Friday’s Music Briefing: Nokia, Drowning Pool, Rolling Stone & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Copyright Royalty Board Makes Few Rate Changes Nokia Unveils Comes With Music. EMI Joins In. Nokia Taps Orchard As First Indie Provider 7digital CEO: Nokia’s Music Service "Fatally. Continue reading
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Nokia Unveils Comes With Music. EMI Joins In.
At events today in London and Singapore, Nokia announced the debut of its Comes with Music digital entertainment service. EMI also announced that it would become the fourth major label. Continue reading
Nokia Taps Orchard As First Indie Provider
Nokia has chosen The Orchard as its premier independent provider for the launch of its new Comes with Music service announced today in London. As a part of the unique. Continue reading
7digital CEO: Nokia’s Music Service “Fatally Flawed”
"Nokia’s new service is an interesting new model for digital music but at first glance seems fatally flawed. Songs downloaded through the Comes With Music service are not in MP3. Continue reading
New Mechanical Rates Expected Today
The three Federal judges that make up the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board will decide mechanical royalty rates for downloads, CD’s and ringtones. A substantial change could set off a chain. Continue reading
Sony Completes BMG Purchase
Sony has completed the acquisition of Bertelsmann’s 50% stake in Sony BMG, which was originally announced in August. The music company, to be called Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SMEI), is. Continue reading
imeem Counters MySpace Music With Redesign
A newly redesigned imeem goes live today as part of a campaign to slow a MySpace Music jugaurnaut that claimed 1 billion streams in its first week. Both services offer. Continue reading
Cut From The NY Times, Leeds Lands At Buzznet
Buzznet is expanding its music editorial team with the addition of Jeff Leeds, a popular former New York Times music reporter, as its new Editor-in-Chief. In addition, former Alternative Press. Continue reading
Ticket Insurance: NFL Has It. Why Not Concerts?
Secondary ticketing company viagogo.com has launched an options market for NFL playoff tickets. Why not extend the concept in some form to concert tickets? With Victory Pass, you pay for. Continue reading
