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KOCH To Get New Owners

The same public market investments that many believe robbed the major labels of their entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and stomach for artist development, is now finding its way into the independent. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/26/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 02-18-07

Pos.  ARTIST | TITLE 1 WILLIAMS*LUCIND|WEST 2 JONES*NORAH|NOT TOO LATE 3 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 4 GRIFFIN*PATTY|CHILDREN RUNNING 5 RAE*CORINNE BAI|CORINNE BAILEY 6 DIXIE CHICKS|TAKING THE LONG W 7 BLOC. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/23/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 02-11-07

Pos. ARTIST  |  TITLE 1 GRIFFIN*PATTY|CHILDREN RUNNING 2 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 3 BLOC PARTY|WEEKEND IN THE CITY 4 JONES*NORAH|NOT TOO LATE 5 FALL OUT BOY|INFINITY ON HIGH 6 BAYSIDE|WALKING. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/15/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (2)
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New Study Says Stop Blaming P2P

A new study in the Journal of Political Economy by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf which took a careful look at P2P and sales data for the dawn of the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/14/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (7)
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EMI In Talks To Sell Catalog As MP3’s

Major news media are now reporting something Hypebot’s been writing for week’s, EMI is in talks to offer a large portion of its catalog as DRM free mp3’s. Various sources. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2007 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 02-04-07

Pos. ARTIST | TITLE1 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 2 JONES*NORAH|NOT TOO LATE 3 CLAP YOUR HANDS|SOME LOUD THUN 4 MOE.|CONCH       5 GOOD THE BAD & |GOOD THE BAD. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/08/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Distributor Navarre Reports 2.1% Sales Drop

Music and video distributor Navarre reported fiscal year 2007 third quarter results for the period ending December 31, 2006. The Company reported net sales of $210.2 million for the third. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/06/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Target Grabs Kenny Loggins and 14 Other Exclusive Adult CD Releases

Target Stores will release exclusive CD’s by Kenny Loggins, David Cassidy and other adult artists, as well as a Phil Ramone-produced CD with new songs by Carole King, Brian Wilson,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/02/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Indie Leader VanCleave On MP3’s, Exclusives & Imports

Don VanCleave heads the Coalition of Independent Music Stores. Just back from MIDEM he writes: "…it seemed there was still much confusion about what is really happening on the paid. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/01/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 01-28-07

Pos. ARTIST |  TITLE 1 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 2 GOOD THE BAD & |GOOD THE BAD & 3 OF MONTREAL|HISSING FAUNA ARE 4 SPEKTOR*REGINA|BEGIN TO HOPE 5 DEERHOOF|FRIEND OPPORTUNITY. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/31/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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