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music industry stories: 135 news summaries

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 Music Biz Drops 
 Concert Camera Bans 

Bands give up trying to control images

Nov 11, 09 1:22 AM CST
(Newser) - As camera phones held aloft become as common as lighters in the air used to be at rock-and-roll concerts, the music industry is starting to give in to reality and drop camera bans. Most bands are allowed to choose their own photo policy, and a growing number are letting fans... More »

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music industry • camera • photography • digital photography • concert • camera phones • bands

 Feds Tear Into 
 Ticketmaster Merger 

Antitrust officials weigh concessions for Live Nation deal to pass

Oct 16, 09 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Concerned Justice Department are considering blocking a deal that would create a music industry behemoth—unless major concessions are made. Antitrust officials are worried about the effect the proposed Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger would have on consumer cost and may require the companies to make major concessions, insiders tell the Wall ... More »

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Department of Justice • music industry • mergers and acquisitions • merger • antitrust • Ticketmaster • Live Nation

ANALYSIS

 Recession Finds 
 Place in Rap's 
 Latest Hits 

Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne among those referencing sour economy

Oct 7, 09 9:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ugly economy is making more than a cameo in today’s hottest rap music, with Young Jeezy taking the cake by naming his latest album The Recession. Rap’s often been a barometer of such huge swings, Sara Libby writes, noting the impact last year of Barack Obama’s... More »

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entertainment • music industry • recession • rap music • Lil Wayne • Jay-Z • financial crisis • Jay-ZTV • Jay Sean • Young Jeezy • Lil Wayne jail • Lil Wayne pleads guilty • Lil Wayne going to jail

ANALYSIS

Watch an Ad, Get an MP3 Download: Genius or Goof?

Free All Music is innovative, but still might not work

Oct 2, 09 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new site thinks it has the answer the music industry’s woes: Free All Music will allow users to download a high-quality mp3 with no copy restrictions in exchange for watching a 15-second video ad of their choosing. The site then takes a user’s handle and uses it... More »

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music • music industry • music downloads • advertising • iTunes • digital downloads • MP3 • MP3s • Free All Music

 Allen Quits 
 Piracy Fight 
 ... and Maybe 
 Music, Too 

Brit singer says she won't renew recording deal, has no plans for new album

Sep 24, 09 8:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - After taking heaps of “abuse” for her campaign against music piracy, British pop star Lily Allen today shut down the blog she’d used to explain her side of the fight—only after she’d written that she wasn’t going to renew her recording deal and didn’t... More »

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entertainment • music industry • piracy • blog • Lily Allen

OPINION

Lily Allen Rode Piracy to Fame, But Now It's Not OK?

Singer ripped others' music for own mixes before she was a star

Sep 23, 09 10:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Singer Lily Allen has caused a stir with recent rants against music piracy (and a blog where she posts opinions from like-minded creative pals), but when she was trying to make it, she was guilty of just that offense. Allen included tracks from Jay-Z, Jefferson Airplane and others on mixtapes... More »

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entertainment • music industry • piracy • digital music • hypocrisy • Jay-Z • Lily Allen • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

To Save the Music Industry, Ban Music—and Whistling

The copyright arguments aren't going to stop until the day music dies

Sep 18, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The music industry wants royalties for the 30-second previews on iTunes—which is "bullshit," writes Nicholas DeLeon for TechGear. It's yet another foolish move in the battle to save the music industry, complains DeLeon. Luckily, he has a "foolproof" way to do just that: Ban music, "... More »

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music industry • Recording Industry Association of America • iTunes • copyright • file sharing • royalties • RIAA • lawsuit • illegal downloading

opinion

 How to Save 
 the Music Biz 


Sep 12, 09 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The album is dead. Touring is on the fade. File-sharing is killing download profits. Adieu, music biz? Not so fast, reports The Wrap, which offers five fixes:
  • Drop the price. Ninety-nine cents for a song? Try 10. "Lower the price point, and you undercut the very foundation of
... More »

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music industry • iTunes • file sharing • Guitar Hero • Rock Band • record label • Jack White

OPINION

 Pearl Jam  
 Via Target? 
 It's a Brave  
 New World  

'The Fixer' is their best song in years, however you come by it

Sep 9, 09 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pearl Jam has been proudly iconoclastic for years—releasing records on vinyl, eschewing music videos, “bootlegging” concerts, and fighting Ticketmaster—but they’re getting old. So it surprises Jonah Weiner that The Fixer, the single from the band’s new album Backspacer, is “by far the most... More »

