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eMusic Launches New Site With Tiered MP3 Pricing

Nov 18, 2010 9:12 PM

eMusic launched its new website today, which includes 250,000 new songs from Universal, new hits from Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music and Warner Music—and higher prices for its newer tracks.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Companies, Best Buy, Cablevision, Comcast, Disney, ABC, Playdom, Microsoft, MSN, NBC Universal, CNBC, Playboy, Spotify, Warner Music Group, emusic, sony music entertainment, universal

eMusic’s Rift With Indie Labels

Nov 17, 2010 12:25 AM

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…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, emusic, universal

Netflix Agrees To Delay Distribution Of New Releases From Fox And Universal

Apr 9, 2010 11:23 AM

Universal Studios and Twentieth Century Fox, which are both trying to protect sales of their DVDs, have now gotten Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) to agree to delay renting their new titles until 28 days after they are first available for purchase in stores. In exchange, both studios are letting Netflix make…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Companies, Netflix, News Corp., Fox, twentieth century fox, universal

Universal Studios In a Tussle With DVD Kiosk Firm Redbox

Dec 10, 2008 11:01 PM

DVD kiosk retailer Redbox, which filed for an IPO in June (and likely won’t do it anytime soon with the market conditions) is in a scuffle with Universal Studios, where the NBCU-owned company has threatened to cut off Redbox’s supplies of movies from its stable, reports WSJ. Redbox has been…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Legal, Companies, NBC Universal, redbox, universal

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Buzznet Gets Investment From Interscope-Universal Music; Buys Stereogum; Acquisitions Coming?

Mar 29, 2008 3:34 PM

Pop culture-focused social media site Buzznet, based in Los Angeles, has raised a big-ish third round of funding, as much as $25 million, we have learned, and that Universal Music-owned Interscope has invested a few million in it. We haven’t been able to confirm the other investors, but last year…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Exclusive, buzznet, universal

Universal Ending Its HD DVD Exclusivity

Jan 9, 2008 8:19 PM

What a week for the two camps: after Warner Bros. pulled out of HD DVD camp, and denials by Paramount of going completely Blu-Ray, comes the news from Variety that Universal’s commitment to backing HD DVD exclusively has ended, though it has not pulled out of the camp completely. Universal,…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Companies, NBC Universal, blu-ray, hd dvd, universal

Universal Offers HD Movie For Download On Vudu At The Same Time As DVD

Dec 10, 2007 11:26 PM

Universal Pictures is testing the sale of downloadable HD versions of a movie the same day the DVD is released—digital movies to TV service Vudu will offer a HD version of The Bourne Ultimatum on Tuesday, the same day as the DVD comes out reports AP. Vudu normally has movies…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, universal, vudu

Earnings
Total Money Invested By Studios In Movielink: $148 Million; Revenues Stagnant

Oct 25, 2007 11:56 AM

Not that a lot of people are interested in Movielink‘s fate anymore, after it got sold to Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) earlier this year, but if you are from one of the five studios—MGM, Paramount, Sony (NYSE: SNE), Universal and WB—that invested a total of about $148 million in five years,…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Money, Earnings, Companies, Sony, blockbuster, mgm, movielink, paramount, universal, wb

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