Music

Sony BMG Joins Nokia’s Comes With Music Program - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Apr 2008 04:19 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG is the second record label to join Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) Comes With Music pre-bundled music initiative. At a London joint press conference, the pair said Nokia…

UK Music Biz Got $11 Million PRS Royalties From Digital In Q1 - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 21 Apr 2008 12:06 PM PST

From our sister site paidContent:UK: Musicians got only five percent of their performance royalties from online and mobile in the first three months of the year in UK. The Performing…

Nokia Denies Paying Universal Music Group High Fees For Comes With Music - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 18 Apr 2008 11:02 AM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is denying reports—including ours—of a deal to pay Universal Music Group $33-35 per handset for access to its music on the handset maker’s upcoming Comes With Music.…

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MTV’s Rock Band Video Game Preps Full Album Download Sales - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 18 Apr 2008 10:11 AM PST

Having proved that it can sell individual song downloads in the millions after only five months in operation, MTVN’s (NYSE: VIA) Rock Band video game will begin selling full-length albums…

Universal Music Confirms Buzznet Investment; Revenue Share - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Apr 2008 10:47 AM PST

As we reported first two weeks ago, Universal Music has officially announced its investment in music social network and destination Buzznet...the size was not disclosed, but we reported a total…

Broadband Content Bits: Discovery’s Planet Green; TommyTV; Alicia in Africa; myLifetime - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:55 AM PST

-- Discovery’s Planet Green Launches Shows with TreeHugger.com to Blog in Tandem: In a bid to generate new media buzz before turning Discovery Home into Planet Green, Discovery’s Planet Green…

Updated: Nokia Paying Universal Music $35 Per User For Comes With Music? - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 16 Apr 2008 01:25 PM PST

More unconfirmed rumors as to how much Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is paying Universal Music Group for its music to be a part of Nokia’s “Comes With Music” service, from THR:…

Will Smith And Others Invest About $2 Million In Music Video Startup PluggedIn - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 Apr 2008 05:15 PM PST

A new music video destination is launching tonight, and yes, another one. PluggedIn, a new site based in Santa Monica, is launching with about $2 million in venture funding from…

Music Bits: California Taxes; Chrysalis Off Market; AmazonMP3 Growth; TheFilter - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 Apr 2008 04:45 PM PST

-- Potential California Taxes on Digital Music: Didn’t really happen, but could: a controversial proposal in the California State Assembly would have extended the state’s sales tax to include digital…

Music Social Net Imeem Gets More From Sequoia - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 15 Apr 2008 01:10 PM PST

Imeem, the music-based social net, has taken an unspecified follow-on investment from Sequoia Capital, according to Tech Confidential. Details are scant, and it’s not known whether past backer Morgenthaler Ventures…

UK Music Biz Would Rather Tax iPods Than Legitimize Format Shifting - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Apr 2008 08:26 AM PST

The British record industry has challenged a UK government proposal that would legalize “format shifting” from CD to gadgets like iPods - and instead demanded portable music device makers pay…

EU Parliament Warns Against ISP Monitoring In Music Piracy Fight - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Apr 2008 02:48 AM PST

This could put the cat amongst the pigeons. European Parliament members have voted in favour of outlawing the kind of ISP disconnection policy the French government introduced to fight illegal…

Last.fm’s Free Music ‘Boosts Sales’; Unlimited Services ‘To Kick In By 2012’ - 3 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Apr 2008 09:21 AM PST

Last.fm claims its 12-week-old free, full-track music streams have resulted in 119 percent more CD and download sales through its Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) click-through partnership. Some of that is attributable…

Wal-Mart Going Hardline on DRM-Free Online Music Store; SonyBMG and WMG Holdouts - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 08 Apr 2008 10:41 PM PST

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), whose online music efforts haven’t exactly caught fire among consumers, is now trying a hardline stance on MP3 downloads, ditching Windows DRM-laden downloads that it used to…

Sellaband Scores $5 Million For Fan-Funded Music Community - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 08 Apr 2008 11:58 AM PST

Fan-funded musician site Sellaband has scored $5 million funding from Prime Technology Ventures to embark on a US roll-out. CEO Johan Vosmeijer of the Amsterdam-based outfit, which lets visitors buy…

Music Community mTraks Raises $550k From Angels - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 07 Apr 2008 03:10 PM PST

mTraks, a music community and marketplace, has raised another $550,000 from unidentified angel investors. The San Diego-based company raised the same amount last year, for a total raise of $1.1…

Social Net Imeem Buys Struggling Music Service Snocap - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 07 Apr 2008 07:48 AM PST

As had been rumored for a while, music-based social networking service Imeem has finally bought the assets of trouble digital music services firm Snocap. Terms of the deal were not…

Record Labels Seek $9 Million From Baidu, $7.5 Million From Sohu For Piracy Charges - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 07 Apr 2008 07:00 AM PST

Now that the Beijing Intermediate People’s Court has accepted the copyright infringement suits brought by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents the major record labels, the amounts…

Music Labels’ Openness on Deals Comes At a Price - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 06 Apr 2008 01:38 PM PST

A known secret of the music industry: the labels, though becoming open to new business models from startups, are asking for a hefty upfront advances for licensing music and in…

Inside The Deals: MySpace Music JV Has One Thing In Its Favor—Authority - 0 Comments
Posted By Steve Rosenbush - Fri 04 Apr 2008 04:41 PM PST

When it comes to management, joint ventures such as the MySpace Music initiative unveiled on Thursday pose significant challenges. Getting competing interests to cooperate can be like imposing orders on…

OurStage Raises $13 Million In Angel Money For Music Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 03 Apr 2008 02:39 PM PST

OurStage, a startup that likens itself to an online version of American Idol, has raised over $13 million from over 100 angels, according to a Tech Confidential piece examining the…

Apple Surpasses Wal-Mart As Number One U.S. Music Seller - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 03 Apr 2008 02:24 PM PST

Less than two months after edging out Best Buy and Target for the number two spot, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) says it has now passed Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) as the number…

Interview: Chris De Wolfe: CEO, MySpace: No Third-Party Distribution Partners - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 03 Apr 2008 11:25 AM PST

I spoke to Chris De Wolfe, the CEO of MySpace, on the JV announced today, and the rationale for forming a separate company on it, instead of being part of…

Live: MySpace Music Call: DRM-free Downloads, International Plans And More - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 03 Apr 2008 07:55 AM PST

Waiting for the MySpace Music call to begin ... In the meantime, some details on what is being billed as a “global initiative that will include a 360 music experience”:…

Updated: MySpace Music Deal With Three Labels En Route; Expected Thursday - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 02 Apr 2008 03:47 PM PST

MySpace has scheduled a call this morning at 11 a.m. eastern with Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO, MySpace, and Amit Kapur, COO, MySpace. No music execs are listed—and in keeping…