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Live Nation Partners With Latin America’s Largest Promoter
8/21/2008 ,
Disc Makers' New Elite Artist Services Division Lets Major Artists Drop Their Label
8/21/2008 ,
Royalty Share Acquires Broad Street Digital For Content Licensing; Furthers European Expansion
8/20/2008 ,
Retailer Sanity Launches Aussie Subscription Service
8/20/2008 ,
Heritage Committee To Hold Hearings Into CBC Radio 2 Changes
8/20/2008 ,
RIM's BlackBerry Bold To Hit Canada On Thursday
8/19/2008 ,
Arts funding cuts no music to our ears: promoters
8/15/2008 ,
Pemberton Festival Site Faces Permit Trouble For 2009
8/14/2008 ,
Canadian Producers Very Concerned About New Cuts To Culture Funds
8/14/2008 ,
Culture cuts too deep
8/14/2008 ,
WMA Digs Deep For RoyaltyShare
8/14/2008 ,
T.O. cultural scene facing the music
8/13/2008 ,
Live Nation Considers Changes For Future "360" Deals
8/13/2008 ,
Pure Play Music Reveals Launch Of New Portal For Independent Artists To Monetize Their Music
8/13/2008 ,
iPhone apps: $30 million in 30 days
8/12/2008 ,
MCPS-PRS Reports Decline In Mechanical Revenues
8/12/2008 ,
MySpace faces rejection, internal dissent in hiring music venture CEO
8/11/2008 ,
Ottawa axes second arts subsidy in two weeks
8/10/2008 ,
Cancellation of cultural program makes us poorer
8/10/2008 ,
CIRPA Response to Federal Budget Cuts to Cultural Programs
8/9/2008 ,
Ottawa axes arts travel program
8/8/2008 ,
Live Nation shares jump 27 pct as results beat view
8/8/2008 ,
ProveMyCopyright.com helps to secure copyright on photos, music, books and software.
8/7/2008 ,
Warner Music Group Total Q3 Revenue Up 5%; Digital Up 39%
8/7/2008 ,
Brofman: The amount being paid to the Music Industry from Games Biz is far too small
8/7/2008 ,
Google launches free music service in China
8/6/2008 ,
Dubai buys a fifth of Cirque du Soleil
8/6/2008 ,
Judge Hints at Mistrial in Jammie Thomas File-Sharing Case
8/5/2008 ,
Regulator questions satellite radio merger plans
8/5/2008 ,
Australian Biz Faces 5-Year Decline
8/5/2008 ,
IODA Battles Olympic-Sized Piracy, Licenses China
8/5/2008 ,
Bertelsmann Exits Sony BMG
8/5/2008 ,
Bye Bye, Baby: Disc Makers Buys CD Baby...
8/5/2008 ,
EMI and Typhoon sign deal for China
8/4/2008 ,
The Orchard receives Sony/ATV windfall
8/2/2008 ,
Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Rock 'n' Roll Money Machine
8/2/2008 ,
Universal Unearths Catalog Treasure With Lost Tunes
7/31/2008 ,
CRTC pushes for power to levy fines
7/31/2008 ,
Touring Panel Forecasts Bleak Fall Touring Season
7/29/2008 ,
US Satellite Merger Creates Unresolved Dilemmas In Canada
7/29/2008 ,
Warner/Chappell Music Signs Singer/Songwriter Katy Perry
7/29/2008 ,
FCC Approves Satellite Merger
7/28/2008 ,
Reaction to proposed copyright reforms mixed
7/28/2008 ,
Chaos mars first day of Pemberton festival
7/26/2008 ,
IP Bill Introduced In Senate
7/25/2008 ,
Six UK ISPs have agreed to a voluntary code of practice
7/24/2008 ,
Report: XM-Sirius Approval Imminent
7/24/2008 ,
Gamecues Deployed As A New Distribution Model For Video Game Music Licensing
7/22/2008 ,
iLike Offers New Tools To Concert Promoters, Venues
7/21/2008 ,
15 Companies Bid Almost $4.3 Billion for Licences for New Wireless Services
7/21/2008 ,
"I play offense,'' says RIM's Jim Balsillie. "There's no glory in defense."
7/21/2008 ,
Does the world need another indie band?
