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January 2008
- Sony BMG Will Bail on DRM
  
  newser | BusinessWeek | Jan 4, 08 1:20 PM CST
  
  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 »
- US Album Sales Plummet In '07
  
  newser | Reuters | Jan 4, 08 11:25 AM CST
  
  Album sales in the US fell 15% in 2007, to just 500.5 million units. The total represents both the lowest sales figure and sharpest decline since Nielsen began keeping track of music sales estimates in 1993. Total digital sales, including both albums and singles, were up 14% with 1.4 billion units sold, but still 19% short of last year’s figures. More »
- Online Music Sales Surge in Britain
  
  newser | Reuters | Jan 3, 08 3:28 PM CST
  
  Online music downloads in Britain surged during the last week of 2007, more than doubling the corresponding week of 2006, Reuters reports. With physical album sales still down and digital piracy continuing, analysts saw a high note: "The news should help induce optimism that the recorded music industry may be seeing the roots of recovery," one said. More »
- Digital Music Packaging Getting Jazzed Up in '08
  
  newser | Reuters | Jan 2, 08 1:12 AM CST
  
  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 that in 2008, and Apple's iTunes is expected to lead the way. More »
December 2007
- Radiohead to Webcast Show on New Year's Eve
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Dec 27, 07 9:52 PM CST
  
  Radiohead will celebrate the CD release of its buzz-generating new album In Rainbows by streaming a pre-recorded concert on its website at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The band broke new ground by first releasing the album online under a pay-what-you-want formula. The New Year's Eve show will include "songs and other bits,” as described by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Guardian reports. More »
- Amazon Gets Funky With Warner Music
  
  newser | Digital Trends | Dec 27, 07 2:21 PM CST
  
  Amazon’s burgeoning mp3 service landed another big fish today, adding Warner Music’s catalog to its online store. The Amazon shop aims to compete with Apple’s iTunes, selling songs for 89 cents as opposed to Apple’s 99 cents and without digital rights management software that makes sharing songs difficult and limits which players will play them. More »
- Jay-Z Leaves Def Jam Post
  
  newser | E! Online | Dec 24, 07 7:15 PM CST
  
  Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is stepping down as president of Def Jam Records at the end of the year. The busy rapper is leaving on good terms after two years, a span in which he signed new stars such as Ne-Yo and Rihanna, E! Online reports. Jay-Z, whose American Gangster CD currently rules the charts, will still record for Def Jam's Roc-a-Fella label. More »
- 2 Music Pioneers Talk Shop
  
  newser | Wired | Dec 20, 07 9:57 AM CST
  
  David Byrne and Thom Yorke don’t have much of anything nice to say about record labels, but they’re both excited about the contemporary musician’s access to audiences. The famous frontman from Talking Heads interviews the Radiohead impresario for Wired , and the latter says it was an “obvious” decision to self-release the group's latest record—and a treat to avoid the “silly games” of courting journalists. More »
- Celine's Heart Will Go On
  
  newser | Associated Press | Dec 16, 07 12:32 PM CST
  
  Celine Dion bid a emotional farewell to Las Vegas last night, wrapping her nearly 5-year run at Caesars Palace and admitting that she once wanted to nix the show, the AP reports. She told the audience of 4,000-plus that she had wanted to raise her son instead, but the show was already bankrolled. "I wanted to be more successful as a mother than as a singer," she said. More »
- Zep Show a Whole Lotta Love
  
  newser | E! Online | Dec 11, 07 2:42 AM CST
  
  Until tonight, Led Zeppelin hadn't played a full concert in close to 30 years. But it's clear the band still has a whole lotta love for performing, reports E!. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham, blew the roof off London's O2 Arena, packed to its 16,000-seat capacity, at a tribute concert to Atlantic Records exec Ahmet Ertegun. More »
- Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry
  
  newser | New York Times | Dec 8, 07 5:00 PM CST
  
  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 and others turned down major-label contracts, becoming economically viable independents. More »
- Interest Grows in Music-for-Rent
  
