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How Jackson's "Thriller" changed the music business
Reuters Canada - 22 Hours ago
By Gail Mitchell and Melinda Newman LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - In early 1984, when Epic Records executives presented their slate of upcoming releases at the convention in Hawaii of parent company CBS Records,
Jackson's talent changed the music world Times Colonist
How Jackson's 'Thriller' changed the music business (Reuters) Yahoo! News Australia
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Jammie Thomas plans to appeal $2m RIAA ruling...
Electronista - 14 Hours ago
Jammie Thomas-Rasset the recent court decision ordering her to in a case involving the RIAA. The legal battle has followed several twists, with the initial filing only leading to damages totaling $222,000
Jammie Thomas To Appeal $1.9 Million RIAA Verdict Slashdot
Jammie Thomas plans to appeal $2m... Electronista
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Cricket...Musical Royalty...Consumer Advice...Weekend Stress
CBC - 17 Hours ago
0700 That's cricket, you say? Yup, we're saying it more and more in this province as the popularity of cricket soars. But how exactly do you play the game and why are so many people attracted to it? Mary
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Asiaâ??s Music Industry Seeks New Ways To Profit
Red Orbit - 5 Hours ago
Asia�s music industry has fallen under steep pressure in recent years amid rampant piracy and shrinking demand for CDs.� However, the industry is hoping the emergence of social media and new technologies
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Asia is testing ground as music industry seeks to boost sales
Khaleej Times - 57 Minutes ago
Khaleej Times Online>> News >> SPECIAL FEATURES Francesca Ayala (AFP) HONG KONG - Rampant piracy and a crumbling market for CDs has put the music industry in Asia under immense pressure, but
Asia tested as music industry seeks to boost sales The Province
Asia music industry's testing ground Business Recorder
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Didier Kussu Blasts Sony Music And Others On Michael Jackson
Music Industry News Network - 15 Hours ago
Written by Didier Kussu United Entertainment & Media Limited founder, Didier Kussu argues fans to stop buying Michael Jackson's music and related products. Millions of fans, leaders, musicians and friends
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Wawawa Music Store Integrates With Windows Media Player In China Universal Music
Music Industry News Network - 15 Hours ago
R2G, the leading legal digital music distribution company in China, today announced the integration of its digital music store, wawawa into Microsoft's Windows Media Player to provide China's growing
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Spotify offers first audiobook
Stuff.tv - 17 Hours ago
Spotify has taken a bit of a side step from its normal content, and is offering up its first audiobook. Free: The Future of a Radical Price has been written and narrated by Wired editor Chris Anderson,
Spotify trials first audiobook title T3
Audiobooks arrive on Spotify PC Pro
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U2 open world tour with a bang in Barcelona
China Economic Net - 17 Hours ago
Singer Bono of U2 performs during the first concert of the U2 360? Tour at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona June 30, 2009.[Agencies] U2 kicked off their first tour in three years on Tuesday, rocking a raucous
U2 360 Tour Presented by BlackBerry: U2 Kick Off Their 360 Tour at Barcelona's Nou KLFY
U2 opens '360' world tour with a bang in Barcelona Africa Leader
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21Boom Creates Show Open & Title Design for MTV's It's On With Alexa Chung
Pixels - 20 Hours ago
--MTV has tapped 21Boom, the Manhattan-based creative and marketing services shop, to design and produce a show open and complete package graphics for its new talk and variety show, It's On with Alexa
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Spotify lures investors with 200m siren song
Times Online - 63 Minutes ago
Music streaming website Spotify is trying to drum up a valuation of close to 200m as it seeks new investment of between 20m and 30m. The service, which has signed up more than 2m users in Britain since
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Spotifys 200m siren song lures investors
Times Online - 84 Minutes ago
Music streaming website Spotify is trying to drum up a valuation of close to 200m as it seeks new investment of between 20m and 30m. The service, which has signed up more than 2m users in Britain since
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Chris Anderson's Free and the future of writing: part two (Malcolm Gladwell)
Examiner.com - 5 Hours ago
