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Business Matters: Vevo Opens Up on Super Bowl Piracy Blunder, RIAA Chief Slams Google |
www.billboard.biz | Feb 10, 2012
Vevo, the music video operation jointly owned by Universal and Sony, got itself caught in the middle of the broiling Internet copyright debate between illicit streaming web...

CAA Signs Its First Bollywood Star
www.backstage.com | Feb 7, 2012
Priyanka Chopra, one of India's leading actresses, is also an aspiring singer set to release her debut international album on Universal Music Group/Interscope and Desi Hits! Inc.

'Analog Man' Joe Walsh rocks the Troubadour - SoundCheck on Variety.com
www.varietysoundcheck.com | Feb 3, 2012
SoundCheck on Variety.com Variety SoundCheck: The latest music news, commentaries, reviews, events coverage, music videos, business trends and much more.

Tempo changes for Warner Music
www.variety.com | Jan 28, 2012
When Edgar Bronfman, Jr., ankles the executive suite at Warner Music Group on Jan. 31, he will leave behind a company much different than the one he came to in 2004, when he spearheaded the purchase of WMG from Time Warner.. Music News from the entertainment source: Variety. Tempo changes for

The man who made music videos pay - FT.com
www.ft.com | Dec 21, 2011
Doug Morris credits his grandson with the inspiration for Vevo, the website that in two years has turned music videos from a promotional expense that an embattled industry was finding harder to justify into a source of digital income that executives

Report: Google Music launching without Sony, Warner catalog deals - FierceMobileContent
www.fiercemobilecontent.com | Nov 14, 2011
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is poised to unveil its Google Music digital retail platform during a media event Wednesday, but CNet reports that at least two of the four major label catalogs will be Read more >>

EMI sold to Universal Music Group and Sony Music - Radio & Television Business Report
www.rbr.com | Nov 11, 2011
Breaking and latest news on the broadcasting industry. Radio and Television news covering - broadcasting companies, ratings, station deals, sales, advertising, in-depth features, FCC and more... EMI sold to Universal Music Group and Sony Music

MobileTechNews - RIM Announces BBM Music
www.mobiletechnews.com | Aug 25, 2011
The cloud-based BBM Music service closed beta trial debuts today in Canada, the US and the UK and is expected to be commercially available to customers later this year for a monthly subscription of $4.99 USD.

Audio News for April 8, 2011 - Audiophile Audition
www.audaud.com | Apr 8, 2011
Larger Royalties for Older Artists - The music industry is watching a current lawsuit asking how much a song on a digital music service such as iTunes be worth to the performer.  Rapper Eminem is at the center of the suite but thousands of older performers who have not done a new album in

News : Paul music from the Universal pictures soundtrack release don February 28th - Soundtrack.Net
www.soundtrack.net | Feb 23, 2011
Music From The Original Motion Picture Feb 28th Universal Music In the comedy-adventure Paul, best friends Graeme Willy (SIMON PEGG of Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) and Clive Gollings (NICK FROST of Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) have saved for decades to take a sci-fi fan's trip of a lifetime: a