Music Business Times International News Feed Digesthttp://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/GFDELBLYFY.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ 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/iticker http://mindsync.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/extending-copyright-of-recorded-music/? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:43 GMT Boosey + Hawkes, the classical-music publisher that controls the rights to works by Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff, has emerged as a contender to buy the Rodgers and Hammerstein collection of music and shows including Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific. The back catalogue of more than 3,000 songs, such as... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article4926640.ece Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article4926640.ece? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:29 GMT Channel 4 in the UK is pulling the plug on its DAB radio stations. The reason being that it is an unaffordable enterprise for them. Pull the other one!! It could be more to do with the fact that it tends not to work well in cars, or on the move in general. The units that are available for cars have to keep switching to FM... http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009508o-2000578623b,00.htm Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009508o-2000578623b,00.htm? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:23 GMT According to Progg, any amateur-musician was far superior to professional artists who wanted to make a living with solid productions. But ABBA broke one sales-record after the other. And when a group of Progg-musicians visited Cuba to soak up revolutionary, left-wing music ideas, they were beleagured with enthusiastic questions about ABBA from local musicians. http://abbaarticles.blogspot.com/2008/10/dagblad-de-limburger-february-2002.html Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://abbaarticles.blogspot.com/2008/10/dagblad-de-limburger-february-2002.html? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:51 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/iticker 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/iticker http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5fcM5YPitehtlBrWk3d7TK9iwlQD93NLRTO0? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:42 GMT Mufin is launching a new way for music lovers everywhere to discover new songs and artists with their audio fingerprinting technology. Now available in private beta, mufin's music discovery engine enables people to move beyond current geographic and marketing boundaries and tap into a global library of artists through http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/mufin-brings-world-little-closer/story.aspx?guid=%7B5839F6F2-EDDF-48B2-9976-F17CBECC0516%7D&dist=hppr Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/mufin-brings-world-little-closer/story.aspx?guid=%7B5839F6F2-EDDF-48B2-9976-F17CBECC0516%7D&dist=hppr? Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:49 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/iticker 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/iticker 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/iticker 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 Last.fm, the social music discovery service owned by CBS, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with LyricFind to add the lyrics to over 800,000 songs to the free site. LyricFind has licensing deals with nearly 2,000 music publishers, including Warner/Chappell, Sony/ATV and EMI Music Publishing. http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/10/08/last.fm-adds-lyrics-over-800,000-songs-lyricfind Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/10/08/last.fm-adds-lyrics-over-800,000-songs-lyricfind? Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:57 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/iticker http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081008-emis-planned-emi-only-music-store-misses-the-point.html? Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:54 GMT Universal Music, friend of the consumer, announced a deluxe edition of Colbie Caillat's debut Coco today; eight additional tracks will be tacked on this new version of the album, which was originally released in July 2007. These 'deluxe' editon discs have been going on for awhile now, and... http://idolator.com/5060217/a-plea-to-record-labels-when-will-the-deluxe-editions-stop Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://idolator.com/5060217/a-plea-to-record-labels-when-will-the-deluxe-editions-stop? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:33 GMT With the likes of Amy Winehouse and Eminem on its books, Universal Music has made the most unexpected addition to its roster of artists: the Salvation Army, snapped up in a three-album deal worth more than $175 million... http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4902958.ece Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4902958.ece? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:31 GMT IODA has announced new partners, Discograph, Forte Music Distribution, Harmonia Mundi Distribution, Cobayn and the Music Information Center Austria (MICA), have selected IODA's D3 platform to power digital distribution for their labels. These leading music distributors from France, the UK, Germany and Austria, will now offer... http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ioda-expands-european-catalog-through/story.aspx?guid=%7BE3A4DB8B-0800-446C-9EF4-285754AE47F4%7D&dist=hppr Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ioda-expands-european-catalog-through/story.aspx?guid=%7BE3A4DB8B-0800-446C-9EF4-285754AE47F4%7D&dist=hppr? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:24 GMT The joint venture was created when News Corporation acquired controlling interest in VeriSign's wholly-owned Jamba subsidiary in 2007 and combined it with the Fox Mobile Entertainment unit. 'This sale is an important step in our effort to focus on our core businesses in Internet infrastructure,' said Jim Bidzos... http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/081007/0440648.html Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/081007/0440648.html? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:10 GMT Seven years after Apple's appearance, and with global markets once again in turmoil, the industry may have found a way to square these conflicting demands: hiding the cost of a music subscription inside something else. The best example is Nokia's Comes With Music (CWM) model. Buy a CWM handset... http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12341817 Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12341817? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:57 GMT Ad-supported music firm Qtrax has announced three new appointments, including two new advisory board members. The most high-profile is Jay Berman, former CEO of recording industry body IFPI, who’s becoming co-chairman of Qtrax’s advisory board along with Larry Gan. In the announcement, Berman says he’s been assisting... http://musically.com/blog/2008/10/06/qtrax-snags-former-ifpi-ceo-for-advisory-board/ Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://musically.com/blog/2008/10/06/qtrax-snags-former-ifpi-ceo-for-advisory-board/? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:45 GMT Universal Music Group and Dada Entertainment have completed an agreement that will now allow Dada.net users access to music from such chart-topping superstars as Young Jeezy, Ne-Yo, Pussycat Dolls and Lil Wayne, among many others. Tracks from Universal Music Group’s catalogue will be available for Dada.net users to... http://www.901am.com/2008/universal-music-group-partners-with-dada-entertainment.html Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.901am.com/2008/universal-music-group-partners-with-dada-entertainment.html? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:23 GMT Dada Entertainment, a Joint Venture between Dada S.P.A. and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, is the mobile content provider with the largest paying customer base in the U.S., offering MP3 music downloads with no DRM and Ringtones to mobile phone users across all major U.S. carriers. In addition to being a provider of mob http://www.sonyinsider.com/2008/10/06/sony-selling-drm-free-songs-on-dadanet-for-66-cents/ Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.sonyinsider.com/2008/10/06/sony-selling-drm-free-songs-on-dadanet-for-66-cents/? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:21 GMT Board members DDEX, formed in 2006 to develop a single set of standard XML messages for the communication of information between organisations operating in the digital content value chain. Board members include representatives from: EMI Music, Sony Music, Warner Music Group, Universal... http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/music-industry-digital-music-services-announce/story.aspx?guid=%7B2377830A-0AFB-4056-A9C3-B194C30E5425%7D&dist=hppr Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/music-industry-digital-music-services-announce/story.aspx?guid=%7B2377830A-0AFB-4056-A9C3-B194C30E5425%7D&dist=hppr? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:20 GMT More than 60 artists, including Radiohead, Robbie Williams, and the Kaiser Chiefs, have banded together to seek more rights over their music and break free of record labels. The Featured Artists' Coalition (FAC) aims to 'give artists the voice they need to argue for greater control over their music... http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=641855 Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=641855? Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:46 GMT It sounds too good to be true: the world's largest mobile phone company launches a service allowing its customers to download an unlimited number of tracks by almost any artist or group, completely free, for as long as they want. But Nokia's new Comes With Music contract, launched in London last week, promises just... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/05/nokia.music.downloads Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/05/nokia.music.downloads? Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:28 GMT It was a situation that required great diplomacy, tact and timing. Fortunately, staff at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, where former Pink Floyd manager Bryan Morrison had lain in a coma for two years after a polo accident, had grown to understand the delicate manoeuvrings surrounding his complicated domestic... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1068783/Revealed-Mistress-kept-vigil-Pink-Floyd-managers-deathbed--wife-wasnt-there.html Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1068783/Revealed-Mistress-kept-vigil-Pink-Floyd-managers-deathbed--wife-wasnt-there.html? Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:29 GMT It is all organic, flexible and transparent with an extremely low energy requirement, while it has an almost unlimited viewing angle and high efficiency. There is no need for a backlight and response times are up to 10 times fast than LCDs, meaning ultra-smooth motion without blurring. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/10/03/dlscreen103.xml Delicious/mbtimes/iticker http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/10/03/dlscreen103.xml? Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:53 GMT