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Breaking: MySpace Blocks Project Playlist; Takes Major Label Side

Paul Resnikoff
December 19, 2008
MySpace is now blocking access to Project Playlist, based on pressure from at least one major label group. According to sources close to the discussion, MySpace opted to take the action to preserve its newfo... Read More...

Can’t Believe It? T-Pain Suddenly Topping File-Sharing Networks

Paul Resnikoff
December 17, 2008
The man who brought you "I'm Sprung," "I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper)" and "Bartender" is now enjoying an unexpected jump across P2P networks and radio stations. This time, the track is also a familiar favorite,... Read More...

Wild Upswing Revives Warner Music Group

Paul Resnikoff
November 13, 2008
A late-day surge boosted a handful of music-related stocks on Thursday, including Apple, Sirius XM Radio, and Ticketmaster. And after hitting an all-time low of $2.74 on Wednesday, Warner Music Group jumped ... Read More...

Pandora Pumping Another Big Sponsor… McDonald’s

Paul Resnikoff
October 11, 2008
Pandora is under pressure to energize revenues, and that is sparking a number of big-name sponsorship deals. Just recently, Pandora roped Best Buy and Beck's Beer into its iPhone application, a nice template... Read More...

The Orchard Scores Rare Jazz Recordings

Alexandra Osorio
September 3, 2008
The Orchard has now finalized a content deal involving MusicMasters, a specialty label of the Musical Heritage Society. The deal, announced Wednesday, will spread digitized versions of rare jazz classics to ... Read More...
Vinyl + CD Sales Were Bigger Than Music Download Sales In 2017

The Incredibly Discounted CD: Now at Wal-Mart

Paul Resnikoff
April 28, 2008
Want cheap CDs? Wal-Mart has been pressuring major label groups to lower wholesale pricing for quite some time.  And the results of those efforts are now being felt. Currently on walmart.com, fresh titles... Read More...
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RIAA College Crackdown Hits Sophomore Year

Paul Resnikoff
February 21, 2008
The RIAA has been aggressively suing college students for one year, though champagne corks are mostly missing from the picture. On Thursday, the trade organization announced another batch of 401 letters to off... Read More...

Qtrax Courts Controversy, Big Label Deals In Question

Alexandra Osorio
January 27, 2008
Qtrax boldly announced its beta launch this weekend, though major label negotiations remain unresolved. The ad-supported download destination has been bubbling for some time, and the company chose the settin... Read More...
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Alexandra Osorio
January 20, 2008
Russian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik has now resigned from the Warner Music Group Board, effective immediately. Blavatnik, head of the broadly diversified Access Industries, first joined the board in March... Read More...

Amazon Hits Trifecta: 3 Million Catalog, 3 Major Labels

Paul Resnikoff
December 28, 2007
Amazon is now playing a powerful game of threes, thanks to a well-timed DRM-free licensing move by Warner Music Group. The shift pushes the Amazon MP3 catalog to nearly 3 million, or 2.9 million to be exact.... Read More...

Warner Music Group Posts Lowered Revenues, Widened Losses

Alexandra Osorio
August 6, 2007
Warner Music Group (WMG) posted a less-than-stellar quarterly report card this morning, though declines were mostly modest. For the three-month period ending June 30th, revenues dipped a mild 2 percent to $8... Read More...

Warner Music Group Conditionally Exits EMI Bidding

Alexandra Osorio
July 17, 2007
Warner Music Group officially removed itself Tuesday from the bidding for EMI Group Plc, a move that follows a number of flighty overtures. In a tersely worded statement, the company indicated that it "has d... Read More...
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