Ricall, the online music licensing marketplace, has appointed Ben Walter as Business Development Executive. Based in London, Walter will be responsible for helping strengthen this international profile. Prior to joining. Continue reading

In a coup for eMusic, the DRM-free download service has the entire 28 album Rolling Stones ABKCO catalog available to its subscribers. The bulk of the material was first released. Continue reading

This guest post comes from Nabeel Hyatt of Conduit Labs who blogs at brinking. If you care about music, and therefore whether that business will survive, there was some pretty. Continue reading

"After four years and three months, I’m leaving Yahoo! for another opportunity. I’ll be joining founders Peter Gotcher and Shamal Ranasinghe as the CEO at a still-mostly-stealth company called Topspin. Continue reading

It’s a big Music 2.0 news day – > Jay-Z is joining the Live Nation family with an expansive $150 million deal that includes tours and financing the performer and. Continue reading

Here are the latest CIMS Top 25 Debuts, Top 50 Vinyl and Top 200 via StreetPulse CIMS Top 25 Debuts for April 1, 20081 R.E.M. ACCELERATE2 BLACK KEYS ATTACK &. Continue reading

Can you imagine carrying virtually every song ever recorded around in your pocket? It’s possible thanks to a new compression technology being developed at the University of Rochester that digitally. Continue reading

HYPEBOT FEATURES: Googles’ VP Engineering to head EMI’s digital push. Many challenges are ahead. The Orchard’s losses jump even as revenues double > CondeNast’s Portfolio looks at the strong reaction. Continue reading

The Orchard posted a 99% jump over previous year revenue in the 4th quarter of 2007, but losses also grew from $1.4M to $2.4M as gross profit margins fell 34%. Continue reading