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| Reuters - The magnitude of Sony Music Entertainment's landmark recording contract with the estate of Michael Jackson raises an inevitable question: Is it a smart deal for the label? |
Mar 20, 2010 00:39:04 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_en_mu/us_people_lady_gaga"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.4c936aaed43b428c8dd4493b2901ac3c-aef8262f3ce04934b3f7b99fa90791dc-0.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=gucbdbtyYuKh3I0i9iWGOQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, singer Lady Gaga performs in concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lady Gaga's spokesman is declining to comment on a music producer's lawsuit.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 19, 2010 15:00:04 GMT
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| AP - Seattlepi.com, the online successor to the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, celebrates its first birthday Thursday with music, free cupcakes and cheap beer. |
Mar 18, 2010 14:27:07 GMT
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| PC World - Nokia will launch an online music service in India in the first half of this year, a spokeswoman of the company in India said on Thursday. |
Mar 18, 2010 11:30:12 GMT
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| PC World - Should teenagers who illegally download music, films and the like in their bedrooms be treated like criminal gangs counterfeiting everything from life-saving drugs to Gucci handbags? |
Mar 17, 2010 20:00:20 GMT
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| Reuters - Plenty of people download music from the Internet every day, but illegal downloading has a huge economic impact and could put more than one million people out of work by 2015, experts say. |
Mar 17, 2010 17:02:16 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100316/capt.46582baed71b415481d33459567266c1-46582baed71b415481d33459567266c1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=XP_4EAvHp7XG9t5WLAfAKg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 24, 1988 file photo, Michael Jackson performs during his 13-city U.S. tour in Kansas City, Mo. The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal. (AP Photo/Cliff Schiappa, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The man who spearheaded the record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years said Tuesday that Sony Music Entertainment bought a treasure trove of new Jackson music, some of it recorded "quite recently," some in collaboration with other artists.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 17, 2010 10:51:01 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100316/en_nm/us_sony_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100313/capt.photo_1268444364623-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=CrEfYLxTuzhpnMgEhczrUQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="The luxury furniture Michael Jackson (pictured in 2001) commissioned before his death will go under the hammer in June in Las Vegas along with other personal items from the King of Pop, Julien's Auctions announced Friday.(AFP/Pool/File/Beth A. Keiser)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The King of Pop is dead; long live the King of Pop.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 16, 2010 21:45:08 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100316/ennew_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksonsony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100316/capt.photo_1268738307600-4-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=JzxH9YPFIx0G81rW5n0fCg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="US singer Michael Jackson performing in 2006. Sony and the estate of late music legend Jackson have signed a record-breaking 250-million-dollar deal for distribution rights through 2017, US media said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sony and administrators for Michael Jackson's estate confirmed Tuesday they signed a 250-million-dollar deal that will include releasing new music the pop icon was working on before his death.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 16, 2010 21:18:07 GMT
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| PC Magazine - Daniel Ek, chief executive of the music streaming service Spotify, spoke to a crowd of 2,000 SXSW attendees on Tuesday - virtually none of whom are legally allowed to use his service. |
Mar 16, 2010 18:55:43 GMT
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| AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending March 15, 2010: |
Mar 16, 2010 17:30:46 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100316/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_life_without_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100316/i/r2370290085.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=u.iNDpNNXXc01NX21tYKrQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A woman rides a bicycle past the Google China headquarters in Beijing March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>AP - China without Google — a prospect that looks increasingly likely — could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web outfits would face less pressure to improve, eroding their ability to one day compete abroad.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 16, 2010 13:11:59 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100315/tc_afp/usitinternetradiomusiccompanymogsxsw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100315/capt.photo_1268678006382-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=euGt8hDgPCbjm1KV1ZoTHg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Israelis wait to purchase iPhone 3Gs at an Apple store in Tel Aviv, Israel. Internet music veteran David Hyman on Monday unveiled a service that promises low-cost "all-you-can-eat" on-demand songs for users of Apple iPhones and Android smartphones.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet music veteran David Hyman on Monday unveiled a service that promises low-cost "all-you-can-eat" on-demand songs for users of Apple iPhones and Android smartphones.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 15, 2010 18:34:46 GMT
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| Reuters - British songwriters, composers and music publishers earned 623 million pounds ($944.8 million) in royalties in 2009, up 2.6 percent on 2008 and the first time the growth in digital revenues outperformed the drop in CD and DVD earnings. |
Mar 15, 2010 10:31:25 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalmusic/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100312/ap_on_en_mu/us_phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100312/capt.f0c8b3df67ef488ea09a9636f953595e-f0c8b3df67ef488ea09a9636f953595e-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=PuOotSlJNkXrIH9P0axCWA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, music producer Phil Spector sits in a courtroom for his sentencing in Los Angeles. Spector has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. (AP Photo/ Al Seib, Pool, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 12, 2010 18:35:03 GMT
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