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  • August 2008

    • Top Albums, Tours of 2008

      Rolling Stone  |  Aug 3, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      Top Albums, Tours of 2008

      (Newser) - A tough economy may be sending album sales toward a fourth straight year of decline, but tour sales are keeping pace with last year at the midway point, reports Rolling Stone. Here's a look at both categories. The top-selling albums so far: Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III , 1.52 million Jack Johnson, Sleep Through Static , 1.25 million Mariah Carey, E=MC2, 1.06 million More »

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      Bruce Springsteen  • music sales  • Jon Bon Jovi  • Coldplay  • Van Halen

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Steaming Coldplay Denies Stealing Song

      Independent (UK)  |  Jun 19, 08 3:59 AM CDT

      Steaming Coldplay Denies Stealing Song

      (Newser) - Coldplay is hotly denying allegations of plagiarism from a Brooklyn-based indie band, the Independent reports. Members of the Creaky Boards say the melody of the British band's new album's title track Viva la Vida was lifted from a tune of theirs called The Songs I Didn't Write. Coldplay members insist they were in the studio the night the Yanks claim they saw Chris Martin listening to the song at one of their gigs. More »

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      rock music  • plagiarism  • song  • bands  • Coldplay  • Chris Martin

  • January 2008

    • Music Giant EMI Slashing 2,000 Jobs

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 14, 08 6:14 AM CST

      Music Giant EMI Slashing 2,000 Jobs

      (Newser) - The new owners of record company titan EMI are cleaning house, starting with the elimination of 2,000 jobs—a third of its workforce—in a restructuring that could also include dumping artists, reports the Wall Street Journal . The layoffs come as new owner, Terra Firma Capital, tries to rejuvenate the fourth-place company during an industry skid that saw album sales drop 15% last year. More »

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      music  • job cuts  • EMI Music  • Coldplay  • Terra Firma Capital

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