  newser | BusinessWeek | Dec 7, 07 2:32 PM CST
  
  After years of the iTunes model dominating digital music sales, the time for subscription music services could be near. So far, fewer than 3 million Americans have signed up for such services. But as customizable online radio stations and social networks where users sample and recommend music grow in popularity, the public may be ready for the subscription model, reports BusinessWeek. More »
- Radiohead Download Deal Set to End
  
  newser | Wired | Dec 6, 07 7:04 PM CST
  
  Radiohead is set to lay to rest its pay-what-you-will offer, which lets fans download the recently released album "In Rainbows" for as much, or (more likely) as little as they like. The promo ends Monday, after which the album will only be available on CD or record, Wired reports—unless iTunes can strike a deal with the band. More »
November 2007
- Why Is Harvard Escaping the RIAA’s Wrath?
  
  newser | Ars Technica | Nov 27, 07 12:00 PM CST
  
  The RIAA has sent out 4,157 prelitigation settlement letters to a total of 160 schools this year, but Harvard’s mailboxes have remained noticeably empty. And it’s not for a lack of potentially illegal music downloading. More likely, Ars Technica speculates, the recording industry is afraid of two Harvard Law professors who are publicly hostile toward the anti-file-sharing crusade. More »
- New Trend May Have Fans Shout, 'I Want My ITV!'
  
  newser | Reuters | Nov 26, 07 2:41 AM CST
  
  MTV just may become a thing of the past, thanks to a new wave sweeping the Net called “interactive video.” Encouraged by the popularity of music videos online, but frustrated by poor web quality, producers are allowing users to create their own video-viewing experience. Indie favorite Arcade Fire released their new single by letting fans click through the band’s clips. More »
- Chili Peppers Sue Over 'Californication'
  
  newser | Hollywood Reporter | Nov 20, 07 9:35 AM CST
  
  The Red Hot Chili Peppers are suing Showtime for stealing the title of their 1999 hit album. The cable network's "Californication" series, which stars David Duchovny, also features a character called Dani California—the title of a 2006 Chili Peppers song. The suit, for unfair competition, dilution of the value of the name, and unjust enrichment, seeks damages and an injunction against further use of the title. More »
- Prince vs. the Internet: Round 2?
  
  newser | Ars Technica | Nov 19, 07 3:47 PM CST
  
  Things are heating up for BitTorrent search site The Pirate Bay, as lawyers for Prince pressure advertisers to drop it and a Swedish prosecutor promises to sue site administrators. One admin tells Ars Technica that investigators driving cars with Danish license plates are following and photographing Pirate Bay operators -- a move he's inclined to blame on Prince. More »
- Beatles Works Set for 2008 Online Debut
  
  newser | Reuters | Nov 16, 07 12:54 PM CST
  
  The long and winding road leads to your computer: The Beatles' catalogue should finally arrive online in 2008, says Paul McCartney. The release has been expected since February’s settlement in the trademark dispute between record label Apple and iTunes-provider Apple. The Beatles' work is among the most high-profile still unavailable in digital format, Reuters writes. More »
- Warner Boss Mea Culpa : P2P Problems Industry's Fault
  
  newser | PC Pro | Nov 14, 07 5:23 PM CST
  
  Warner Music’s boss has admitted he missed the Internet zeitgeist, even claiming some responsibility for the rise of online file sharing. “By standing still or moving at a glacial pace,” said Edgar Bronfman, “we inadvertently went to war with consumers.” The change of heart amounts to an “epiphany,” says MacUser’s Simon Aughton, as Warner has begun to offer some music without controversial DRM code protecting it. More »
- Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny
  
  newser | Washington Post | Nov 9, 07 8:39 PM CST
  
  The Hannah Montana tour is hot—tickets sold out in seconds, and resellers are charging as much as 100 times face value for them. And both the speed of sellouts and eye-popping resale prices for popular artists are arousing suspicion. The Washington Post looks at how scalpers use ticket-buying technology, leaving regular consumers out in the cold. More »

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