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  • July 2008

    • Stones Exile EMI, Jump to Universal

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  1 hour, 58 minutes ago

      Stones Exile EMI, Jump to Universal

      After the latest skirmish between EMI’s new owner and the recording label’s bands, the Rolling Stones have fled for Universal—in a $15 million deal that includes rights to all Stones releases since 1971. Mick Jagger & Co. knocked EMI on the way out the door, the Times of London reports, saying in a statement, “Universal are forward thinking, creative and hands-on music people.” More »

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      Radiohead  • Universal Music Group  • Rolling Stones  • EMI  • record label

  • June 2008

    • Concert Sales Slump as Gas Prices Climb

      newser  |  Rolling Stone  |  Jun 29, 08 11:27 AM CDT

      Concert Sales Slump as Gas Prices Climb

      Soaring gas prices are turning down the volume on ticket sales for this year’s summer tours, Rolling Stone reports. Major festivals like Bonnaroo and Coachella didn’t sell out—a rare occurrence—while top acts like George Michael, Maroon 5, and Stevie Wonder are facing difficulty finding fans. That has pushed some to offer major deals like four lawn seats for $100. More »

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      music  • music industry  • Madonna  • Radiohead  • Stevie Wonder  • ticket sales  • George Michael  • Maroon 5  • Bonnaroo  • summer tours

    • Radiohead Inspires Short-Lived Museum

      newser  |  newyork-tokyo.com  |  Jun 4, 08 8:35 PM CDT

      Radiohead Inspires Short-Lived Museum

      A Tokyo music store is turning itself into a Radiohead museum, notes newyork-tokyo.com blogger Taeko Saito—but fans have only another day to get there. The Tower Records outlet in Shibuya has rare records and footage on display, and even towels used to wipe the sweat off frontman Thom Yorke's brow. It's free, Saito says—and Radiohead's touring in case you can't make it. More »

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      Japan  • Radiohead  • Thom Yorke

  • May 2008

    • Green Bands Can't Stop Fans From Polluting

      newser  |  Rolling Stone  |  May 30, 08 4:21 PM CDT

      Green Bands Can't Stop Fans From Polluting

      It's not easy being a green band. While touring musicians try to cut their carbon footprints with biodiesel buses and recycling, fans wreak environmental havoc, reports Rolling Stone . The venues arena rockers need sit miles outside of city centers, forcing concertgoers to gas up and hit the road. And the fuel in all those waving lighters can't help, either. More »

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      environment  • carbon emissions  • pollution  • Radiohead  • rock bands  • concert tour

  • March 2008

    • Radiohead to Fans: Get Animated

      newser  |  Wired  |  Mar 20, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      Radiohead to Fans: Get Animated

      Radiohead is breaking new ground again—this time asking fans to make an animated video for any song on its pay-what-you-want In Rainbows album. The band itself will choose the grand-prize winner, who’ll get $10,000 to animate a full-length version. Would-be competitors have until April 27 to submit their concept videos or storyboards to aniBoom.com, Wired reports. More »

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      music industry  • Radiohead  • contest  • animation  • music videos  • Nine Inch Nails  • In Rainbows

    • NIN Nails the Recording Industry

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  Mar 6, 08 9:45 PM CST

      NIN Nails the Recording Industry

      The early success of Nine Inch Nails' experiment on the Internet may mean that Armageddon is one step closer for the recording industry, writes Tony Sclafani for MSNBC. The industrial rock powerhouse released a new album on its website Sunday without a label's support, and the response has been both lucrative and overwhelming. More »

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      music industry  • Radiohead  • Nine Inch Nails  • Trent Reznor  • Internet music

    • Nine Inch Nails Releases New Album Online

      newser  |  Pitchfork Media  |  Mar 3, 08 4:40 PM CST

      Nine Inch Nails Releases New Album Online

      Nine Inch Nails followed in the Radiohead revolution's footsteps yesterday, self-releasing a 36-track instrumental record online without warning and announcing an elaborate set of pricing options. You can pay nothing and listen to the first nine songs, “100% DRM-free,” and enjoy a pile of extras, Pitchfork Media reports. The $300 package comes complete with four vinyl LPs and a Trent Reznor signature. More »

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      copyright  • Radiohead  • Nine Inch Nails  • Trent Reznor  • In Rainbows

  • January 2008

    • Radiohead Album Offered Free Online Tops Charts

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 10, 08 8:00 AM CST

      Radiohead Album Offered Free Online Tops Charts

      Rock band Radiohead's new album "In Rainbows" debuted in the No. 1 spot in record sales on Billboard charts this week despite being available for free on the band's website for months. The down side: only 122,000 copies were sold—good but not great—and the release topped the charts in part because there have been few other new offerings in this traditionally slow post-holiday stretch. More »

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      music  • music downloads  • music label  • Radiohead  • digital downloads  • Billboard charts  • Capitol Records

    • Most-Traded Music, Movies and TV Shows of 2007

      newser  |  Wired  |  Jan 1, 08 1:28 PM CST

      Most-Traded Music, Movies and TV Shows of 2007

      Forget box office numbers and Billboard charts: Wired reveals what people were really into last year by probing the action on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The year's most-traded files: Songs: Shop Boyz, "Party Like A Rock Star" Akon, "I Wanna Luv U" Sean Kingston, "Beautiful Girls" Movies: Resident Evil: Extinction Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry More »

