Music Business Times - Music Deals Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/6JHSCTTD0Y.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ Multi-billion-dollar transactions, including the buyout of GoDaddy.com and the sale of EMI Music Publishing, helped aid a 28% boost in the value of media transactions last year, according to a report from I-bank Berkery Noyes. Volume was up as well, with 389 deals struck during 2011, compared with 336 deals struck in 2010... http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2012/02/07/the-morning-leverage-legislative-%E2%80%98time-bomb%E2%80%99-ticking-away-in-europe/ Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2012/02/07/the-morning-leverage-legislative-%E2%80%98time-bomb%E2%80%99-ticking-away-in-europe/? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36 GMT The deal moves Roxio’s products into Corel’s portfolio. Roxio is best known for software to create, edit, produce and play video and audio, including the Mac-user favorite Roxio Toast along with Roxio Creator, Roxio Game Capture, Roxio CinePlayer DVD Decoder and other titles. Corel also announced the first new product to emerge from the acquisition... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2012/02/08/roxio-now-belongs-to-corel Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2012/02/08/roxio-now-belongs-to-corel? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:33 GMT Entrepreneurs and investors take note: iLike went from a leadership position in social music to nothingness in less than the span between summer Olympics. iLike was a trailblazer in connecting people with music they love. It allowed music fans to follow their favorite artists' music and tour dates as well as buy downloads. It released a mobile app in 2009 that allowed people to track the concerts of their favorite artists - TechCrunch called it a 'must-have' for people who keep tabs on their local music scenes. Also in 2009 the company partnered with Google to include streaming song clips in search results... http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/ilike-early-digital-music-trailblazer-officially-1006128952.story Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/ilike-early-digital-music-trailblazer-officially-1006128952.story? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:31 GMT Alvertis Isbell (Al Bell, ex-Chairman of Stax Records) owned two companies in the 1990s, music publisher Alvertis Music and label Bellmark Records. Bellmark allegedly gained the rights to Tag Team's 'Whoomp! (There It Is)' and Duice's 'Dazzey Duks,' and DM Records licensed the recordings in 1997. When Bellmark filed for bankruptcy two years later, DM bought the songs at the bankruptcy estate and gained rights to them. Alvertis Music did not declare bankruptcy along with Bellmark, and contends that DM then began using the songs in ways that violated Alvertis Music's rights... http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/07/43707.htm Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/07/43707.htm? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:22 GMT ReDigi (www.ReDigi.com), the online marketplace for pre-owned digital music, won a major victory in a court hearing today when Capitol Records was denied a request for a preliminary injunction in an attempt to shut down ReDigi. In Capitol's filing, the label challenged the legal principles at the foundation of the entire cloud computing industry, worth an estimated 41 billion dollars per year... http://finance.sfgate.com/hearst.sfgate/news/read/20568208/redigi_wins_major_victory_in_court_hearing_over_pre Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://finance.sfgate.com/hearst.sfgate/news/read/20568208/redigi_wins_major_victory_in_court_hearing_over_pre? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:34 GMT A third major label group has been drawn into the fray over digital royalties, as Sister Sledge and Ronee Blakely have sued Warner Music Group, alleging they were shortchanged on payments. The class action succeeds similar suits lodged last year against Universal Music Group by the Rick James estate, Rob Zombie, Dave Mason, Chuck D of Public Enemy and Peter Frampton, and against EMI Music's Capitol Records by the estate of Knack drummer Bruce Gary. The new suit contends that WMG violated royalty provisions of Sister Sledge's and Blakely's contract 'in a wide-spread and calculated manner' by paying royalties on music downloads and ringtones calculated on the basis of sales, rather than licenses, which pay a much higher rate... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049716 Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049716? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:27 GMT While the mainstream media is getting worked up over Edgar Bronfman's comments on how dangerous a combined Universal/EMI recorded-music operation will be - not to mention his proclamation that the Warner Music Group will fight it 'tooth and nail' - music industry sources say the company's opposition is just baseball as usual. Over the past 15 years, every deal that involved a merger or acquisition between the majors has been opposed by some if not all of the majors not involved in the transaction. The difference this time is that it was done so publicly and so dramatically... http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/analysis-edgar-bronfman-s-big-statements-1006079952.story Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/analysis-edgar-bronfman-s-big-statements-1006079952.story? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:08 GMT Universal Music yesterday announced a new partnership with Dutch company the Talpa Media Group in relation to yet another talent TV show format to be called 'The Winner Is'. Talpa is also the company behind talent franchise 'The Voice’, which is due to come to British screens in March via the BBC, and Universal is the record label partner on that programme too... http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/universal-partners-on-yet-another-musical-telly-talent-show/ Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/universal-partners-on-yet-another-musical-telly-talent-show/? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:59 GMT CueSongs provides a simple way for anyone to find well-known, pre-licensed music recordings and immediately purchase the right to deploy them on their websites, on Facebook, YouTube, in apps, online advertising and other micro-usages. CueMusic's co-founder Peter Gabriel says. 'The old world of music licensing is still the exclusive province of the few. It's too expensive for most, rarely available online and can be painfully slow and complicated. By introducing low prices and easy online access, CueSongs is creating a new market for music, to satisfy a huge untapped demand that can begin to provide new income streams for artists... http://brand-e.biz/cuesongs-new-market-for-music_19352.html Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://brand-e.biz/cuesongs-new-market-for-music_19352.html? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:53 GMT Warner is the only major music group that has not licensed its music to Google for its Google Music download store. The other three majors and numerous independents were on board with Google Music when it launched in November. Bronfman explained Warner's holdout by saying every deal 'comes down to economics' and involves factors such as 'piracy and pricing.' He did not elaborate on what, if any, piracy concerns have impacted negotiations, although the larger music industry is known to want a more pro-active effort by search engines to eliminate links to infringing content. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/google-music-an-oxymoron-says-outgoing-warner-1006059952.story Delicious/mbtimes/dticker http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/google-music-an-oxymoron-says-outgoing-warner-1006059952.story? Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:51 GMT