Microsoft Launching Mobile Music Downloads In UK, Tracks Are DRM-Protected
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has launched a UK mobile music download platform offering more than one million tracks and 10,000 videos from Sony (N… Read more »
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Another batch of changes from EMI and owner Terra Firma, but, in a statement, Terra Firma head Guy Hands described the new appointments as “… Read more »
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Carriers have found a new way of dangling content in front of consumers, but with all the same strings attached as the original “walled gard… Read more »
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Broadband Content Bits: Slicethepie; Muzu.TV; Simply Media; BT-Virgin Media
By Patrick Smith
– Slicethepie/SoundOut: Music fan-funding platform Slicethepie has launched a music analytics service SoundOut to give A&R stats on the sal… Read more »
@ CES: Moms Part Of Early Adopters For Nokia’s Comes With Music Service
By Tricia Duryee
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By Tricia Duryee
This year was somewhat an anomaly for the wireless industry. A lot of things got done: the impossible of mergers closed; new phones launched… Read more »
EMI Launches Personalised Music Discovery Site For Direct-To-Fan Retail
Nevermind iTunes, EMI Music is going direct to fans with the surprise launch of a new EMI.com site featuring playlists, recommendations an… Read more »
EMI And Warner Music Group Strike Distribution Deals In India, Middle East, Turkey
By Dianne See Morrison
EMI Music and Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) have agreed to extend their existing marketing and distribution deal in India and the Middle Ea… Read more »
EMI Gets More Terraforming; Hands’ Execs’ Work Is Done
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UK Roundup: Nothern Echo Cuts; EMI Cuts Threat; Advertisers ITV Protection Deal; ASDA’s Digital Mags
By Patrick Smith
– Newsquest’s Northern Echo cuts 17 jobs: It’s hard to imagine things getting worse in the-regional newspaper market. The latest paper to l… Read more »
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EMI Focusing Less On Track Sales, Hires Mycokemusic.com Founder
As Terra Firma’s new broom continues sweeping clean at EMI – with restructuring, job cuts and savings on those lavish artist luxuries – it’s… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Nokia’s Big Traffic Plans; Zed Ringtones On Alltel; Sega Mobile; Mobile Billing
By Matt Kapko
– Nokia (NYSE: NOK) launches traffic program: Nokia has launched a public pilot program out of its Silicon Valley-based research center to… Read more »
EMI Music To Reorg; Divided Into Three Global Units; EMI.com’s Limited Scope
By Rafat Ali
You wouldn’t wish your enemies the job of trying to restructure and revive EMI at this point, but at least they are trying: Elio Leoni-Sceti… Read more »
Labels Including Warner, Beggars Team Up To Launch Music Download Site
By Patrick Smith
A new front is opening in the paid music download war just in time for the holidays: Beggars Group, Warner Music, The Orchard (NSDQ: ORCD),… Read more »
Thumbplay Launches Full-Track Music Store
By Matt Kapko
Thumbplay has launched a full-track music store for mobile phones with a catalog of 1.5 million songs. With DRM-free tracks from Universal,… Read more »
EMI Misses Digital Targets, Self-Flagellates On Its Mistakes
Looks like that turnaround plan may take a while longer to, well, turn things around. EMI losses more than doubled in the year Terra Firma t… Read more »
Play.com Steps Up Music Download Battle With 3 Million DRM-free Tracks From All Four Majors
By Patrick Smith
Play.com has signed up with all four major music labels to offer more than 3 million DRM-free tracks on its PlayDigital music download site,… Read more »
EMI Plans Music Portal With Free, Paid Downloads
EMI is planning a pre-holiday launch of a new music portal that will include the ability to buy downloads, according to the FT. We’ve confir… Read more »
EMI To Launch Consumer Portal: Report; Spotify Launches
By Dianne See Morrison
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@ Nokia Remix Live: First Touch-Screen, Comes With Music, EMI On Board, Plectrum Included
I took the front-row at London’s charming Camden Palace gig venue for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Remix – an event with announcements the handset make… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: MobiTV-ABC Mobile; 3 Sweden Ads; EMI; Gawker Media Goes Mobile
