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XM Settles Suit With EMI on Portable Music Player; Major Labels Out Of The Way - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Jun 2008 09:23 AM PST

XM Satellite Radio (NSDQ: XMSR) has settled a lawsuit brought by EMI against the firm over the Pioneer Inno digital media player, which has live recording capabilities. This is the…

Industry Moves: Second Life Co-Founder Ondrejka Becomes EMI Music Digital SVP - 4 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 09 Jun 2008 05:22 AM PST

EMI Music is hiring Linden Lab co-founder and developer guru Cory Ondrejka to the new position of digital strategy SVP, in a move it says will “drive innovation around new…

SpiralFrog Signs Distribution Deal With EMI - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 03 Jun 2008 09:25 PM PST

SpiralFrog, the ad-funded free music and video download site, has signed a distribution deal with UK-based label EMI, giving it access to the content of two of the four major…

Industry Moves: EMI Appoints Google VP As New Digital President - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 01 Apr 2008 04:01 PM PST

Another high profile Google (NSDQ: GOOG) departure: VP of Engineering Douglas Merrill has left the online giant and joined the embattled music label EMI as its president of its digital…

News Corp. Working On Music ‘Hulu’ For MySpace - 5 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 15 Feb 2008 02:15 PM PST

paidContent has learned that News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is pursuing a music joint venture for MySpace—similar to Hulu, its video joint venture with NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), but with variations…

@ MWC: EMI To Sell DRM-Free Mobile Music Through Jamba - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 06:18 PM PST

EMI has licensed Jamba to provide what the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and Verisign-owned mobile entertainment JV says is the label’s first DRM-free repertoire in Europe to cross both mobile…

NY Daily News, EMI To Offer Free Downloads To Readers - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 29 Jan 2008 01:43 PM PST

The New York Daily News and EMI have cooked up a promo for this Sunday (Super Bowl) and Feb. 10 (Grammys): three free downloads for readers of each day’s NYDN.…

EMI Troubles Continue: Digital Head Wragg Leaves - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 Jan 2008 05:33 PM PST

Updated below: EMI announced its restructuring and layoffs earlier today, but an un-noticed move on the digital side, till now: Barney Wragg, EMI’s head of digital since mid 2006, has…

EMI Restructuring: 2,000 Jobs May Be Cut; Dropped Artists; $391M Raise: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sun 13 Jan 2008 08:30 PM PST

Terra Firma’s much-anticipated restructuring of EMI will result in major job cuts and a fresh equity investment, according to reports on the eve of the announcement. Up to one third…

Preview Of Guy Hands’ EMI Strategy; Rescue Plan Gives Artists Better Digital Deal: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 10 Jan 2008 08:53 AM PST

Guy Hands’ new strategy to turn EMI around will stress “tackling digital challenges,” “understanding the needs of the consumer,” and the “importance of keeping artists at the heart of what…

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Sony BMG Joining Amazon Music Store; Final Major To Try DRM-Free: Report - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 04 Jan 2008 09:02 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG will join EMI, Vivendi’s (EPA: VIV) Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) in selling music through Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) MP3 store, making it…

Radiohead Got ‘Absolutely Zero’ From EMI Digital, ‘Done Really Well’ Online-Only - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Jan 2008 09:49 AM PST

From our sister site paidContent:UK: With In Rainbows‘ digital-only run having ended and some time having elapsed since Radiohead’s departure from EMI’s Parlophone, Thom Yorke’s lips are getting looser on…

Warner Signs On With Amazon’s DRM-Free MP3 Download Store - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 27 Dec 2007 08:40 AM PST

Effective today, Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) follows Universal Music Group and EMI to the DRM-free Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) MP3 store. For Warner, it’s an admission that DRM-free music is…

Capital Scarce For Major Labels; EMI Looks To Cut Funds to Industry Groups - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 28 Nov 2007 03:56 PM PST

Planned debt offerings from EMI and Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) will have to wait. FT reports that the companies had been looking to raise cash in order to pay…