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  • August 2008
    • Sony Bolsters Bet on Music Industry

      Sony Bolsters Bet on Music Industry

      (Newser) - Sony will buy out Bertelsmann AG’s half-share of the Sony BMG music venture for $900 million, the Wall Street Journal reports—a significant bet in an industry that has seen little good news recently. Though sales of recorded music are down, Sony’s other ventures—its own consumer-electronics franchises, mobile-phone partnership with Ericsson—could allow for new revenue streams going forward. More »

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      music industry   Sony   Sony BMG   Bertelsmann AG

  • April 2008
  • March 2008
    • Sony Goes Viral With 'Thriller'

      Sony Goes Viral With 'Thriller'

      (Newser) - When Sony BMG wanted to work up some excitement for the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” a conventional campaign using the reclusive artist didn't look like a winner. So the label went the guerrilla route, staging “impromptu breakouts” of the "Thriller" zombie dance at locations including the London Underground and posting them on YouTube, reports the New York Times.   More »

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      YouTube   London   marketing   Michael Jackson   Sony BMG   Sony BMG Music Entertainment   Copenhagen   Thriller   Tesco   London Tube

  • January 2008
    • Amazon Will Sell Sony BMG Music Sans Copyright Curbs

      Amazon Will Sell Sony BMG Music Sans Copyright Curbs

      (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 their device of choice, or personal copying. More »

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      music   Amazon.com   music label   digital downloads   DRM   Sony BMG

    • Sony BMG Will Bail on DRM

      Sony BMG Will Bail on DRM

      (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 market. More »

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      Apple   music label   DRM   DRM free music   Sony BMG   Amazon MP3

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