterday as the record label suggested Robbie Williams's potential departure ... Read
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars
Wired News | 19/12/07
I used to own a record label. That label, Luaka Bop, still exists, though I'm no longer involved in running it. My last record came out through Nonesuch, ... Read
EMI to exit IFPI
Variety | 10/01/08
In a move designed to get major music trade organizations to reorganize, EMI has made the first step to exit the British trade group IFPI. Top operating ... Read
Why (And How) I Just Canceled All My Music Subscriptions
Wired News | 28/12/07
Now that three of the four major labels have decided to sell music without DRM, I've finally decided to drop it too. I've subscribed to Napster, Rhapsody, ... Read
Imeem music service doesn't quite rock
News.com | 31/10/07
Yesterday, the New York Times ran an article about Imeem, pegged to the news that this fledgling site has signed a third major label, EMI, leaving only ... Read
UK orchestra 'pioneers' podcasts
BBC | 12/09/06
The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is to produce a monthly podcast, claiming a first for a major ensemble.
Ex-BBC Radio 3 presenter Tommy Pearson will ... Read
UMG To Acquire V2 From Morgan Stanley
Billboard | 10/08/07
The Universal Music Group has reached an agreement to acquire the V2 Music Group from Morgan Stanley. Terms of the deal, which is subject to regulatory ... Read
Musician Jay's music is given life after his death
WalesOnline | 30/06/08
A YOUNG musician is to release an album from beyond the grave.
Singer-songwriter Matthew Jay, who drew comparisons with folk legend Nick Drake, died ... More
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
The next big Ting?
Boston.com | 16/06/08
The British dance-pop duo the Ting Tings are having the kind of year most musicians dream about: hit singles in the UK, a buzzed-about showcase at South ... More
Death of the folk song
Nationmedia.com | 16/06/08
THE TURKANA CULTURAL FESTIval, organised by the German Embassy, debuted recently to showcase the promise of a region that lacks the advantage of numbers ... More
Day the (theme) music died?
Winnipeg Sun | 07/06/08
The CBC is set to launch a song-writing contest open to all Canadians in hopes of finding a new theme song for Hockey Night In Canada, the head of CBC ... 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
Idol Dominates Charts: Is This The Day The Music Died?
Hypebot | 30/05/08
No offense to Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper or Don McLean, but I think we may be witnessing the actual day the music died and this time I can even name the ... More
Let's face the music
The Guardian | 28/05/08
It's worth entering the Eurovision song contest, and indeed worth losing, just to hear Terry Wogan attempt to have a huff about partiality on his way ... 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
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
Enigmatic appeal
The Star | 11/05/08
I HAVE often railed at the fact that music has become more about the visuals than the song itself. Yet, in hypocritical fashion, I'm going to tell you ... More
Cops on song, criminals face the music
Times of India | 11/05/08
Tirhut range DIG Arvind Pandey does not find fighting crime and music contradictory. "A recent report in America suggests that music makes police officers ... 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
How much should music cost?
Los Angeles Times | 06/05/08
hree interesting developments today on the issue of music pricing and price elasticity, a subject close to my heart. While one label starts flirting with ... 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
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
YouTube Killed the Music Video Star?
Asia Pacific Arts | 18/05/08
In the 1980s, if you wanted to find the next music video, it was as easy as changing your remote control to MTV. But in the 2000s, MTV as we knew it died. ... More
Apple to Resolve EU Case on ITunes Prices, People Say
Bloomberg | 09/01/08
Apple Inc., the maker of the best- selling iPod media players, will settle European Union claims that its policy of varying prices at its iTunes music ... Read
Apple Ends Beatles Dispute, Paving Way for Music Deal
Bloomberg | 06/02/07
Apple Inc. ended a legal dispute with the Beatles over rights to use the Apple name and logos, potentially clearing the way for the company to distribute ... Read
The Old Music Industry Is Dead: Apple Launching Record Label With Jay-Z
Gizmodo | 03/01/08
Looks like there might another major announcement at MacWorld. BGR says they've "confirmed" that Apple is launching a record label with Jay-Z, who's ... Read
Apple calls the tune in mobile music
Timesonline | 11/12/07
In December 1942, Bing Crosby's White Christmas blared out from a simple gramophone. Now, instead of huddling around a phonograph, music fans are downloading ... Read
Steve Jobs Says No Thanks To Subscription Models
Netmusiccountdown | 27/04/07
According to Yahoo News, Apple Chief Steve Jobs isn't a big believer in the subscription-based model of online music sales, and probably won't be adding ... Read
Apple sets lawyers on pod-people
The Register | 15/08/06
Apple is stepping up legal threats against companies it accuses of infringing its trademarks. The computer giant has written to two US companies asking ... Read
Apple Drops the Digital-Music Shackles
The Motley Fool. | 17/10/07
If you've drawn "digital rights management" in the office death pool, hold that ticket tight. The end may be near now that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has ... Read
Apple Launches the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
PCWorld | 06/09/07
In addition to overhauling its iPod line-up, Apple also launched the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, a new service for iPod and iPhone users. When accessed from ... Read
New Music Phones—Without The i
BusinessWeekOnline | 06/04/07
How do you steal the spotlight from Steve Jobs? It's not easy, but with two months to go until the debut of Apple Inc.'s (AAPL ) iPhone, wireless carriers ... Read
Apple probe will shake up whole music industry
Marketwatch | 06/04/07
A European antitrust probe into the pricing of Apple Inc.'s iTunes music downloads service could force the music industry to unravel the complex web of ... Read
While my iPod gently weeps
The Inquirer | 13/03/07
Just when you think there can't possibly be any more legal mileage in bunging the entire Beatles repertoire up on the wibbly wobbly web, there, err, is. ... Read
Apple Hits Podcast Ready with Nastygram
Wired | 26/09/06
Apple Computer has slapped Podcast Ready with a "cease and desist" letter, claiming that the terms "Podcast Ready" and "myPodder" infringe Apple's ... Read
Are Digital Music Watermarks a Blessing or a Curse?
