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Guy Hands: EMI must dump artists to survive
2008-01-22 01:24:00 The model of Nipper, the gramophone-fixated dog, remains in the chairman’s office - but that is about the only piece of EMI’s 77-year history that looks likely to survive under the ownership of Guy Hands. Since Hands, a titan of the private equity world, paid £3.2 billion for the record company last summer, the former bell-wether ... More About: Music , Debates , Artists , The News , Bands
Hands in challenge to music industry
2008-01-21 01:16:00 GUY HANDS is throwing down the gauntlet to the rest of the music industry to match his much-criticised turnround plan for EMI. ?I would like to be as big as the big three [music groups] and bigger,? he said, after visiting EMI staff in New York and Nashville to explain his scheme to strip out £200m ... More About: Music , Debates , Industry , The News , Bands
Interview: Jay Adelson, chief executive of Digg
2008-01-07 12:04:00 Media companies will have to abandon their efforts to prevent digital music from being copied and concentrate instead on tracking a song’s path around the internet, the head of the one of the world’s most popular Web 2.0 sites has said. The chief executive of Digg, which created controversy earlier this year when users published a ... More About: Music , Debates , Chief , Interview , The News
Sony BMG Plans to Drop DRM
2008-01-04 20:24:00 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 software that has long restricted the use of music downloaded from the Internet, BusinessWeek.com has learned. Sony BMG, a joint venture of Sony (SNE) and Bertelsmann, will make ... More About: Tunes , The News , Plans
Sir Paul McCartney: ?I Also Downloaded Radiohead?s ?In Rainbows?
2007-12-26 01:56:00 British rock legend Sir Paul McCartney criticized his former record label EMI for its “boring” approach, and accused it of taking him for granted in an interview with the UK’s “The Times.” Sir McCartney said he also became frustrated with the amount of time it took for EMI to release a song - while he wanted ... More About: Music , Debates , The News , Bands , Radiohead
Radiohead Slam New Owners Of EMI Records
2007-12-24 01:53:00 Radiohead have said that the new owners of EMI Records - private Terra Firma - ?don?t fully understand? the music industry. Speaking about the reasons for their departure from the label’s offshoot Parlophone, which came during Terra Firma?s takeover talks earlier this year, guitarist Ed O?Brien said they were glad to leave the label. ?We?ll miss the ... More About: Music , Debates , The News , Bands , Radiohead
Spice Girls have ?backstage bust-up?
2007-12-21 01:26:00 The Spice Girls ’ UK comeback was marred by tension between the singers on their big night, according to a report. The atmosphere backstage at London’s O2 Arena reportedly turned sour on Saturday night when Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton complained that Victoria Beckham was receiving special treatment. A report in the Daily Mail ... More About: Music , Spice Girls , The News , Bands
Led Zeppelin currently ?considering tour?
2007-12-20 01:38:00 Led Zeppelin are currently ‘considering a tour’, according to sources at Cardiff?s Millennium Stadium, who are attempting to book the band for the venue. Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Roger Lewis, who is involved in the stadium and is a friend of Led Zeppelin?s John Paul Jones, told the Wales On Sunday that venue officials were ... More About: Music , The News , Bands , Tour
Further lack of harmony between EMI and top acts
2007-12-19 01:31:00 The relationship between EMI and some of its leading artists soured further yesterday as the record label suggested Robbie Williams?s potential departure would not be a great loss, and a source close to artist Joss Stone said the 20-year-old had become ?disillusioned? with the company. The record label, recently bought by Guy Hands?s Terra Firma private ... More About: Music , Debates , Harmony , The News , Bands
Digital Media Pushes Growth in Stagnant European Car Audio Systems Market
2007-12-18 12:14:00 Across Europe, car audio systems are close to becoming a standard,saturated product offering. As a result, vehicle manufacturers and suppliersare now looking at promising alternatives such as nomadic devices, Bluetooth,DAB, satellite radio, HDD and other important digital media playback as keyrevenue sectors. To leverage emerging growth opportunities, original equipmentmanufacturers (OEMs) need to strike the right balance ... More About: Media , Audio , Market , European , The News
Stockholm - August 2006
2007-11-26 03:14:00 Stockholm I had a business meeting planed for Stockholm since July. We studied dates and finally decided to confirm the appointment for August . I had never been to Sweden or any of the Nordic countries before. It was my first time. To tell you the truth I was not sure what to expect. I sort of expected Stockholm to ...