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      list  • television  • movie  • music  • Radiohead  • file sharing  • Heroes  • Akon  • T Pain

  • December 2007

    • Radiohead to Webcast Show on New Year's Eve

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 27, 07 9:52 PM CST

      Radiohead to Webcast Show on New Year's Eve

      Radiohead will celebrate the CD release of its buzz-generating new album In Rainbows by streaming a pre-recorded concert on its website at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The band broke new ground by first releasing the album online under a pay-what-you-want formula. The New Year's Eve show will include "songs and other bits,” as described by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Guardian reports. More »

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      concert  • Radiohead  • album release  • Thom Yorke

    • Blood Makes Critics Swoon

      newser  |  Rotten Tomatoes  |  Dec 26, 07 10:50 AM CST

      Blood Makes Critics Swoon

      There’s no avoiding it: There Will Be Blood is another long, “indie-flavored, male-centric American art film,” says Variety’s Todd McCarthy. But the “boldly and magnificently strange” flick still has critics enthralled. Following an unsavory and maybe unhinged oil tycoon’s rise to power, the film possesses “a blistering intensity,” raves Newsweek’s David Ansen, “and filmmaking that can make your jaw drop.” More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Radiohead  • Daniel Day-Lewis  • There Will Be Blood  • Paul Thomas Anderson

    • 2 Music Pioneers Talk Shop

      newser  |  Wired  |  Dec 20, 07 9:57 AM CST

      2 Music Pioneers Talk Shop

      David Byrne and Thom Yorke don’t have much of anything nice to say about record labels, but they’re both excited about the contemporary musician’s access to audiences. The famous frontman from Talking Heads interviews the Radiohead impresario for Wired , and the latter says it was an “obvious” decision to self-release the group's latest record—and a treat to avoid the “silly games” of courting journalists. More »

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      music industry  • Radiohead  • Thom Yorke  • Talking Heads  • David Byrne

    • Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 8, 07 5:00 PM CST

      Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry

      Born of a “stoned philosophical conversation about the value of music,” Radiohead’s voluntary-pay download arrangement for its In Rainbows album has, the New York Times argues, made 2007 a watershed for the music industry. This year saw the creation of the music star free agent, as Radiohead and others turned down major-label contracts, becoming economically viable independents. More »

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      music label  • Radiohead  • digital downloads  • record industry

    • Radiohead Download Deal Set to End

      newser  |  Wired  |  Dec 6, 07 7:04 PM CST

      Radiohead Download Deal Set to End

      Radiohead is set to lay to rest its pay-what-you-will offer, which lets fans download the recently released album "In Rainbows" for as much, or (more likely) as little as they like. The promo ends Monday, after which the album will only be available on CD or record, Wired reports—unless iTunes can strike a deal with the band. More »

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      Apple  • music downloads  • Radiohead  • iTunes Store  • MP3

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • Victoria's Secret Gets Spicy CD

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Oct 17, 07 10:33 AM CDT

      Victoria's Secret Gets Spicy CD

      What Scary, Sporty, Ginger, Baby, and Posh want—what they really, really want—is for you to head to Victoria's Secret stores or website, where they will sell their upcoming greatest-hits album exclusively. The Spice Girls join a recent trend of nontraditional music releases that includes Radiohead, Prince, Madonna, and Paul McCartney, E! Online reports. The CD can be pre-ordered for 24 hours starting tomorrow. More »

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      music industry  • Madonna  • Paul McCartney  • Radiohead  • Victoria Beckham  • Spice Girls  • lingerie  • Prince  • Victoria's Secret  • Capitol Records

    • Radiohead's Free Downloads Prompt Others

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Oct 10, 07 4:23 PM CDT

      Radiohead's Free Downloads Prompt Others

      Oasis, Jamiroquai and other bands not tied to record labels may soon follow in Radiohead's footsteps by offering their music for free download, reports the Daily Telegraph . While fans may pay whatever they choose for Radiohead's new album, released today, a spokesperson says the majority of visitors preordering on the band's web site are bypassing the freebie in favor of the £40 box set. More »

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      music industry  • music downloads  • digital music  • music label  • Radiohead  • music sales  • Oasis

    • Radiohead Buyers Forking Out $2 to $9

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 4, 07 8:43 PM CDT

      Radiohead Buyers Forking Out $2 to $9

      Fans are dishing out $2 to $9 to preorder Radiohead's pay-what-you-want In Rainbows album, reports the New York Times — as the plan wins hours of media and water cooler buzz. Many buyers are even getting the box set, with an extra CD and booklet for $82. But not all fans are willing: “The fan in me wants to pay $80, but the person that’s paying rent wants to pay $8,” says one. More »

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      Radiohead  • records  • recording industry

    • Radiohead: Pay Whatever You Want

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 1, 07 1:04 PM CDT

      Radiohead: Pay Whatever You Want

      “No, really, it’s up to you,” Radiohead’s website tells consumers pricing out a digital copy of the band’s next album, set to debut Oct. 10. The band is testing the theory that consumers will pay a fair price for the 10-song set if given the choice, bucking Apple’s industry-setting rates. Disdain for singles has long kept Radiohead off iTunes. More »

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      Apple  • music industry  • music downloads  • Radiohead  • iTunes Store  • EMI Music

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