Friday’s Music Briefing: Radio Royalties, MySpace Makeover & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES – French service has unlimited downloads for a flat fee. Why can’t they do this everywhere? Universal lost a lawsuit to stop re-sale of promos Metallica apologized to. Continue reading
No Stopping Sales Of Promo CD’s
UNIVERSAL LOOSES COURT RULINGGrab your review copies and call your friends at the labels! Universal sued an online retailer who often re-sold promo CD’s. The courts ruled against the label. Continue reading
Metallica Aplogizes To Blogs, Blames Mgt.
If you haven’t been following the silliness, Metallica invited a few bloggers to a listening party for their new CD, then demanded take-downs when they posted reviews. Now the band. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Charts Chart For 6-11-08
CIMS Top 30 Debuts for 6-10-081 MY MORNING JACKET EVIL URGES2 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III3 PLIES DEFINITION OF REAL4 N.E.R.D. SEEING SOUNDS5 HARRIS,EMMYLOU ALL I INTENDED TO BE6 DYLAN,JAKOB. Continue reading
Flom Exits Capitol. Are Label Heads Dinosaurs?
Sources have confirmed that Jason Flom, who heads EMI’s recorded-music operations in North America as chairman of Capitol Music Group, is negotiating an exit. He follows Capitol President Lee Trink. Continue reading
Pearl Jams Offers Verizon Mobile Bootlegs
Pearl Jam is expanding the band’s bootleg program for their 12-city U.S. tour via Verizon Wireless. Verizon customers will have exclusive mobile access to to new live recordings. Pearl Jam. Continue reading
Pre-Release Pirate Arrested
UK police have arrested a man suspected of selling a "vast quantity" of pre-release albums on eBay, weeks before their official release. The man, a DJ and music reviewer based. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Live Nation Bickering, New Harp, RAA $’s & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Jason Flom follows Lee Trink out of the Capital Executive Suite plus commentary. Neither exec will be replaced. Can it work? Take our poll. BMG is close to. Continue reading
BMG In Advanced $1.2-$1.5B Sale Talks
FT Deutschland is reporting that Bertelsmann is trying to sell its 50% stake in Sony BMG for $1.5 billion over the next 4 to 6 weeks, but may only get. Continue reading
EMI Unlocks BBC Vaults
EMI and BBC Worldwide have struck a deal to release EMI related material from the network’s extensive archive of TV and radio recordings. In return the BBC will have the. Continue reading