Gladwell puts Anderson in a direct line from Stewart Brand, famous in the 60s for The Whole Earth Catalog, and later for the statement, 'Information wants to be free.'But as Gladwell asks, how can information
Chris Anderson launches Free to UK media industry Media Week Online
Chris Anderson's Free is first free audiobook on Spotify CNET.co.uk
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For more than 80 years, commercial stations have aired songs without paying royalties
Los Angeles Times - 7/3/2009
Reporting from Washington -- Broadcasters call the Performance Rights Act a tax. To the music industry, it's more like a royalty fee. But the legislation, which is gaining momentum in both the House and
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MTV to introduce more music programming
The Airwaves - 23 Hours ago
MTV is to introduce more music programming to its schedule. The channel is to double its music output, with music content shows increasing from 20% to 40% with a view to a 50/50 split. In recent years,
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SEC Filing Outlines A Merged Ticketmaster-Live Nation
Billboard - 7/3/2009
- Touring By Ray Waddell, Nashville Ticketmaster and Live Nation filed a with the SEC on Wednesday. The document is not complete but offers many details on the proposed merger of the two companies. -
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AEG Ogden Deal For Sydney Entertainment Centre Nixed
Billboard - 7/3/2009
Brisbane Arena Management, operator of the Sydney Entertainment Centre, has admitted competitor AEG Ogden had been circling the venue's operating lease, but said any such deal has since been nixed. Reports
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Thomas To Appeal Huge RIAA Fines
Broadband Reports - 7/3/2009
Thomas was recently found guilty of copyright infringement for sharing songs via P2P, and was fined $1.9 million dollars ($80,000 per song). Quickly after the verdict, the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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MTV apologises for abusive language on reality show
Mid Day - 7/3/2009
MTV says sorry for 'vulgarity'   Date:  2009-07-03   Place:Delhi     Govt asks the channel to run a scroll for three days, apologising for abusive language on reality show For the next three days
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Video: AEGs Phillips Discusses Canceled Michael Jackson Concerts
Billboard - 7/3/2009
- Touring By Mitchell Peters, L.A. AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips sat down with media outlets today (July 2) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to discuss the fallout of what would have been a 50-show
Video: AEGâ??s Phillips Discusses Canceled Michael Jackson Concerts Billboard
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RIAA defendant to appeal
Electronista - 7/3/2009
Jammie Thomas-Rasset the recent court decision ordering her to in a case involving the RIAA. The legal battle has followed several twists, with the initial filing only leading to damages totaling $222,000
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HMV Lifted by Demise of British Rivals
BusinessWeek - 7/2/2009
By James Thompson and Helena Nathan-King The entertainment retail group HMV (HMV.L) has vowed to drive home its market-leading position this year after the collapse of its rivals, as it posted robust
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Mesa Air scores a court victory against Delta
USA Today - 7/2/2009
ATLANTA - A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a preliminary injunction barring Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest airline operator, from terminating a regional flying contract with Mesa Air
Music industry scores victory against file-sharing site IP World Online
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Sony Music Entertainment and IODA Partner to Create Leading Digital Distribution
TickerTech.com - 7/3/2009
Partnership to Leverage Combined Global Online Retail Distribution Network And Complementary Technologies Sponsored by: NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Entertainment (SME) today announced
Sony Music, IODA Partner For Digital Distribution Network FMQB
And Then: Sony Music, IODA Officially Announce Partnership... 2009-07-02 Digital Music News
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President Obama gives Queen iPod full of MP3s, but will the RIAA sue?
Geek.com - 7/3/2009
Last time President Obama met with a major British leader, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, he managed to spectacularly blow it in the diplomatic exchange of gifts. Gordons gift was politically appropriate
President Obama Gives Exclusive Interview to AP Gadsden Times
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