– SoundExchange wants a whopping 10% of revenue increasing to 23% by 2012 for performance royalties from XM and Sirius.  The sat services offered 1/10th of that. (Washington Post) –. Continue reading

Three music business start-ups have been named to BusinessWeek’s Top 25 Young American Entrepreneurs.  To qualify you have to be 25 or younger. Elliott Breece, Joshua Boltuch and Elias Roman. Continue reading

– The Department Of Justice has approved concert giant Live Nation’s purchase of House Of Blues (Pollstar) – With the EU unlikely to agree to a merger with WMG or. Continue reading

MySpace has announced a deal to use Gracenote’s filtering technology to block unauthorized music from the site.  (press release) Exactly how Gracenote filters and allows copy written material that may. Continue reading

– First Robbie Williams, then Korn, now dead people. In a deal that actually makes sense EMI has entered into a partnership with the Dean Martin Trust to act as. Continue reading

This year’s 2007 nominees to the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame are Van Halen, R.E.M., the Stooges, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Patti Smith, the Dave Clark Five,. Continue reading

This year’s 2007 nominees to the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame are Van Halen, R.E.M., the Stooges, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Patti Smith, the Dave Clark Five,. Continue reading

– Don’t miss our exclusive interview with Gary Chen the CEO of Chinese download leader Top100.cn who recently cut a landmark deal with digital distributor The Orchard to bring their. Continue reading

As CEO of Top100.CN Gary Chen recently cut a groundbreaking deal with digital distributor The Orchard to make their massive catalog available in the emerging Chinese market. HYPEBOT: Because The. Continue reading

– The Eagles and Wal-Mart have formed a "strategic marketing partnership". (press release) But really, it’s all about the music… – Sony BMG gave its quarterly report to Wall Street.. Continue reading