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music • music industry • Verizon • iTunes • rock and roll • Pearl Jam • Eddie Vedder • Target • Jay-ZTV • Backspacer

 Susan Boyle's 
 Album Already 
 a Best-Seller 

November release tops presale chart

Sep 4, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beat it, Beatles, here comes Susan Boyle. Hours after the Scottish singer's upcoming album was announced, it hit No. 1 on the Amazon.com presale charts—putting her ahead of Whitney Houston and the Fab Four. I Dreamed A Dream comes out in late November, the Scottish Daily Record reports.... More »

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entertainment • music industry • Scotland • Beatles • record sales • Amazon.com • CD sales • Whitney Houston • Susan Boyle

 Chris Brown's Mom: 
 Rihanna 'Like a Daughter' 

Says pop star was part of the family

Sep 4, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown's mom says Rihanna was "like a daughter" to her, and that made the domestic assault ordeal all the more difficult. "I love her," Joyce Hawkins tells People. "She became family to us." Brown was sentenced last month to 5 years of probation and... More »

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entertainment • music industry • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown • Joyce Hawkins

obituary

 Music Legend  
 Les Paul Dead at 94 

Inventor, guitarist 'changed the course of 20th-century popular music'

Aug 13, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Musical innovator and guitar legend Les Paul died today in White Plains, NY. He was 94. A “virtuoso guitarist” himself, in the early 1940s Paul pioneered the “log” guitar, “probably the first solid-body electric guitar," writes Jon Pareles of the New York Times. His popular Gibson... More »

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music • music industry • obituary • innovation • guitarist • guitar • Jay-ZTV • Les Paul • Mary Ford • Gibson guitar

 Radiohead: No More Albums 


Aug 11, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead has recorded its last album, frontman Thom Yorke told the Believer in a recent interview. Instead, the band will focus on download-only singles and EPs. “None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again,” he said. Though the band believes... More »

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music industry • music downloads • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • album

(Newser) - Country music megastars Brooks & Dunn will split up in 2010 after 18 years atop the charts, CMT reports. "We have agreed as a duo that it's time call it a day," Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who make up the best-selling duo in country music history,... More »

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entertainment • music industry • country music • Brooks & Dunn • Kix Brooks • Ronnie Dunn

 Drake Rising  
 Fast in  
 Music World 

Lil Wayne signs Canadian actor-turned-rapper to big deal

Aug 8, 09 7:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drake isn’t your typical rapper. Not long ago, the 22-year-old biracial Canadian was playing a parapalegic teen on the Canadian drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. But two well-received mixtapes and some music videos later, he’s signed a monster $2 million deal with Lil Wayne’s Young Money... More »

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music industry • rap music • Lil Wayne • Jay-ZTV • Drake

 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

(Newser) - Apple has joined forces with four major record labels on a mission to get music buyers to start buying albums again instead of just single tracks, the Financial Times reports. The project—codenamed "Cocktail"—will bundle album downloads with lyrics sheets, sleeve notes, photos, and assorted interactive features... More »

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music industry • iTunes • Apple • Universal Music Group • EMI • Warner Music • sony • album • record label • album sales

 5 Sites Keeping You 
 Tuned Into Online Music 

Streaming music gets a foothold among listeners

Jul 23, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wide world of online music now offers a range of ways to stream your tunes, from pay sites to musical social-networking services. It’s hard to tell which will stick around, but experts say they may help save the music industry, CNN reports. A sampling:
  • Napster: It’s
... More »

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entertainment • music • Internet • music industry • online music • Kazaa • Napster • Pandora • Imeem • eMusic • streaming media • streaming content • Jay-ZTV • The Hype Machine

 Billboard Shifts Website 
 to Lure Listeners, Buyers 

Billboard.com ties MP3 and ticket sales to its famous charts

Jul 22, 09 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - As circulation of its print magazine continues to fall, Billboard is looking to transition to the digital age with an overhauled website designed to be a one-stop shop for pop music, USA Today reports. Billboard.com now allows all visitors, not just subscribers, to look at its 51-year archive... More »

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music • music industry • Ticketmaster • MP3 • Billboard charts • album sales

Music Industry Hunts for Cash in Pirate Bay Sale

Trade group wants its chunk of $7.8M acquisition

Jul 16, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The music industry wants its money back from those copyright vigilantes at Pirate Bay, and now it sees a decent chance to get it, reports CNET. An industry trade group plans to go after the $3.6 million in damages awarded by a Swedish court now that a software company... More »

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music industry • copyright • acquisition • Sweden • BitTorrent • The Pirate Bay • punitive damages

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