Wired News | 20/08/07
With EMI selling its entire catalog DRM-free and Universal soon to experiment with its open-MP3 format, the major labels are finally showing a willingness ... Read
Good News For Apple Means Bad News For Music
Hypebot | 27/04/07
Yesterday Apple beat expectations with a whopping 85% increase in sales in the second fiscal quarter powered in large part by increased iPod sales. The ... Read
DRM Stripper Launched for Apple's iTunes 6
Techweb | 01/09/06
Software capable of stripping the copyright-protection technology from files played in some of the latest versions of Apple iTunes is circulating the Web, ... Read
All That Jazz doing fine despite doom in music industry
Steamboat Pilot & Today | 30/06/08
For the past 10 years, music magazines have been flooded with articles about the death of the record store.
Joe Kboudi — who opened Wednesday with twice ... More
Some retailers give vinyl records a spin
GoErie.com | 16/06/08
It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain.
This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.'s latest release ... More
IFPI Advises Kids to Use LimeWire and Kazaa
TorrentFreak | 11/05/08
The campaign's leaflet (pdf) is distributed through schools and colleges, libraries, record stores, teaching portals and websites in 21 countries. It ... More
“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
Apple to Resolve EU Case on ITunes Prices, People Say
Bloomberg | 09/01/08
Apple Inc., the maker of the best- selling iPod media players, will settle European Union claims that its policy of varying prices at its iTunes music ... Read
Apple Ends Beatles Dispute, Paving Way for Music Deal
Bloomberg | 06/02/07
Apple Inc. ended a legal dispute with the Beatles over rights to use the Apple name and logos, potentially clearing the way for the company to distribute ... Read
Nation's No. 1 Music Retailer Realizing That Selling CDs Is Not Very Profitable
Idolator | 24/04/07
The Dangerfieldian profile of the brick-and-mortar music business is getting bigger, as Wal-Mart--the No. 1 music retailer in the US, as far as units sold--has ... Read
Branson sells Virgin music stores
BBC | 17/09/07
The deal, whose value has not been disclosed, will see Virgin's 125 UK and Irish Megastores rebranded as Zavvi. The business will continue to be run by ... Read
Brick-and-mortar stores eye new music formats
Reuters | 29/10/07
The music industry continues to build bridges between the digital and physical world. In the latest attempts, iTunes digital download album cards highlighting ... Read
Apple Launches the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
PCWorld | 06/09/07
In addition to overhauling its iPod line-up, Apple also launched the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, a new service for iPod and iPhone users. When accessed from ... Read
Deutsche Grammophon Launches Classical Download Site
Billboard | 27/11/07
Classical music giant Deutsche Grammophon will make the bulk of its catalog available online from tomorrow when it relaunches its Website and presses the ... Read
Would You Like Some Music With Your Tickets?
Pollstar | 08/11/07
Once upon a time, in the pre-digital analog world of yesterday, people bought albums at brick-and-mortar establishments known as "record stores" and ... Read
Disney site music to parents' ears?
The Indianapolis Star | 22/05/07
Looking to profit directly from the growing market for music downloads, Disney has launched an online store for kid-focused singles, albums and music videos. ... Read
Apple Meets iTunes EU Deadline, Universal Wins Extension
Billboard | 22/06/07
Apple met last night's deadline to respond to the European Commission's antitrust concerns over the pricing of its iTunes online music store, officials ... Read
Amazon.com Launches 'Go Indie' Music Store
Assodigitale | 20/04/07
Amazon.com today announced today announced it has joined forces with more than 30 independent music labels to launch "Go Indie," a new section in its ... Read
Metro music is refreshing
Rediff.com | 27/03/07
At a local music store, most of the shelves under the 'New releases' category are occupied by CDs and cassettes of Anurag Basu's new offering, Metro. ... Read
Latin music download store allows advertisers to tap into the hispanic market for $2.00
Music Industry News Network | 05/09/06
Musica360, the download store specializing in independent latin music, has just introduced phase two of it's advertiser subsidized program allowing potential ... Read