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NEWS ABOUT: EMI

EMI stories: 10 news summaries

 Beatles Break Free of CDs 

Pricey USB drive holds band's remastered studio albums

Nov 5, 09 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Beatles songs still aren't available on iTunes, but you can get them on an apple—a USB drive shaped like an apple, that is. EMI is charging a mere $279.99 for all of the band’s remastered studio albums, previously available only on CD, and a slew of video,... More »

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entertainment • music • EMI • digital music • Beatles • apple • remastering • remastered • USB

Beatles Poised to Rule UK Charts Once Again

Fab Four expected to hold five top 20 spots

Sep 10, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s a flashback to Beatlemania in Britain after the release of remastered versions of the band’s discography, Reuters reports. The Fab Four are expected to hold at least five of the top 20 spots on the pop charts when the sales week closes Saturday, along with 15 of... More »

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music • Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • EMI • Beatles • record sales • remastering • Abbey Road

(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


 Hard Day's 
 Night for 
 Beatles 
 iTunes Deal 

Apple vs. Apple talks fall through

Nov 25, 08 3:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Don't expect to download Hey Jude any time soon. Negotiations between the Beatles' label, EMI, their holding company, Apple Corps, and Apple Inc. to release the legendary band's hits on iTunes and other internet music services have stalled, reports AP. Bad feelings remain between the two Apples over their long-running... More »

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Paul McCartney • iTunes • Apple • copyright • digital downloads • EMI • Beatles • Internet music portal • Apple Corps • Electric Arguments

 MySpace Elbows iTunes With New Music Service

Rival launches today

Sep 25, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s iTunes meets its first serious challenge today with the launch of MySpace Music, CNET reports. The second-largest online social network has joined forces with Amazon and the world’s four biggest record labels to offer free streaming and paid downloads. The move also pitches media mogul and MySpace... More »

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Steve Jobs • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • music industry • iTunes • Apple • Sony • EMI • MP3 • Amazon • MySpace Music

 Stones Exit EMI, 
 Jump to Universal 

Post-1971 catalogue comes with Jagger & Co., who take potshot at now-former label

Jul 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 As Digital Gains,
 Album Sales
 Plunge 11% 

Music biz turmoil as CDs plummet

Jul 3, 08 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - CDs continue to go the way of the 8-track, losing further ground to digital music. Another big drop in CD sales is being driven by the closure of Virgin stores and reduced shelf space at outlets like Target. CD sales are off 16% over the last 12 months and total... More »

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music industry • Universal Music Group • CDs • EMI • digital music • Warner Music • Madonna • Target • Best Buy • Lil Wayne • Coldplay • Virgin Records • Usher • Mariah Carey • album sales • Nielsen SoundScan • Leona Lewis • Danity Kane • Lenny Kravitz • Jack Johnson

Qtrax Hits Snags

Startup promised free, legal, iPod-compatible downloads rom all the major labels

Jan 28, 08 12:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Startup Qtrax has been promising free, legal music downloads from all the major labels via an ad-supported site that was supposed to launch this morning. Too good to be true? Maybe. On the eve of its debut, things started to unravel, with Warner, Universal and EMI all denying agreements with... More »

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music downloads • Universal Music Group • file sharing • EMI • Warner Music • Qtrax

Sony Ericsson Hums New Tune

Under pressure from rivals, mobile phone maker plans new music portal

Nov 6, 07 11:27 PM CST
(Newser) - London mobile-phone maker Sony Ericsson has unveiled plans for its own online music store for computers and mobile phones. The service will roll out next spring, and claims it will add millions of new music tracks from major record labels. The move comes as Sony Ericsson is facing increasing competition... More »

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Sony Ericsson • Universal Music Group • EMI • Warner Music • Internet music portal • PlayNow • Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Universal Thumbs Nose
at Apple

Label to lift piracy protection—except
on iTunes downloads

Aug 11, 07 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Universal Music will ditch the anti-piracy software on music it sells through most outlets, making it easy—but still illegal—to copy its tunes. In what one analyst calls “a bold-faced move to blunt Apple’s influence,” the plan conspicuously excludes iTunes. The company says Apple is a... More »

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music • Internet • iTunes • Apple • piracy • Universal Music Group • file sharing • EMI • music label

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