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Sony Skipping iTunes on Michael Jackson Release?
The iTunes Store will not be offering downloads from Michael Jackson’s posthumous album, This Is It, according to confidential information leaked late Tuesday to Digital Music News. Already, the lead single, “This Is It,” is making waves at radio, though the big release - a stand-alone, double-disc audio set...
Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iTunes, Michael Jackson, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment, Music, Companies, Apple, Digital Music News
External links 2009-10-14
A Tale of Toxicity: What Happens Next at EMI?
Of the big four major label groups, EMI stands out as the most distressed.  But what happens next in this tale of toxicity?  The outcome depends on a number of volatile variables, though the rejection of a $1.67 billion injection proposal by Terra Firma is hardly an uplifting development. ...
Tags: EMI Group Plc., Financial, Warner Music Group Corp., Financial Accounting, Digital Music, Digital Media, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Digital Music News
External links 2009-11-18
Finally, MySpace Music Licenses 'Fifth Label' Merlin; Reins in Fiercest Critic
MySpace Music has now finalized a global licensing deal with the labels represented by Merlin, according to details tipped Friday to Digital Music News.  Both companies confirmed the relationship, thanks to resolution on a major sticking point related to equity. MySpace noted that Merlin - and other indies -...
Tags: MySpace, MySpace Music, Financial Accounting, Digital Music, Investment, Digital Media, Financial Services, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment, Music, Companies, News Corp., Digital Music News
External links 2009-11-21
So, Who Killed Imeem, Anyway? Executives Blame The Orchard?
Imeem may have connected with an audience, but it never got its happy ending.  The once-promising startup was bloodied by lawsuits, lopsided licensing deals, and an underperforming ad-supported model.  Now, MySpace Music is plucking the remains at fire-sale valuations, and investors are walking away with mere lint.But, for much...
Tags: Lawsuit, Executive, Imeem, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment, Music, Companies, News Corp., MySpace, Digital Music News
External links 2009-12-07
On the Edge of Default: More Details On a Souring EMI?
Is EMI Music getting closer to the edge?  That is the growing consensus, based on a souring loan situation.  The latest to pile on is the Wall Street Journal, whose researchers recently sank their claws into this distressed darling.  Most of the facts are review - pending defaults, a...
Tags: EMI Group Plc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment, Music, Companies, EMI, Digital Music News
External links 2009-08-17
The WMG Reinvention Continues?But Is Time Running Out?
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is continuing to dial back towards its content and marketing roots, a shift reiterated Friday by Atlantic Records GM & EVP of Marketing and Creative Media Livia Tortella.  “We’re an entertainment company, we’re about music.  We’re not a technology company,” Tortella commented during a...
Tags: CD, Artist, Warner Music Group Corp., Marketing Research, Marketing, Entertainment, Music, Digital Music News
External links 2009-08-31

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Michael Robertson: Digital music's bad boy was right
Michael Robertson on iTunes: "Mark my words they will go down and the rest of the world will catch them and surpass them. We've seen this before."(Credit: James Martin/CNET Networks)Over the years, Michael Robertson, the man who founded pioneering digital music service MP3.com, has never hesitated to make a prediction...
Tags: MySpace, Apple iTunes, MP3tunes, MP3.com Inc., digital music
News items 2009-08-26
HP, Dr. Dre plan new 'digital music ecosystem'
Singer Pharrell, Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre pose with headphones from "beats by dr. dre" made by Monster Cable.(Credit: Interscope Records)A new partnership among hip-hop impresario Dr. Dre, Interscope Chairman Jimmy Iovine, and computer maker Hewlett-Packard aims to save digital music.No, this is not an attempt to fix the record...
Tags: Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., digital music, quality, Monster, Richard Shim
News items 2009-08-12
BSkyB to launch digital music service
British Sky Broadcasting will this month launch Sky Songs, its long-awaited digital music service designed to compete with music services such as iTunes and Spotify. The broadcaster has agreed deals with the four major music labels, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal and Warner Music, as well as a number of...
Tags: consumer, Broadband, Apple iTunes, song, digital music, album, EMI Group Plc., British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc., Warner Music Group Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Music Service
News items 2009-10-12
Music Industry Leaders From Universal Music, Nettwerk, EMI Music, MTV, Sony BMG, MySpace, Yahoo! and Music Choice Speak at 6th Annual Digital Music Forum in New York City
Digital Media Wire, the industry's leading digital entertainment and media news, event and information provider, today announced the headline speakers for its 6th Annual Digital Music Forum and Mobile Music Leadership Summit (www.digitalmusicforum.com) to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City on Tuesday, February 28...
