Music Business Times Label Newshttp://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/ANAXRCICWF.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ Puretracks is a leading North America digital music provider with a library of 3.4 million songs licensed from all four major music labels and several independent companies. With 2008 revenue of $5.6 million, Puretracks has MP3 and WMA licensing rights for both the United States and Canada. It focuses on the development and delivery of customized music solutions for top-tier companies. The Puretracks platform is supports a wide range of digital music programs. As a leader in this growing market, Puretracks provides incentive and loyalty programs for major brands, private label download stores, album card redemption platforms, and subscription services as well as its own online music store.... http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/marketwire/article.jsp?content=20090703_163505_5_ccn_ccn Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/marketwire/article.jsp?content=20090703_163505_5_ccn_ccn? Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:51 GMT Broadcasters call the Performance Rights Act a tax. To the music industry, it's more like a royalty fee. But the legislation, which is gaining momentum in both the House and the Senate, is making radio stations nervous. For more than 80 years, commercial stations have aired songs without paying royalties to musicians. Sound recordings were exempted from performance rights fees even after they became copyrightable in 1972; and the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act, passed in 1995, applied only to new technologies such as cable, satellite and Internet radio. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-radio3-2009jul03,0,6937549.story?track=rss Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-radio3-2009jul03,0,6937549.story?track=rss? Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:48 GMT For major label Sony Music, the idea of distributing artists from the fat part of the long tail has proven too tempting to resist. The media giant announced on Wednesday that it acquired an undisclosed percentage of longtime independent music bastion IODA, short for Independent Online Distribution Alliance. Sony now stands to profit from the distribution of music formerly considered too niche to garner major label interest... http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/sony-buys-part-of-the-long-tail/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/sony-buys-part-of-the-long-tail/? Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:39 GMT The world's biggest distributor of links to copyright infringing material is to be bought by a software entrepreneur and turned into a legitimate business, the site has announced. The Pirate Bay has agreed to be acquired for £4.8 million. Swedish company Global Gaming Factory (GGF) has agreed to buy the site, which has been at the centre of political, legal and cultural storms all its life. It was the biggest repository of links to pirated content, though it hosted none itself. Its founders were found guilty earlier this year of facilitating copyright infringement in Sweden. http://www.out-law.com/page-10139 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.out-law.com/page-10139? Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:59 GMT Thomas publicly refused to pay the sizable damages, as each of the 24 copyright infringements carries a price of approximately $80,000. In a separate suit, lead lawyer Kiwi Camara is going after the RIAA for allegedly violating anti-racketeering laws by intimidating defendants into accepting settlements, rather than face legal costs of a lengthy court process. The RIAA allegedly offered to settle the first case for $25,000, although it is unclear... http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/07/02/riaa.defendant.to.appeal/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/07/02/riaa.defendant.to.appeal/? Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:51 GMT Jackson's solo album sales in the United States skyrocketed from 10,000 copies in the week before his death to 422,000 in the week ended June 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan. During the same period, U.S. track downloads surged from about 48,000 copies to 2.6 million. The week... http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/michael-jackson-music-sales-surge-could-1003990445.story Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/michael-jackson-music-sales-surge-could-1003990445.story? Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:49 GMT With its independent distribution subsidiary RED, Sony Music currently provides award winning sales and marketing services to independent labels and artists. IODA now brings its proven digital distribution platform for the independent sector into the Sony Music network. With distinct areas of expertise and market focus, RED and IODA will build on their complementary technologies and increase the scope of sales and promotional opportunities that each currently offers its existing and growing customer base worldwide. Both companies will also leverage the global marketing and financial strength of Sony Music to continue expanding their businesses and providing best in class service. http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4017269&access=EH Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4017269&access=EH? Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:15 GMT It’s a major release, and a big deal for the company. When most people think of RealNetworks, they think of media delivery software, multimedia formats, music, and gaming services (and also its recent dispute with Hollywood studios over digital rights management with its RealDVD product)—not necessarily mobile devices... http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/06/24/realnetworks-rolls-out-novel-media-player-moves-deeper-into-mobile-and-social-space/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/06/24/realnetworks-rolls-out-novel-media-player-moves-deeper-into-mobile-and-social-space/? Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:30 GMT There are major differences between the big music download shops, particularly when it comes to selection. That was the findings of chip.de, a Munich-based technology portal. Because it is difficult to determine how many songs in total are offered by any given shop, the testers selected 50 representative artists... http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275131,big-differences-between-online-music-stores.html Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275131,big-differences-between-online-music-stores.html? Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:28 GMT A secret library of over a hundred songs recorded by Michael Jackson could be released following his death. One of the singer's biographers, Ian Halperin, claimed that the unheard songs had been made for his children. Mr Halperin, author of Unmasked, The Michael Jackson Story, said before his death:He wants to... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6584011.ece Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6584011.ece? Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:47 GMT As news spread about Michael Jackson's death on Thursday, fans and curiosity seekers inundated the Internet for information, slowing several major news sites to a crawl, according to website performance measurement firm Keynote Systems. The firm said that during the early evening hours, sites including ABC, CBS, AOL... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/26/death-michael-jackson-spikes-news-traffic%2C-music-sales Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/26/death-michael-jackson-spikes-news-traffic%2C-music-sales? Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:04 GMT I don't know of many pundits who think that the digital economy should be a new wild west at all. I think that many of them are actually just focused on preserving individual rights against a constant landgrab by an industry whose history has shown it to not be above removing right after right after right from people. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1651345334.shtml Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1651345334.shtml? Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:25 GMT U.K. retail store chain Woolworths, which shuttered its more than 800 stores after declaring bankruptcy late last year, has been relaunched as a retail site selling media including CDs, DVDs and video games. The site is operated by Shop Direct Group, which acquired the brand during administration... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/25/u.k.-retail-brand-woolworths-becomes-web-media-store Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/25/u.k.-retail-brand-woolworths-becomes-web-media-store? Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:21 GMT The killer features of FriendFeed continue. Today, the service has just added a way to share files on the service. So now it’s just as easy to share a PDF or text file as it is to share a picture. 'You can attach (almost) any file to your FriendFeed posts via the web interface or by emailing file attachments to... http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/24/friendfeed-adds-file-sharing-no-movies-but-mp3s-are-fine/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/24/friendfeed-adds-file-sharing-no-movies-but-mp3s-are-fine/? Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:18 GMT A Swedish court ruled today that the judge overseeing The Pirate Bay trial earlier this year was not biased by belonging to various pro-copyright organizations. The unanimous decision means that there will be no retrial; the defendants must hope for a successful appeal instead. Judge Tomas Norstrom is a... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/pirate-bay-retrial-denied-judge-declared-unbiased.ars Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/pirate-bay-retrial-denied-judge-declared-unbiased.ars? Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:16 GMT A military band from one of the regiments that guards Queen Elizabeth II signed a $1.65 million record deal Tuesday with a division of Universal Music. The 350-year-old Coldstream Guards band is due to release an album entitled 'Heroes' later this year on Decca, Universal's classical label. It will... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/23/entertainment/e063126D86.DTL Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/23/entertainment/e063126D86.DTL? Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:30 GMT The Echo Nest, a music intelligence platform providing data-driven solutions to the digital music industry, today announced the launch of its Fanalytics platform. Fanalytics applies patented web crawling, machine learning and semantic web technology to help artists and labels better understand, locate and build their http://sev.prnewswire.com/music/20090624/NE3727924062009-1.html Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://sev.prnewswire.com/music/20090624/NE3727924062009-1.html? Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:19 GMT ReverbNation, a provider of online music marketing services, on Wednesday announced a new Sponsored Songs program that will provide up to 1,000 artists the opportunity to earn money when their songs are downloaded by fans. Each song will incorporate 'a small section of branded messaging within the digital cover art... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/24/reverbnation-offers-artists-cash-%2526%2523039%3Bsponsored-songs%2526%2523039%3B-promotion Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/06/24/reverbnation-offers-artists-cash-%2526%2523039%3Bsponsored-songs%2526%2523039%3B-promotion? Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:17 GMT 'The FBI is a government organization. If we have to wait on them to create a new Anti-Piracy logo for us, it could be months before we are back online and releasing music again,' said Universal Music attorney William Levinson... http://moredigitaler.com/2009/06/24/universal-music-loses-fbi-anti-piracy-logo/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://moredigitaler.com/2009/06/24/universal-music-loses-fbi-anti-piracy-logo/? Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:42 GMT Twitter users are more likely to buy music online than non-users. An NPD report says that 33% of Twitter users bought a CD in the last three months, compared to 23% of all Internet users, and 34% of Twitterers purchased a digital download, which is considerably more than the 16% of overall... http://beatcrave.com/2009-06-23/twitter-is-helping-the-music-industry/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://beatcrave.com/2009-06-23/twitter-is-helping-the-music-industry/? Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:36 GMT Interested in purchasing seeqpod.com? The asking price is $125,000, but the buyer gets more than just and url and some residual traffic. According to information shared Friday morning by broker Sedo with Digital Music News, the transfer also includes about one million former user emails, an archive of 400,00 now-def http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061909seeqpod Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061909seeqpod? Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:28 GMT Music publisher EverGreen, now best known as the owners of the 2 Live Crew, Third Eye Blind, MC Hammer and - most importantly - Tupac Shakur catalogues, has just signed a deal with WIDEawake, the Canadian company that acquired the assets of Death Row Records last January. 'After purchasing the Death Row catalog... http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/music/article/death-row-records-plots-massive-comeback-79325 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/music/article/death-row-records-plots-massive-comeback-79325? Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:18 GMT If there's something that gets people's attention, it's news that you can now carry music around with you on a T-shirt! Now, before you get too excited, it will come as a big disappointment to learn that the said T-shirt...doesn't actually play any music?!? At this point, you may be wondering if it's all just a... http://mp3.about.com/b/2009/06/19/forget-portables-why-not-wear-your-music.htm Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://mp3.about.com/b/2009/06/19/forget-portables-why-not-wear-your-music.htm? Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:15 GMT Alas, poor CDs and DVDs, we hardly knew ye. After an all-too-brief relationship, your shiny-silver, coaster-size discs are being replaced by an invisible stream of numbers hidden away on some faceless hard drive. Tangible is giving way to convenience. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090621/ART16/906209966/-1/RSS05 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090621/ART16/906209966/-1/RSS05? Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:13 GMT A High Court battle is looming between the big four companies in the music industry and two of Europes biggest telecoms firms. EMI, Universal, Sony and WEA have filed an action in the High Court against BT and UPC, which owns NTL and Chorus. The music companies claim that BT and UPC are refusing to clamp down on... http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=42589-qqqx=1.asp Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=42589-qqqx=1.asp? Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:10 GMT