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Sony To Purchase Other 50% Of Sony BMG.

Full developing story here.

Bruce Houghton on 08/05/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)
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WMG Stock Falls After Downgrade

Warner Music Group stock fell 11% yesterday after  a Golman Sachs analyst downgraded the stock from Neutral to Sell. Ingrid Chung said WMG will find it difficult to manage costs. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/05/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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EMI Retreats From China & Asia

From our friend Math’s at Music 2.0: EMI has sold off their Greater China operations and though we don’t have the full details, it has also divested its interests in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/04/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Columbia Insider Responds To Hypebot’s Ad Prank

Our prank placing a "Major Labels Are Obsolete" ad on the front page of ColumbiaRecords.com to illustrate the problems with ads on a major label web site has drawn strong. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/01/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Piibe Named EMI Global Digital Development Czar

Former Napster and MusicGremlin executive Miichael Piibe has been upped to Global Head Of Digital Business Development of EMI Music. He had just been named SVP-Business Affairs for EMI North. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/01/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Columbia Records Prank Day #3

If you’ve been following our little exercise making fun of Columbia Records having ads on their web site,  as of early this morning we’ve spent all of $4.14 cents to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/31/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Rob Stephenson To Head Virgin US

BREAKING NEWS: Rob Stevenson has been named to the President of Virgin US by Nick Gatfield, EMI Music’s new President, A&R, North America, UK & Ireland. It is a turnaround. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/30/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Columbia Records Prank Hits 9K Impressions

They apparently haven’t gotten my message or don’t care. Either way, I’m up to 9270 negative impressions for a whopping $4.17 with this rotating ad on ColumbiaRecords.com. Major Labels Are. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/30/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Sony BMG Lost $42M Last Quarter

Sales at Sony BMG decreased 6% over the previous year "due to the continue decline in the physical music market worldwide not being fully offset by growth in digital product. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/30/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Hypebot Infiltrates Columbia Records Site With Anti-Label Ad

There are many reasons why corporate and artist sites should not carry advertising. But the most obvious one is that outside ads change the conversation.  In one of the few. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/29/2008 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (25)
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