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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:39:04 GMT
Reuters - The magnitude of Sony Music Entertainment's landmark recording contract with the estate of Michael Jackson raises an inevitable question: Is it a smart deal for the label?
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:00:04 GMT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, singer Lady Gaga performs in concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - Lady Gaga's spokesman is declining to comment on a music producer's lawsuit.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:27:07 GMT
AP - Seattlepi.com, the online successor to the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, celebrates its first birthday Thursday with music, free cupcakes and cheap beer.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:30:12 GMT
PC World - Nokia will launch an online music service in India in the first half of this year, a spokeswoman of the company in India said on Thursday.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:00:20 GMT
PC World - Should teenagers who illegally download music, films and the like in their bedrooms be treated like criminal gangs counterfeiting everything from life-saving drugs to Gucci handbags?
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:02:16 GMT
Reuters - Plenty of people download music from the Internet every day, but illegal downloading has a huge economic impact and could put more than one million people out of work by 2015, experts say.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:51:01 GMT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 1988 file photo, Michael Jackson performs during his 13-city U.S. tour in Kansas City, Mo. The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal.  (AP Photo/Cliff Schiappa, File)AP - The man who spearheaded the record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years said Tuesday that Sony Music Entertainment bought a treasure trove of new Jackson music, some of it recorded "quite recently," some in collaboration with other artists.


Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:45:08 GMT

The luxury furniture Michael Jackson (pictured in 2001) commissioned before his death will go under the hammer in June in Las Vegas along with other personal items from the King of Pop, Julien's Auctions announced Friday.(AFP/Pool/File/Beth A. Keiser)Reuters - The King of Pop is dead; long live the King of Pop.


Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:18:07 GMT

US singer Michael Jackson performing in 2006. Sony and the estate of late music legend Jackson have signed a record-breaking 250-million-dollar deal for distribution rights through 2017, US media said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Sony and administrators for Michael Jackson's estate confirmed Tuesday they signed a 250-million-dollar deal that will include releasing new music the pop icon was working on before his death.


Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:55:43 GMT
PC Magazine - Daniel Ek, chief executive of the music streaming service Spotify, spoke to a crowd of 2,000 SXSW attendees on Tuesday - virtually none of whom are legally allowed to use his service.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:30:46 GMT
AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending March 15, 2010:
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:59 GMT

A woman rides a bicycle past the Google China headquarters in Beijing March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Jason LeeAP - China without Google — a prospect that looks increasingly likely — could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web outfits would face less pressure to improve, eroding their ability to one day compete abroad.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:34:46 GMT

Israelis wait to purchase iPhone 3Gs at an Apple store in Tel Aviv, Israel. Internet music veteran David Hyman on Monday unveiled a service that promises low-cost AFP - Internet music veteran David Hyman on Monday unveiled a service that promises low-cost "all-you-can-eat" on-demand songs for users of Apple iPhones and Android smartphones.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:31:25 GMT
Reuters - British songwriters, composers and music publishers earned 623 million pounds ($944.8 million) in royalties in 2009, up 2.6 percent on 2008 and the first time the growth in digital revenues outperformed the drop in CD and DVD earnings.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:35:03 GMT

FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, music producer Phil Spector sits in a courtroom for his sentencing in Los Angeles. Spector has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. (AP Photo/ Al Seib, Pool, file)AP - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.


Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:21 GMT
AP - THE SERVICE: OnLive will let you "stream" popular high-end games over the Internet, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:19:02 GMT
AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:41:40 GMT
AP - Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:25:11 GMT

Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs at a benefit concert on behalf of the Oxfam Haiti Relief Fund in Hollywood, California in January 2010. Record industry bosses have hit back at the AFP - Record industry bosses hit back Tuesday at the "myth" that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the Internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:07:18 GMT
Reuters - Pink Floyd on Tuesday launched legal action against record label EMI in a case that centres around royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age.
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