Updated with comments from Merge Records, Matador Records, and eMusic CEO Adam Klein. As eMusic prepares to add 250,000 songs from Universal Music Group’s catalogue to its sizeable online music store—and make a major overhaul to its subscription pricing scheme—it appears to be having a falling-out with a large group…

After years of trying, online music e-tailer eMusic has finally struck a partnership with Universal Music Group with a deal that will add 250,000 tracks to the Mp3 downloader’s catalogue, which now stands at ten million.This is also an attempt to widen its extension to digital music outlets on the…

Online music “club” eMusic has hired Adam Klein as its new CEO. Klein is a long-time digital media executive, who has overseen EMI’s digital strategy and also served as president at VideoEgg. He’s replacing current eMusic CEO Daniel Stein, who is staying on as chairman of the company and also…

So the deal has happened, at a slightly higher price: eMusic owner JDS Capital’s private equity arm Dimensional Associates, which has been negotiating with online indie music distributor The Orchard for a few months now, is buying the part it didn’t own, for $2.05 a share, valuing the company at…

Imeem and iLike were scooped for scraps by MySpace Music.  But Lala may have walked away with a respectable buyout, and now, eMusic appears to be angling for a favorable exit.  According to a Christmas Eve story in the New York Post, eMusic owner JDS Capital (the same owner as…

Digital content development studios Revision3 and 60 Frames have had to cut staff in the face of dwindling budgets (and likely demand) for their shows. Meanwhile, blog network Sugar and MP3-subscription service eMusic felt the economic sting as well. Lastly, Inform Technologies is also on the layoffs list, a notable…

The search for MySpace Music CEO just got a bit more competitive: The longtime CEO of online music service eMusic David Pakman is leaving, and joining an as-yet-un-named venture capital firm as a partner. The music company, owned by Dimensional Associates, the private equity arm of JDS Capital Management, has…

For a while there, eMusic was notable as the online music retailer that didn’t have DRM, but that differentiator is pretty much gone. During a panel on the ‘long tail’ at the Needham Internet and Digital Media Conference, eMusic CEO David Pakman argued that his site appealed to adults, and…