7/20/2008 ,
Bold & Thunder, Blackberry Models Designed To Steal iPhone Biz
7/18/2008 ,
XM and Sirius Are Close To Finalizing a Merge
7/18/2008 ,
Bjork's Tibet protest causes crackdown on Olympic Performers
7/18/2008 ,
Lionsgate, YouTube strike ad-share deal
7/17/2008 ,
Retail DVD sales soaring
7/17/2008 ,
40 percent of Lavigne's intellectual property value comes from Asia
7/17/2008 ,
Survey: Radio Still Top Source Of Discovery For Music Fans
7/17/2008 ,
John Hayes To Step Down As Corus Radio President
7/17/2008 ,
MTV Launches TV 'Soundtrack' Site
7/17/2008 ,
Can The New iPhone Revolutionize Radio?
7/16/2008 ,
EC Proposes Extended Copyright Term
7/16/2008 ,
CBC to CRTC: Rethink assumptions about new media
7/16/2008 ,
New Music Partnership Aims To Elevate Singapore's Singfest To The Global Stage
7/15/2008 ,
OD2 unveils million-song jukebox
7/15/2008 ,
Death Row Records auctioned for $24 mil
7/15/2008 ,
Sony BMG Joint Venture Divide On The Cards
7/14/2008 ,
FCC Chairman Seeks to End Comcast's Delay of File Sharing
7/14/2008 ,
Meet The Upstart New Company That Is Changing The Face Of Music
7/14/2008 ,
Business takes sides in net neutrality debate
7/14/2008 ,
EMI's overall revenues rise 61%
7/14/2008 ,
Canadian Court Pulls Plug On Quebectorrent
7/11/2008 ,
ReverbNation Registers 200,000th Band In First Twenty Months
7/10/2008 ,
Corus Third-Quarter Profit Rose 27% on TV Ad Sales
7/10/2008 ,
Copyright bill stirs debate about privacy, consumer rights
7/9/2008 ,
Digital download model puts song exposure above sales
7/9/2008 ,
ISPs On The Agenda At BPI AGM
7/9/2008 ,
OurStage Aims To Connect Bands With Talent Buyers
7/9/2008 ,
Nickelback/Live Nation- Now this deal makes sense.
7/8/2008 ,
EMI Confirms Leoni-Sceti Hire, Hands Steps Aside
7/7/2008 ,
Nickelback Sign 360 Deal with Live Nation
7/7/2008 ,
The top 10 hottest music sites, according to Wired
7/7/2008 ,
Top musicians out of tune with EU royalties plan
7/4/2008 ,
Google forced to reveal users' YouTube viewing habits
7/4/2008 ,
Radio Festival 2008: Industry Heading For Tough Music Rights Collection Negotiation
7/4/2008 ,
Inter-Regional Forum on Development and Service-Oriented IP Administration Concludes
7/4/2008 ,
Warning letters to 800 Virgin 'file-sharers'
7/3/2008 ,
Mobile Music A $7.3 Billion Industry By 2011
7/3/2008 ,
Shakira Leaves Epic, Signs Massive Live Nation Deal
7/3/2008 ,
We Need Specific, Tough Rules On Foreign Takeovers
7/3/2008 ,
Ex-Canuck storms Bombay music scene
7/2/2008 ,
Album Sales In The US Have Declined 11% during the First Half of '08
7/2/2008 ,
Nokia signs Warner Music, now has three of the Big Four
7/2/2008 ,
Labels benefit from non-music sales
7/1/2008 ,
MCPS And PPL Unite To Create Professional Dubbing Licence
6/30/2008 ,
Promoter Harvey Goldsmith wonders if there are too many festivals
6/30/2008 ,
House Committee Endorses Radio Royalties for Record Labels
6/29/2008 ,
Copyright Office To Debut Online Registration System
6/27/2008 ,
Streaming Music Industry Will Generate $70B Over Six Years, says Insight Research
6/26/2008 ,
Brands help bands reach musical highs
6/25/2008 ,
Copyright Act Gets Overdue Update
6/24/2008 ,
China: Baidu Enters New Partnership with 3 Record Companies
6/24/2008 ,
Chorus of Disapproval Over Pop Song Rights
6/23/2008 ,
HMV Gets Closer To Digital Future
6/23/2008 ,
An Unlikely Promoter Drives Nokia’s Push in Hollywood
6/23/2008 ,
Michael Cohl Has Left The Building
6/23/2008 ,
Almost half of respondents support Copyright Act amendments: Angus Reid survey
6/22/2008 ,
Recording Industry Welcomes Arrest Of British DJ On Suspicion Of Music Piracy
6/22/2008 ,
Publishers, Labels and Digital Music Providers Hammer Out A Settlement
6/19/2008 ,
New rules for iPod Nation
6/13/2008 ,
Toronto Star
Sinatra Says Royalties Exemption 'Robs' Artists
6/12/2008 ,
Radio Ink
Polaris Music Prize Hopefuls Reduced To 40 Canadian Albums
6/12/2008 ,
Chartattack
Canadian Creator and Music Industry Groups Applaud Introduction of Copyright Bill
6/12/2008 ,
CRIA NEWS
Commerce Dept. Supports Radio Royalties
6/12/2008 ,
Radio Ink
Madison Square Garden Aligns With Azoff-led Front Line
6/11/2008 ,
Billboard Biz
Cohl Out At Live Nation?