Tags: digital music, EMI Group Plc., MTV, MySpace, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Yahoo! Inc.
Research articles 2006-02-13
PixelMEDIA Collaborates with Sonos on Digital Music System
Wireless News 02-11-2005 PixelMEDIA Collaborates with Sonos on Digital Music System WIRELESS NEWS-11 February 2005-PixelMEDIA Collaborates with Sonos on Digital Music System C2005 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com PixelMEDIA, a service company offering integrated strategy, design and implementation...
Tags: Pixelmedia Inc.
Research articles 2005-02-11
Digital music sets the beat of next mobile phone bonanza
STOCKHOLM AFP — With camera phones already sliding into yesterday's news category, digital music is rapidly becoming the new Eldorado of the mobile phone industry. "All operators we meet say that the most important service for this year is actually mobile music," Svante Holm, the head of music sales...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, MARKETING, mobile, phone
Research articles 2005-07-02
New Chip from Cirrus Logic Could Bring Digital Music Home.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Jun. 14--Chip maker Cirrus Logic Inc. introduced a processor Tuesday designed for a consumer appliance of the not-too-distant future: a home jukebox for digital music. Jun. 14--Chip maker Cirrus Logic Inc. introduced a processor Tuesday designed for a consumer appliance of the not-too-distant future:...
Tags: chip, digital music
Research articles 2000-06-14
IFPI reports digital music sales double to USD2bn in 2006
INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Worldwide digital music sales nearly doubled to about USD2bn last year and could amount to 25% of all global sales by 2010, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI. The 2007 Digital Music Report from the IFPI stated that...
Tags: IFPI, SALES
Research articles 2007-01-18
MySpace Music Gets A Shot Of Life With More Videos, New Analytics And iTunes Integration
Not to be left out of the blitz of digital music news being made by Google and Facebook today, MySpace is rolling out major upgrades to MySpace Music. The changes include the integration of music recommendation service iLike, which it bought in August, a slew of new licensed music...
Tags: Analytics, Video, Apple iTunes, MySpace, Music, Integration, Financial Planning, Digital Music, Digital Media, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment, Social Media, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-10-21
Some Colleges to Test Charging Students for Digital Music Downloads.
By Chris Gaither, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 3--SAN FRANCISCO--The tuition bill for some universities may soon include an unusual fee: for digital music. In the latest effort to combat digital piracy, as many as two dozen ...
Tags: Boston Globe, MovieLink, Northeastern University
Research articles 2003-09-03
BNET Daily Dispatch: IBM, Digital Music, Williams-Sonoma, and Green Manufacturing
IBM announced today that it will cut another 1,570 jobs, mostly in its North American technology services unit. The company has dispatched with about 3,000 jobs this quarter and Lee Conrad, national coordinator for the Alliance at IBM, predicts that layoffs will reach 12,000 jobs for the year....
Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Digital Rights Management (DRM), IBM Corp., Digital Music, Manufacturing, Williams-Sonoma Inc., Job, Digital Media, Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Hines
Blog posts 2007-05-30
Texas Instruments to Unveil Chip for Portable Digital Music Players.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Oct. 2--Texas Instruments Inc. -- seeking to duplicate its dominance in chips for cell phones in the fast-growing Internet audio market -- is expected to announce a new semiconductor Monday that promises longer battery life for portable digital music Oct. 2--Texas Instruments Inc. -- seeking to...
Tags: chip, Texas Instruments Inc.
Research articles 2000-10-02
Investment firm sends $1 million to Malta, N.Y., maker of digital music servers.
By Kevin Harlin, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6--High Peaks Venture Partners has made its first investment, putting $1 million into a Malta company that makes high-end home digital music servers. ReQuest Multimedia said it...
Tags: Times Union
Research articles 2004-08-06
Digital Music-Device Maker in Malta, N.Y., Names Tech Veteran as CEO.
By Kenneth Aaron, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 23--ReQuest Inc. has hired tech industry veteran Joseph Gersuk as its new chief executive, three months after he stepped down as MapInfo Corp.'s chief financial officer. Gersuk...
Tags: Times Union
Research articles 2003-06-23
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