Pavarotti Dead
2007-09-06 11:03:00 Opera legend Luciano Pavarotti has passed away at his home at 5 a.m. this morning, his manager has stated, after yesterday’s reports of his health deteriorating to a “very serious” condition. He was 71. The Italian tenor’s health took a turn for the worse following his recent hospital stay to undergo treatment for pancreatic cancer. A ... More About: The News , Bands , Dead
Digital Music Forum?s 1st Birthday
2007-07-22 14:06:00 And so it has been a year since our first post. We must say it’s been a great year and the results exceed our expectations. Thank’s to everyone who’s been with us! We ate a big chunk of cake thinking about you More About: Music , Digital Music , The News , Forum , Birthday
EMI confirms good results in DRM-free music sales
2007-06-20 14:28:00 EMI’s recently-appointed senior vice president of digital Lauren Berkowitz has confirmed significant success with the company’s move to sell DRM-free tracks through iTunes. Speaking at a US music industry event, Berkowitz confirmed: “The initial results of DRM-free music are good.” EMI began selling its music in high-quality DRM-free format last month. It’s unrestricted catalogue is now available ... More About: Music , Free Music , Sales , Results , Free
Ringo Starr Goes Digital With New EMI Deal
2007-06-19 14:07:00 Another Beatle is going digital. Ringo Starr has agreed for the first time to release his Capitol/EMI solo catalog online, including 1970’s “Beacoups of Blues” and “Sentimental Journey,” 1973’s “Ringo,” and 1974’s “Goodnight Vienna, beginning Aug. 28. A collection of six ringtones will also debut then. The music will be available to all existing digital music ... More About: The News , Bands , Deal , Digital
Digital Music: In Search of Biz Model
2007-06-11 23:02:00 Once the scourge of the music industry, digital downloads are now officially “the way forward” for the “Big Four” record labels, Business Week reports. EMI, SonyBMG, Universal and Warner Music , which together control over 70% of the world’s recorded music, have embraced digital downloads, now that they have numbers to justify it, anyway. Two years ago, ... More About: Digital Music , Search , The News , Model
Weblog starts anti-DRM T-shirt contest
2007-06-08 17:39:00 TorrentFreak, a blog dedicated to filesharing protocols, has just started a new T-Shirt contest - but a very peculiar one indeed. Openly standing against Digital Right Management (DRM), the weblog has decided to take actions further by creating a contest on campaign slogans against this kind of music protection. They received the desings which had to carry ... More About: Contest , Weblog , The News , T-Shirt
Rock star pioneers free music site
2007-06-07 17:03:00 The musician Peter Gabriel has told the BBC about his ambitions for a new website that will distribute free music - legitimately. The former singer with prog rock group Genesis has established the We7 website as a place that will benefit both music fans and musicians. Users will be able to download music for free, but ... More About: Music , Rock Star , Free Music , Rock , Free
LALA.COM Reinvents Digital Music on the Web
2007-06-06 13:49:00 LALA.COM today announced a new web-based service that enables users to store their iTunes music library online for free at LALA.COM. With LALA.COM, users can play music from anywhere, share it with anyone, and purchase music for their iPod digital devices for the first time from a user-friendly, Web-based interface. “Before today music was ripped and ... More About: Music , Digital Music , The News , Digital , Lala
Ray-Ban and MySpace Prepare Band Contest
2007-06-05 10:45:00 Ray-Ban is now joining forces with MySpace to deliver an emerging band contest, Digital Music News reports. The effort, slated to begin June 15th, will feature a customized Ray-Ban profile page that solicits material from up-and-coming acts. Also involved in the project is LA-based Music Interactive, which recently crafted promotional concepts for Hyundai and Dodge. As ... More About: Contest , Band , Myspace , The News , Contes
Personal Data Hidden in iTunes Tracks
