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music label stories: 26 news summaries

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 Clarkson, Beyoncé Songs 
 Nearly Identical 

Clarkson explains fiasco, didn't mean to copy Knowles

Jul 27, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson is battling her record label again, this time for releasing a song that appears to copy the Beyoncé single “Halo,” the New York Post reports. When Clarkson realized that the backing track songwriter Ryan Tedder had given her for “Already Gone” was the same as... More »

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entertainment • music • music industry • Kelly Clarkson • celebrity • Beyonce • music label • songwriter • Ryan Tedder

And Now,
a Tune From
Our Sponsor

MySpace Music enlists advertisers to enable free downloads

Sep 15, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The soon-to-launch MySpace Music service will consist mostly of sponsored streaming and downloads, Wired reports. MySpace will likely not start up its own pay-download service, along the lines of iTunes, instead maintaining its partnership with Amazon’s online store. Critics worry MySpace’s rather thin roster of major-label partnerships will... More »

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social networking • music downloads • iTunes Store • Internet advertising • music label • streaming content • corporate sponsorship • MySpace Music


 Runner-Up 
 'Idol' Snags
 Music Deal 

David Archuleta inks deal with Jive

Jun 11, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - “American Idol” runner-up David Archuleta has inked a deal with “Idol” creator Simon Fuller’s 19 Recordings/Jive Records, the AP reports. The 17-year-old lost to David Cook, 25, a former Missouri bartender, in an upset in last month's finale. Cook signed with the same label, MTV reports; the... More »

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American Idol • music industry • celebrity • contract • music label • record contract • David Archuleta

 Man Tries to Cash $360B Check 

21-year-old says girlfriend's mother gave him the money

May 1, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 21-year-old Texas man has been busted for attempting to deposit a $360 billion check, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports, stolen from his girlfriend's mother for, he claimed, the purpose of starting his own record label. Suspicious of the sum, the bank called the check’s owner. Arriving police found... More »

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fraud • Texas • crime • bank • music label • bank fraud • check • check fraud

 Spitzer Hooker
 Pitches Music Labels 

No deal yet as Ashley Dupré awaits possible charges from federal investigation

Apr 28, 08 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The music manager who orchestrated Mariah Carey's comeback is shopping Eliot Spitzer’s 22-year-old call girl, Ashley Alexandra Dupré, to top music labels, the New York Daily News reports. More »

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music industry • Eliot Spitzer • music label • prostitute • political scandal • Kristen • Ashley Dupre • Jerry Blair

 Starbucks Quits the Music Biz 

Coffee giant sheds record label as part of shakeup

Apr 25, 08 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks is handing control of its record label to Concord Music Group barely a year after it got into the music business, Variety reports. The move is part of a shakeup as the coffee chain refocuses on its core business to jolt itself out of a slump. Starbucks' label Hear... More »

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music industry • Starbucks • coffee • music label

Record Labels Sue Chinese Sites to Block
Illegal Music

Industry takes on huge world of downloads

Apr 7, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Major record labels are suing two Chinese websites that allegedly allow illegal music downloads in a case that could have a huge impact on the way the Chinese obtain music.  The groundbreaking multi-million dollar case over copyright infringement could pave the way for even larger claims, the Wall Street ... More »

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China • music industry • music downloads • Universal Music Group • Warner • music label • Sony BMG

Perez Hilton, Music Mogul?

Celebrity blogger is in a deal with Warner Music to start his own imprint

Feb 27, 08 5:29 PM CST
(Newser) - “Madonna’s leaving, Perez is coming.” Those words are straight from the mouth of the music industry's most unlikely new player, gossip blogger Perez Hilton. He has parlayed posts praising unknown and upcoming acts on his website into a possible deal doing the same for Warner Brothers Records,... More »

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blogosphere • blog • New York University • Warner Music • blogger • record sales • Perez Hilton • Madonna • Pitchfork • online music • music label

Amazon Will Sell Sony BMG Music Sans Copyright Curbs

Fourth major label
to join up

Jan 11, 08 5:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Amazon will sell songs from Sony BMG free of digital rights management, making it the first online music store to offer tunes without copyright enforcement mechanisms from all four of the major labels. Many consumers have long opposed the use of DRM because of its potential to hinder playback on... More »