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Industry Moves: Howard Handler Joins EMI Music To Head North American Marketing
A bit of news you’re reading here first — EMI Music is bringing on Howard Handler as EVP/Head of Marketing for North America. Expect the an… Read more »
Unlimited Music Service Battle Heats Up; Vodafone Launches In Australia
By Matt Kapko
The battle and gamble over unlimited music services has arrived. Once Nokia (NYSE: NOK) came out of the gate last December with its Comes Wi… Read more »
Sony Ericsson’s Unlimited Music Service May Come Next Week
By Tricia Duryee
More details are emerging about Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson’s (NSDQ: ERIC) unlimited music service, which sounds a lot like Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK… Read more »
We7 Gets EMI Tracks, Ad-Funded Download Expectations Not Met
We7, the Peter Gabriel-backed music site that offers free tracks by grafting audio ads to the start of songs, has got a license from EMI Mus… Read more »
Ex-EMI Boss Nicoli Back In Business After Year Out
Eric Nicoli, who was moved on as CEO of EMI Group in last year’s takeover by Terra Firma, is ending his year out of business by joining two… Read more »
Updated: Let’s Put Our Hearts Together: EMI Teams Up With Gannett To Promote New Brian Wilson Album
By Joseph Weisenthal
Record labels have to keep experimenting on new ways to market their products. Case in point: Capitol/EMI says it is partnering with newspap… Read more »
Updated: Let’s Put Our Hearts Together: EMI Teams Up With Gannett To Promote New Brian Wilson Album
By Joseph Weisenthal
Record labels have to keep experimenting on new ways to market their products. Case in point: Capitol/EMI says it is partnering with newspap… Read more »
Industry Moves: Piibe Promoted To EMI Music Global Head Of Digital Business Development
Music start-up vet Mark Piibe is moving to the digital side at EMI as global head of digital business development for EMI Music. Effective i… Read more »
EMI Turnaround Well Underway; Radiohead Go With Google
Now that the extravagant “flowers” bill has come down, EMI’s turnaround certainly looks on track. The label may not have to report its earni… Read more »
Thumbplay Partners With Warner Music To Mark Its Fourth Music Label Deal
By Tricia Duryee
Thumbplay confirmed today it has signed a deal with Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) to add content from artists such as Kid Rock and Missy El… Read more »
Round-Up: EMI Music New CEO, Channel Bee, Media Use Growing, iPlayer
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EMI and Infospace Reach Settlement on Ringtone Royalties Lawsuit
By Rafat Ali
EMI, in the midst of its own management reorg, has settled its ringtone royalties lawsuit with Infospace, though the terms were not disclose… Read more »
Nokia’s Comes With Music Deal: EMI May Come On Board Before Service Goes Live
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Industry Moves: BBC Audio & Music, EMI Music
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Forget Digital Music, Beatles In Talks For Video Games
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Beatles representatives, who haven’t yet reached a deal to offer the band’s music online, are now in talks with two video games companies fo… Read more »
EMI Unlocks All Its Artists’ Performances On BBC; Extensive Marketing Collaboration In The Works
By David Kaplan
EMI Music has agreed to allow the BBC to release its artists’ TV and radio performances that are currently in the broadcaster’s archives. Th… Read more »
XM Settles Suit With EMI on Portable Music Player; Major Labels Out Of The Way
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XM Satellite Radio (NSDQ: XMSR) has settled a lawsuit brought by EMI against the firm over the Pioneer Inno digital media player, which has… Read more »
Industry Moves: Second Life Co-Founder Ondrejka Becomes EMI Music Digital SVP
EMI Music is hiring Linden Lab co-founder and developer guru Cory Ondrejka to the new position of digital strategy SVP, in a move it says wi… Read more »
SpiralFrog Signs Distribution Deal With EMI
By Dianne See Morrison
SpiralFrog, the ad-funded free music and video download site, has signed a distribution deal with UK-based label EMI, giving it access to t… Read more »
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