6/11/2008 ,
Billboard Biz
Asian Internet Sites Offer Huge Opportunity
6/10/2008 ,
FYI News
Switzer, Slaight among investors in GlassBOX Music Television
6/9/2008 ,
Cartt.ca
In 6 Years, China's TV and Radio Stations Has Generated a Loss of $41 Million for Music Creators
6/9/2008 ,
Record Of The Day
Musicians forced into Poverty, National Survey Finds
6/7/2008 ,
FYI Music news
Chinese Music Industry Establishes Alliance Vowing to Escalate Fight Against Baidu Piracy
6/3/2008 ,
Record Of The Day
Concerns As Album Canadian Sales Slump
5/22/2008 ,
Billboard Biz
Music Industry Hopes Upgrades Boost Mobile Sector
5/13/2008 ,
Billboard
If FCC Conditions Are Too Tough, Sirius Won't Merge
5/13/2008 ,
Radio Ink
Last.fm Sees Sales Spike After Streaming Change
4/11/2008 ,
Billboard
NZ Approves Long-Awaited Copyright Legislation
4/10/2008 ,
Billboard
TV Shows Bring in the Money for the Music Industry
4/10/2008 ,
The Hollywood Reporter
Report: 40% of Music Sales Will be Digital by 2012
4/9/2008 ,
Digital Media Wire
Social Network Imeem Acquires Digital Music Firm Snocap
4/7/2008 ,
Digital Media Wire
Tesco puts Squeeze on Music Industry
4/1/2008 ,
This Is Money
2008 Danish Telco Launches Free, Unlimited Music Downloads
4/1/2008 ,
DMW (24-7 Entertainment)
Record labels Demand €1.62 Million in Damages from File-sharing site Pirate Bay
4/1/2008 ,
Herald Tribune International
Amazon takes on Apple with copy-protection-free music
3/27/2008 ,
USA Today
Name That Tune-In: Who Will Emerge as The Future of Radio?
