Music Business Times Label News Feed Digesthttp://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/ANAXRCICWF.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ For the past three months the service has been available in private beta to a small pool of MySpace users. Links in ads will be able to go to non-MySpace pages in addition to MySpace pages. Users of the service will receive similar analytics that large advertisers receive, which include hour-by-hour traffic figures. Uploaded ads will be screened for content before being posted to the site. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i5c4d8ac24396d86e24b5e23dc6b1e7d4 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i5c4d8ac24396d86e24b5e23dc6b1e7d4? Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:13 GMT President George W. Bush signed into law on Monday a controversial bill that would stiffen penalties for movie and music piracy at the federal level. The law creates an intellectual property czar who will report directly to the president on how to better protect copyrights both domestically and internationally. The... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101301551.html?hpid=sec-tech Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101301551.html?hpid=sec-tech? Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:02 GMT The majority of people working in the music industry are exposed daily to the hassle of transferring large music files. Previous solutions ranged from sending out physical CD masters to putting up with the chaos of file-sharing links and FTP-server logins. SoundCloud changes all this by providing a simple web-based platform that allows users to upload their music once in any format and then manage them quickly and efficiently online from 'the cloud.' http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=114050 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=114050? Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:57 GMT A federal judge has dismissed a putative class action that accused Bertelsmann, Sony, EMI Music and other major labels of conspiring to fix the price of digital music, sold as CDs or downloads. Judge Loretta Preska said the plaintiffs failed to support their claims for violations of the Sherman Act, state antitrust la http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/10/13/Judge_Dismisses_Digital_Music_Antitrust_Case.htm Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/10/13/Judge_Dismisses_Digital_Music_Antitrust_Case.htm? Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:50 GMT Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris doesn't like the way Wired magazine reported what he said last year during an interview. Morris was quoted as saying, 'There's no one in the record company that's a technologist' among other things, leading to widespread criticism that if they hired someone who knew how to leverage... http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/10/universal-chief.html Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/10/universal-chief.html? Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:48 GMT Doug Morris, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, confirmed that his company is considering a plan to build a Web site to showcase its music videos instead of posting them to YouTube. Morris, impresario of the largest of the four top recording companies said that if the company decides to go ahead... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10064538-93.html Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10064538-93.html? Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:46 GMT The European Parliament is currently preparing their response to the Commission proposal to extend the copyright of sound recordings from the current 50 year period to 95 years. This proposal has been put together at the request of big record labels and follows a similar extension in the US. This proposal is... http://mindsync.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/extending-copyright-of-recorded-music/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://mindsync.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/extending-copyright-of-recorded-music/? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:43 GMT For those of you coming in late, a quick introduction to who exactly are the RIAA: The RIAA are a bunch of (scumbag) gangsters who run a protection racket in the background by hiring some of the biggest (scumbag) lawyers in the foreground. One of their chief strategies is spreading FUD and intimidation as far and... http://ezee.se/articles-blog/2008/10/11/riaa-why-should-we-pay-for-our-mistakes/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://ezee.se/articles-blog/2008/10/11/riaa-why-should-we-pay-for-our-mistakes/? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:38 GMT Stringer recounted the epic task of fixing Sony's byzantine, uncommunicative corporate culture, where different divisions would build two or three different versions of the same product without realizing that efforts were being duplicated. He was incredibly charming about Steve Jobs' impact on his thinking... http://www.betanews.com/article/Things_left_unsaid_in_a_recent_interview_with_Sonys_CEO/1223684968 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.betanews.com/article/Things_left_unsaid_in_a_recent_interview_with_Sonys_CEO/1223684968? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:35 GMT Davis might be building his own A+R staff and could be working on new albums from Billy Joel and Harry Connick Jr. Meanwhile, over at rival label Universal Music Group, CEO Doug Morris has signed a new long term deal and as recruited ex-Warner Nusic Group protoge Jason Flom... http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/10/clive-davis-doug-morris-trying-to-save-the-music-industry Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/10/clive-davis-doug-morris-trying-to-save-the-music-industry? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:19 GMT The Lime Wire Store has only been open since March, offering almost two million independent label songs for 99 cents. Lime Wire has 70 million users, which has attracted deals with indie online aggregators IODA and The Orchard... http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/09/technology/limewire.fortune/?postversion=2008101012 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/09/technology/limewire.fortune/?postversion=2008101012? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:36 GMT Here's a look at the top record labels, their artists and their U.S. market share as of Oct. 9: Universal Music Group: 35.12% market share in U.S. Labels include: Geffen Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Motown Records, Verve Music Group, Decca Music Group. Artists include http://townhall.com/news/sci-tech/2008/10/10/top_record_labels_artists,_market_share Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://townhall.com/news/sci-tech/2008/10/10/top_record_labels_artists,_market_share? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:52 GMT IODA, a digital distributor of independent label music, announced this week the launch of IODA Nordic through a partnership with Bonnier Amigo Music Group. Under the terms, IODA will distribute Bonnier Amigo's catalog of independent music and labels through its international network of online and mobile partners. The http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/10/10/ioda-forms-nordic-joint-venture-bonnier-amigo Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/10/10/ioda-forms-nordic-joint-venture-bonnier-amigo? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:47 GMT Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync. The music business combination four years ago made Sony BMG the world's No. 2 record label, generating... http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5fcM5YPitehtlBrWk3d7TK9iwlQD93NLRTO0 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5fcM5YPitehtlBrWk3d7TK9iwlQD93NLRTO0? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:42 GMT Beloved music mogul Clive Davis has taken back an influential post at Sony BMG Music Group, just months after he was stripped of his title as chairman and CEO of the company. Davis, 76, became one of the most revered men in music through his tenure at the label - where he was largely responsible for the careers of... http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/davis%20still%20making%20hits%20at%20sony%20bmg_1083168 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/davis%20still%20making%20hits%20at%20sony%20bmg_1083168? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:41 GMT Wal-Mart has reversed last month's decision to shut down its digital rights management servers, a move that would have forced customers of the company's online music store to transfer their purchases to CDs in order to keep playing the tracks on a PC. In a customer e-mail, Wal-Mart said the reversal followed buyers'... http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/drm/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211100223 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/drm/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211100223? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:36 GMT There's nothing like a glowing profile in Billboard to make a guy look good, and the mag's exclusive interview with Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO Doug Morris is no exception. His office is presented in 'modest statements"'(if you consider a drawing by Bono 'modest'), and he's too focused and centered to... http://idolator.com/5061676/the-music-world-as-seen-by-doug-morris Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://idolator.com/5061676/the-music-world-as-seen-by-doug-morris? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:33 GMT YouTube will now join the forces in distributing music. In conjunction with Amazon, iTunes, EMI and Universal, YouTube will now allow consumers to purchase music without leaving their site according to Rollingstone.com. EMI and Universal music videos that play on YouTube’s website will have an in-video icon to... http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/ear_candy/youtube_to_help_sell_music_887765/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/ear_candy/youtube_to_help_sell_music_887765/? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:32 GMT Former Atlantic and Capitol top executive Jason Flom is nearly finished with negotiations that would bring him into the Universal Music Group fold. UMG chairman/CEO Doug Morris was a mentor to Flom when the latter started Lava Records as an imprint of Atlantic and Morris was chairman of Warner... http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE49A02H20081011 Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE49A02H20081011? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:30 GMT In early February 2007, Stephanie Lenz's 13-month-old son started dancing. Pushing a walker across her kitchen floor, Holden Lenz started moving to the distinctive beat of a song by Prince, 'Let's Go Crazy.' He had heard the song before. The beat had obviously stuck. So when Holden heard the song again, he did what... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122367645363324303.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122367645363324303.html?mod=googlenews_wsj? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:29 GMT An Ipsos quarterly study of released Wednesday shows significant gains in the court of public opinion for Amazon and Rhapsody, with more consumers identifying them as the best online music option. Among Americans who were aware of more than one online music store, 9 percent said Amazon was best -- the first year... http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/10/report-amazon-r.html Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/10/report-amazon-r.html? Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:40 GMT Online retailer Play.com hasn’t always been in the music industry’s good books, most infamously when it clashed with the BPI over its policy of selling cheap import CDs to UK consumers. However, the company is certainly rubbing along nicely with the labels now, having just announced that it’s signed up Sony BMG, Warn http://musically.com/blog/2008/10/09/playcoms-playdigital-signs-up-remaining-major-labels/ Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://musically.com/blog/2008/10/09/playcoms-playdigital-signs-up-remaining-major-labels/? Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:34 GMT 'ReverbNation’s comprehensive marketing platform makes it simple for musicians to communicate with fans wherever they are on the Internet,' said Tony Bifano of ETF Venture Funds. 'Over 250,000 artists have already selected ReverbNation as their marketing partner to promote their music and generate royalty... http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081007006710&newsLang=en Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081007006710&newsLang=en? Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:03 GMT Believe Digital, a France-based provider of digital music distribution and marketing services, has acquired German independent digital music distributor MTunes, and also raised a $6.5 million second round of financing, PaidContent reported. Financial terms of the MTunes acquisition were not disclosed. Founded i http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/10/08/france%2526%2523039%3Bs-believe-digital-buys-mtunes%3B-raises-%246.5-million Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/10/08/france%2526%2523039%3Bs-believe-digital-buys-mtunes%3B-raises-%246.5-million? Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:01 GMT Get ready for yet another online music store, this one presented by one of the Big Four music labels. EMI plans to launch its own music portal later this year that will allow the label to market music from its artists directly to fans, in addition to music videos and other "unique" content. Unfortunately, the label's http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081008-emis-planned-emi-only-music-store-misses-the-point.html Delicious/mbtimes/laticker http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081008-emis-planned-emi-only-music-store-misses-the-point.html? Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:54 GMT