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Today Is They Day We Find Out If Bloggers Can Influence The iTunes Charts

A large group of bloggers and podcasters are urging their fans to join together today March 22nd and make an independently released track #1 on the iTunes chart with a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/22/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 03-18-07

Pos.  ARTIST  |  TITLE 1 ARCADE FIRE|NEON BIBLE 2 YOUNG*NEIL|LIVE AT MASSEY HALL 3 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 4 TYPE O NEGATIVE|DEAD AGAIN 5 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 6 WILLIAMS*LUCIND|WEST 7. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/21/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 03-11-07

Pos.  ARTIST |  TITLE 1 ARCADE FIRE|NEON BIBLE 2 WILLIAMS*LUCIND|WEST 3 AIR|POCKET SYMPHONY 4 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 5 STOOGES|WEIRDNESS 6 SON VOLT|SEARCH 7 GRIFFIN*PATTY|CHILDREN RUNNING 8 BRIGHT EYES|FOUR WINDS. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/14/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Profits Drop At Distributor Handleman

Revenues for the fiscal third quarter ending Jan. 31st were $485.0 million, equal to revenues of the third quarter of last year. But net income for the third quarter was. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/09/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 03-04-07

Pos.  ARTIST  |   TITLE 1 WILLIAMS*LUCIND|WEST 2 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 3 EXPLOSIONS IN T|ALL OF A SUDDE 4 GRIFFIN*PATTY|CHILDREN RUNNING 5 JONES*NORAH|NOT TOO LATE 6 ALLEN*LILY|ALRIGHT STILL 7 PETER. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/09/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Universal France Joins MP3 March

Universal Music France is quietly testing DRM-free downloads according to Billboard.biz. Hypebot has a lso heard recent rumors that other mp3 experiment by Universal are in the planning stages. "L’Olympia,". Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/08/2007 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Will The FCC Payola Settlement Matter?

COMMENTARY: The recent FCC payola probe and $12.5 million settlement with Clear Channel (1100 radio stations), CBS Radio (180 stations),  Entercom (103 stations) and Citadel Broadcasting (213 stations) represented according. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/08/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Caroline Grabs Rough Trade For US

Indie distributor Caroline has grabbed UK-based label Rough Trade Records’ roster of artists in the US.  Caroline will handle both physical and digital distribution through an agreement with World’s Fair. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/06/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Trans World Stores Report Bad Year

Trans World Entertainment last week reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2 006 and despite cost cutting and store closures the picture wasn’t pretty. The company. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/05/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 02-25-07

Pos. ARTIST  |  TITLE 1 WILLIAMS*LUCIND|WEST 2 EXPLOSIONS IN T|ALL OF A SUDDE 3 ANBERLIN|CITIES 4 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 5 GRIFFIN*PATTY|CHILDREN RUNNING 6 JONES*NORAH|NOT TOO LATE 7 ALLEN*LILY|ALRIGHT STILL. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/28/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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