3/27/2008 ,
Washington Post
Music Outlaws, There's a New Sheriff in Town
3/27/2008 ,
WIRED
Attorneys General Weigh In On XM-Sirius Decision
3/27/2008 ,
Radio Ink
The Concerns of Copyright Reform
1/22/2008 ,
BBC News
Canadian labels: We get "absolutely zero credit" for not suing fans
1/22/2008 ,
Ats Technica
Website Lets Music Fans Invest In Bands
1/20/2008 ,
The Guardian
83 Percent Of Mobile Music Sideloaded
1/16/2008 ,
m:metrics
CRTC Establishes Cross-Ownership Limit
1/16/2008 ,
Bruised Music Majors Back an Effort to Loosen iTunes' Grip
1/16/2008 ,
Financial Times
Off-the-record copying goes legit in UK
1/7/2008 ,
The Times
Sony BMG Plans to Drop DRM
1/5/2008 ,
Business Week
Weak Canadian Digital Sales Does Not Offset Ongoing Decline in CDs
1/4/2008 ,
CRIA
Ad-Supported AIRTIST Site Goes Live
12/28/2007 ,
Billboard
WMG Selling DRM-free Downloads For Amazon
12/28/2007 ,
Radio & records
U.S. Concert Business Slumps Despite Reunion Tours
12/23/2007 ,
Yahoo News
The Telecom Trotskyites
12/20/2007 ,
National Post
Live Nation Launches Global Ticketing Business
12/20/2007 ,
LIVE NATION
Beijing Court Confirms Yahoo China's Music Service Violates Copyright
12/20/2007 ,
IFPI
French Labels Gets Tough On Net Music Useage
12/19/2007 ,
Billboard
AFM Hails Legislation To Bring Fairness To Radio
12/19/2007 ,
Mi2N
Germany's Initiative Musik Export Office Appoints Manager
12/19/2007 ,
Billboard
PRS Foundation and Arts Council fund Brits Abroad
12/18/2007 ,
Music Week
Linus Entertainment Aquires True North Records
12/18/2007 ,
Congress Enters Battle Over Music Royalties
12/18/2007 ,
Forbes
US Performance Rights Act Introduced
12/18/2007 ,
Billboard
Sony BMG Oz Invests in Artist Management and Touring
12/17/2007 ,
Billboard
Madonna, Mellencamp, Cohen Lead 2008 Hall Class
12/13/2007 ,
Billboard
Apple calls the tune in mobile music
12/10/2007 ,
The Times
Live Nation, Costco Team For Shed Ticket Sales
12/10/2007 ,
Billboard
Hands tries a different tune with EMI
12/9/2007 ,
Telegraph
Stars Are Aligning for Subscription Music
12/6/2007 ,
Business Week
Warner sees profits fall as CD sales decline
11/30/2007 ,
Guardian
Hands Demands Trade Body Change
11/28/2007 ,
3G Handsets Will Dominate Mobile Phone Market in Next 5 years
11/28/2007 ,
In-Stat Forecast
French Pact Aims to Fight Unauthorized Downloading
11/28/2007 ,
New York Times
Universal charges into legal P2P
11/27/2007 ,
The Register
Labels Must Disclose Music Download Costs
11/27/2007 ,
PC PRO
Opera Singer Hendricks Takes Radiohead Route
11/26/2007 ,
Billboard
Arbitron Delays PPM Rollout In Major Markets
11/26/2007 ,
Radio Ink
EMI to Review Underperforming Singers
11/26/2007 ,
The Times
Resolution Against Royalties Has More Than 100 Co-Sponsors
11/21/2007 ,
Radio Ink
Myspace To Move Into Ad Supported Music
11/21/2007 ,
Billboard
Sony BMG, Yahoo Video Expand Partnership
11/21/2007 ,
CNet
CMW Helps Put Indie Music in The Spotlight
11/20/2007 ,
Metro Canada
A Good Album is More than Just a Collection of Singles
11/19/2007 ,
Jermaine Dupri
Copyright Act Key To Canada's Industrial Strategy
11/16/2007 ,
Ottawa Citizen
Call Goes Out For Canadian Music Talent For Canada Day, London 2008
11/14/2007 ,
Warner Urges Mobile Groups to Get Musical
11/13/2007 ,
Financial Times
Music Labels Bank On Mobile Downloads
11/12/2007 ,
The Guardian
EMI Expands DRM-Free Plans With Hip Digital
11/12/2007 ,
Radio Ink
Music World Starts Bankruptcy Protection
11/12/2007 ,
Billboard
360º - The New Deal: Band as Brand
11/11/2007 ,
New York Times
EMI labels sue online music executive Robertson
11/10/2007 ,
CNET.com
FACTOR Launches New Emerging Artists Program!
