Mercury Records Needs A&R Interns
Mercury Records is seeking interns for the upcoming summer semester. They are looking for students eligible to receive school credit and that live in: New York City Boston Philadelphia Atlanta. Continue reading
EMI Cuts YouTube Deal
EMI and YouTube today announced an agreement which will give YouTube users access to videos and recordings from EMI artists as well as user generated content. “With this deal, all. Continue reading
Net Radio Asks Court To Stop Rate Increase
An emergency stay filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. could delay higher royalty rates for Internet radio. The motion, filed by the Digital Media Association,. Continue reading
iTunes Selling EMI DRM Free But Attaching Purchaser’s Info
UPDATED: iTunes yesterday began selling thousands of higher quality EMI tracks DRM free and added an upgrade option for previous purchases. But the offering dubbed iTunes Plus comes with some. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: WMG Adds TV, Viacom Sells Famous, SonyBMG Finance Film
>>> WMG is putting its video archives online in ad supported genre and artist channels or "digital hubs". >>> Viacom is selling Famous Music publishing to Sony/ATV. (Reuters) >>> Borders’. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 05-27-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 WILCO|SKY BLUE SKY 2 USED|LIES FOR THE LIARS 3 OSBOURNE*OZZY|BLACK RAIN 4 MAROON 5|IT WON’T BE SOON B 5 PINK MARTINI|HEY EUGENE! 6 LINKIN PARK|MINUTES. Continue reading
CBS Buys Last.FM For $280 Million
CBS has just bought music and social networking site Last.FM for $280 million. Founded in 2002 Last.FM claims 15 million users worldwide most of them in the sought after younger. Continue reading
Terra Firma Confirms EMI Bid Setting June 27th Deadline. Now It Gets Interesting…
Private equity firm Terra Firma has officially confirmed its 265 pence per share cash bid totaling 2.4 billion pounds ($4.7 billion) for EMI effectively setting a June 27th deadline for. Continue reading
iTunes Upgrade Paves Way For EMI’s DRM Free Launch. Indies Left Wondering When They’ll Be Invited.
A new upgrade 7.2 for iTunes which appeared late yesterday offers support for "iTunes Plus", the title Apple has given for the higher 256 bit-rate DRM free downloads from EMI. . Continue reading
AOL To Unleash YouTube Competitor UnCut
AOL is readying a competitor to YouTube called UnCut for public launch next month and plans to seed it throughout its properties including IM. This more controlled user generated environment. Continue reading