2007-06-04 17:08:00 Fresh privacy fears have been sparked after it emerged that Apple has embedded personal information into music files bought from its iTunes online music store. Technology Web sites examining iTunes products discovered that personal data, including the name and e-mail addresses of purchasers, are embedded into the AAC files that Apple uses to distribute music tracks. The ... More About: Personal , Itunes , Data , The News
Accomplishments
2007-06-01 10:21:00 “Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.” Eric Clapton More About: Music , Quotes , Bands
Sanity?s music store delayed
2007-05-31 14:24:00 The debut of Microsoft and Sanity’s digital music store - announced at the end of January and one of the centrepieces of the Australian Windows Vista launch event - has been inexplicably delayed until at least mid-June. The service was originally scheduled to go live in April; a monthly subscription costing “less than a couple of ... More About: Music , Zune , Store , The News
Beatnik announces new digital music format
2007-05-30 12:07:00 U.S. software company Beatnik has announced a new music download system that it says compresses songs up to 10 times more than the MP3 format, allowing for faster downloads. Beatnik bills the service as able to deliver music services to mass-market, lower end phones over 2.5G networks. “By enabling over-the-air full-track delivery to low cost ... More About: Music , Digital Music , The News , Digital , Digi
Plunge in CD sales shakes up big labels
2007-05-29 12:23:00 Terra Firma Capital Partners, a private equity investor whose diverse holdings include a European waste-conversion business, is paying more than £2.4 billion to buy EMI, in a deal that awaits shareholder approval. EMI’s results, released on 21st May, show revenue down 15%. Operating margin collapsed from 9.7% to only 3.3%. Underlying profit before tax went ... More About: Sales , Labels , The News , Abel
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra goes digital
2007-05-28 17:49:00 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has taken its first giant steps into the digital domain. Hard on the heels of launching the orchestra’s new in-house CD label, CSO Resound, it has announced a partnership with digital distributor IODA that will make CSO Resound recordings available for download via iTunes, Yahoo! Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Verizon, Sprint, and ... More About: The News , Digital , Digi , Stra
The battle over music piracy
2007-05-25 17:23:00 Time.com, in partnership with CNN, has published an interesting article about the cultural aspects of music piracy. Lev Grossman has taken the recent news of Amazon.com entering the MP3 market and raised some fair questions about why it might be a success in Time’s Technoculture section. Learning to love your inner pirate When Amazon.com announced its plan ... More About: Music , Debates , Piracy , The News , Battle
Coketunes down while digital up
2007-05-24 20:04:00 Music download site Coketunes has announced their shut down earlier this summer. Coketunes, which started in late 2005 - when it was New Zealand’s biggest legal music download site - will wind up on August 10, at a time when digital music is about to make a big impact on the nation’s singles and album charts. The ... More About: The News , Digital , Digi , Tune , While
Personal radio stations in every room of the house
2007-05-23 16:22:00 Sonos, Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the digital home, has announced a new release of Sonos System Software v2.2 that will bring Pandora to the award-winning Sonos Digital Music System. Pandora, the developer of the ground-breaking personalized radio service, and Sonos have collaborated to provide music lovers with an exciting ... More About: Radio , Personal , House , The News , Room
South African Telkom to sell music online
More articles from this author:2007-05-22 16:20:00 Telkom has expanded its current online offerings by introducing an online music store with over 500 000 online music tracks. ?Telkom recently signed deals with all of the top international and local music labels giving South Africans easy access to online tracks,? says Steven Hayward, Managing Executive for Retail Marketing. Hayward said that the company will also ... More About: Music , The News , Online , Sell 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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