11/10/2007 ,
'Sirius Will Sue' If Merger Denied
11/9/2007 ,
Radio Ink
Nokia Launches Music Store Without Warner Music Group
11/9/2007 ,
DRM Watch
DRM-free MP3 downloads are out-sell other digital formats by almost 4 to 1
11/9/2007 ,
Record Of The day
MusicFIRST Proposes Flat Royalties For Some Broadcasters
11/7/2007 ,
Radio Ink
File Sharing Expert Rebuts Canadian Government Study
11/7/2007 ,
Billboard
U.K. To Chart Subscription Services
11/2/2007 ,
Billboard
Avril & Nelly Big Winners at MTV Europe Music Awards
11/2/2007 ,
MTV
Google Takes Aim At Social Networks
11/1/2007 ,
Billboard
Nokia's Online Music Store To Rival iTunes
11/1/2007 ,
Telegraph
Hundreds of jobs at risk amid review at EMI
10/30/2007 ,
The Times
Brick-and-mortar Stores Eye New Music Formats
10/29/2007 ,
Billboard
Silverchair and EMI dominate ARIA Awards
10/29/2007 ,
Record Of The Day
Madonna Leaving Warner to Sign $120 Million Live Nation Deal
10/11/2007 ,
Digital Media Wire
Microsoft Music Store Goes DRM-Free
10/7/2007 ,
mi2m
Edge Group Targets U.S. Live Biz
9/27/2007 ,
Billboard
Rogue Amoeba Launches Radioshift, PVR for Radio
9/26/2007 ,
APC
Sony BMG Reaches Deal With Imeem
9/26/2007 ,
Forbes
Amazon Launches DRM-Free Digital Store with Variable Pricing
9/26/2007 ,
Sound Salm
Fair Use Economy Represents One-Sixth of U.S. GDP
9/15/2007 ,
Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
Music Giants Change Their Tune
9/14/2007 ,
BBC
Gracenote Enhances Mobile Offering, Acquires Musicphone
9/13/2007 ,
Digital Music News
Prince Gets Tough on Web Pirates
9/13/2007 ,
BBC
Microsoft Patents Watermark That May Protect DRM-free Music
9/12/2007 ,
Washington Post
Majors Cheer MUSICSTATION'S UK Xmas Arrival
9/12/2007 ,
Billboard
Conference Examines Opportunities And Challenges To Collective Management Of Copyright
9/12/2007 ,
Australian H1 Biz Value Slumps Despite Digital Boost
9/11/2007 ,
Billboard
Activision Reports Strong Guitar Hero Song Downloads
9/11/2007 ,
Activision
XM Canada Has Best Quarter Since Launch / Subscriber Base Doubles
9/11/2007 ,
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
Vodafone sounds out unlimited music downloads
9/11/2007 ,
vnunet
Dear Rick Rubin (or Somebody): Why Not Surf the "Velocity of Music?"
9/11/2007 ,
The Huffington Post
Updated IPods Confirm Apple's Monopoly, Lawyers Say
9/7/2007 ,
WIRED
Klaxons sound siren for Nu-Rave with Mercury Win
9/5/2007 ,
The Independent
BODOG Battle Of The Bands Crown Winner
9/1/2007 ,
Canada brand boosts CD sales in Japan
8/31/2007 ,
Globe and Mail
CD Baby, INgrooves Propel Pocket Group To Mobile Music Top Spot
8/31/2007 ,
Record Of The Day
SONY To Shutter CONNECT download Music Store
8/30/2007 ,
Billboard
HMV Canada Drops Prices
8/28/2007 ,
Billboard
Orange Threatens to Spoil Nokia's online Music Entertainment Party
8/28/2007 ,
The Independent
MERLIN Appoints Inaugural Board and Formally Incorporates
8/27/2007 ,
RIAA Sends Seventh Wave of Pre-Litigation Letters
8/17/2007 ,
Billboard
AllofMP3 Founder cleared of Copyright Violation
8/17/2007 ,
The Independent
Nokia’s mobile social-networking Mosh Allowing Copyright-Infringing Sharing? Nokia Responds
8/17/2007 ,
MOCO
The Record Industry Goes out of its Way to be Unloved
8/17/2007 ,
The Times
Internet and middle-aged fans fuel live music boom
8/15/2007 ,
Evening Standard
UK Share of French and German Markets Soars
8/14/2007 ,
Music Week
Music Mogul Tony Wilson Dies at 57
8/11/2007 ,
The Guardian
Pop Economics—the rise and fall of the recording industry
8/10/2007 ,
Robert Sandall
Universal To Set Its Music Free
8/10/2007 ,
Forbes
Live Nation Back On Track In Q2
8/9/2007 ,
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