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music • digital downloads • DRM • music label • Sony BMG • Amazon.com

NEW RELEASE

Sia's Real Problems Pleases

First album from songstress in 4 years is a winner

Jan 10, 08 12:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Folk and acid-jazz queen Sia Furler has returned with her first record in four years, and critics are singing the praises of Some People Have Real Problems. The New York Sun’s Bret McCabe pokes fun at Furler for signing with the Starbucks label—provenance of “laid-back background music... More »

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Starbucks • Beck • folk • music label • Sia Furler • Zero 7 • acid jazz • Some People Have Real Problems • music review

Radiohead Album Offered Free Online Tops Charts

'In Rainbows' still popular even after months of free downloads

Jan 10, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Sony BMG
Will Bail
on DRM

Label becomes fourth and final industry giant to ditch copy protection

Jan 4, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Sony BMG will begin offering at least part of its music catalogue online without restrictive digital rights management mechanisms, Business Week reports. The decision comes after the other three major labels—Warner, EMI, and Universal—decided to ditch DRM in 2007, challenging Apple's 80% share of the legal music downloads... More »

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Apple • DRM free music • DRM • Amazon MP3 • music label • Sony BMG

Digital Music Packaging Getting Jazzed Up in '08

Downloads to start offering more than just music

Jan 2, 08 1:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Part of the reasons CDs are still popular in the age of digital music is the extras, Reuters reports. When you buy a CD, you get extended album art, lyrics, and liner notes. With an album downloaded digitally, it's just song titles and thumbnail art. The industry hopes to change... More »

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music industry • iTunes • digital downloads • digital music • music label

Universal, Last of Majors, Signs On to Imeem

Imeem will distribute all four major label's music on social network

Dec 10, 07 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Universal Music Group is the last of the major record label groups, and the largest, to sign a deal with social-networking site Imeem. The site allows users to upload songs to their pages, but not download or store them on computers or iPods, reports the Wall Street Journal. Every... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Universal Music Group • music label • Imeem

Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry

On In Rainbows: a business watershed

Dec 8, 07 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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digital downloads • Radiohead • record industry • music label

MySpace Will Transmit Blunt

Revenue-sharing model allows artists to set music prices for direct sale on MySpace

Dec 5, 07 1:47 AM CST
(Newser) - MySpace will host and sell videos of exclusive musical performances on its MySpace Music site, reports the New York Times. Artists will record a series of exclusive videos for the site, and will be able to set their own prices, unlike Apple's iTunes flat-rate prices. The system, called Transmissions, won't... More »

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social networking • MySpace • music downloads • digital music • music label

Radiohead Move Lowers Wall Street Appraisal of Music Majors

Labels fear more artists will adopt direct sales

Nov 7, 07 6:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Analysts downgraded leader Warner Music' stock to a "sell" today, predicting greater losses for the embattled music sector, News.com reports. Major labels remain unable to cope with digital undercutting of the CD format, and now fear a second front: the defection of high profile acts like Radiohead and... More »

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Time Warner • music downloads • copyright • Madonna • Radiohead • music label

Startup
Rips Labels
Out of iTunes

Ziggy Marley, Ricky Skaggs among those using it to sell direct

Oct 17, 07 6:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Your band doesn't need a record label to find fame on iTunes, says the founder of the new digital music company TuneCore. All you need are your songs, and its helping hand to get a 10-track album into Apple's online store for the price of a "six-pack and a... More »

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music industry • music downloads • iTunes • startup • Ziggy Marley • TuneCore • music label

Milestone Deal for Madonna

She'll leave record company for concert giant Live Nation

Oct 10, 07 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna is set to leave traditional record labels behind for an all-encompassing deal with concert promoter Live Nation, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Material Girl will bank $120 million; Live Nation gets three studio albums, the right to promote her concert tours, and various merchandising opportunities during a 10-year... More »

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Madonna • Warner Brothers • Live Nation • music label

Radiohead's Free Downloads Prompt Others

Oasis, Jamiroquai are among those mulling freebie releases

Oct 10, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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