Wednesday’s Music Briefing: EMI Distribution, G ‘n R, Paid Trumps Free & More

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• Ticketmaster Experiments With Lower Fees
• Ad Supported We7 Out Of Beta With "Big Listen"
• ArtistData Eases Artist & Label Data Entry Burden
• Video Interview: Muxtape Founder Jason Oulette
• Join the discussion:The Data Dilemma: When Enough Is Enough

MORE NEWS:

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• As reported earlier, EMI is talking to its rivals in the US about outsourcing their retail distribution. EMI will keep sales, marketing and digital distribution. (FT)
• A federal judge has dismissed charges that the major labels colluded to fix digital music prices. (DMN)
• Live Nation and Music Today to sell downloads on artist sites. (Wired)
• The man accused of illegally posting songs on the Internet from an unreleased album by Guns N’ Roses has agreed to plead guilty. (Reuters)
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  A new forecast from Jupiter Research says that paid music services will grow faster than free ones. “While free content will continue to dominate, as overall online audiences for all content categories continue to grow, so the number of European users willing to pay for content online will grow at an even greater rate.” (paidContent UK)
• XM Sirius losses grow despite some revenue growth. (FMQB,PC)