Bronfman & Pals Pocket Another $15 Million From WMG

Staffing cuts and dropped artists followed the bargain basement purchase of the Warner Music Group by Edgar Bronfman Jr. and his investment group. But the pain is not being shared. Continue reading

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Epic Resurrects Shakira…Why?

Shakira’s "Hips Don’t Lie: set a record selling 266,500 downloads in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan breaking the previous record of 175,000 copies of D4L’s "Laffy Taffy." According. Continue reading

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Neil Levine To Head New Caroline/EMI Urban Marketing Unit

Veteran indie hip-hop entrepreneur Neil Levine has been tapped to establish a unit offering promotion, marketing and digital services for urban labels via Caroline, EMI’s independent distribution arm.  He will. Continue reading

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Sony May Try To Buy Out BMG

The latest rumors have Sony looking at a purchase of the BMG half of Sony BMG, but BMG parent Bertlesmann denies it.  This comes in the wake of internal shake-ups. Continue reading

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Geffen Records To Use RSS Feeds To Promote Bands

Geffen Records is using Feedburner RSS (really simple syndication) feeds to empower fans and bloggers to help keep track of news from their favorite bands.  With RSS Geffen can create. Continue reading

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EMI Steps Out Front With Ad Supported P2P QTrax

EMI has become the first major music company to make its catalog of recordings available to the first advertising-supported legal peer-to-peer music distribution service.  The service, called Qtrax is launching. Continue reading

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Ienner & Anthony Out At Sony. Columbia’s Greenberg May Be Next.

UPDATED: The major label purging continued today as Don Ienner and Michele Anthony resigned from the Sony Music Label Group, effective immediately. Ienner was only promoted to his post three. Continue reading

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BMG Publishing For Sale To Keep Bertelsmann Private

Bertelsmann, the parent company of the BMG half of Sony BMG, will take out a $5.74 billion bridge load to pay off a key investor rather than take the company. Continue reading

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A Rare Job Posting At A Major Label

Reply to: job-164315261@craigslist.orgDate: 2006-05-24, 2:15PM PDTManager of Web Services and Development @ Warner Bros. RecordsBefore submitting anything to us, keep this in mind: – This is a management level position. Continue reading

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Ditty Bops Bike Across America In Support Of New CD “Moon Over The Freeway”

Talk about suffering for your art…The Ditty Bops are embarking on a bicycle tour of America in support of cycling, clean air, and their new WB album "Moon Over the. Continue reading

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