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Radiohead Questions Album Sales Report, Sets CD Release Date

November 8, 2007

Radiohead is now questioning a recent sales report on its name-your-price release, In Rainbows. Earlier this week, comScore noted that 62 percent of fans paid nothing for the album, an option offered by the ... Read More...

iLike Consolidates Promotional Chaos, Offers Single-Point Updating

Paul Resnikoff

November 8, 2007

Artists have more places than ever to promote their music, but that creates an almost unmanageable maintenance issue. Instead of writing songs, developing artists are now being dragged into endless and repet... Read More...

The Orchard Plays Madison Avenue Card, Spins Branding Division

Paul Resnikoff

November 7, 2007

The Orchard is now jumping into the branding and advertising arena, a growing area of importance for the music industry. The digital distributor unveiled its Branding & Agency division this week, and outlined plans to thread music and technology into ad... Read More...

Sony Ericsson Plans Music Store, Pushes DRM-Free Options

Alexandra Osorio

November 6, 2007

Sony Ericsson recently announced plans to deliver a broader music store offering, a move that closely follows entrances from both Nokia and Vodafone in the UK. Sony Ericsson is not planning its release until t... Read More...

Red Bull Pushes Music Initiative, Taps Label Executives

Paul Resnikoff

November 6, 2007

Red Bull is now pushing a serious music initiative, according to numerous sources to Digital Music News. The initiative has been underway for a considerable period of time, and already involves executive place... Read More...

Macrovision Announces AMG Acquisition, $82 Million Deal

Paul Resnikoff

November 6, 2007

Macrovision has now acquired All Media Guide Holdings, Inc., or AMG, for $82 million. The digital media copy-protection provider announced its purchase on Monday as part of a larger earnings announcement. AMG is a well-known provider of metadata for variou... Read More...

Prince Issues Legal Threats Against Fansites

Paul Resnikoff

November 6, 2007

Prince is now issuing legal threats against his most ardent fans, an abrasive and unexpected move. The artist recently issued cease-and-desist letters to three fansites demanding the removal of various image... Read More...

Music, Videos Drive $6 Billion Asia-Pacific Mobile Market

Paul Resnikoff

November 5, 2007

Music and video assets are now driving a $6 billion premium mobile market in the Asia Pacific, according to research from Frost & Sullivan. According to the group, the premium mobile market grew 57.4 perce... Read More...

What Else: Sirius, Stern, Location, Last.fm, KCRW, The Met

Paul Resnikoff

November 5, 2007

Sirius XM Radio recently delivered its fourth-straight quarterly profit, and is narrowing towards 20 million subscribers. But renegotiation discussions with Howard Stern remain in limbo, a situation that is creating concern on Wall Street. After two mont... Read More...

Radiohead Numbers Emerge, 62 Percent Paid Nothing

Paul Resnikoff

November 5, 2007

Just 38 percent of Radiohead fans paid for the latest album, according to data recently supplied by comScore. The band allowed fans to name their price for the downloadable release, In Rainbows, a closely-wa... Read More...

Bearishness Continues on Warner Music, Downward Pressure Ahead

Paul Resnikoff

November 4, 2007

Warner Music Group continues to suffer on Wall Street, and recovery prospects remain dim. On Friday, investors left WMG shares at $9.08, another sub-$10 finish for the label group. The downward action follo... Read More...

Executive Duo Hangs Shingle, Parlays Rights Expertise

Alexandra Osorio

November 4, 2007

A pair of digital music executives are parlaying their rights expertise into a startup consultancy. The group, called RightsFlow Entertainment Group, is headed by ex-Orchard members Patrick Sullivan and Ben Cockerham. The company, which first bubbled last ... Read More...