Universal Music Bows Digital Label
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Universal Music Group is testing the all-digital waters with a new label venture that sells its releases exclusively through download and streaming services like iTunes, Rhapsody and Napster.
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Warner Music Group becomes the latest big studio to sell DRM-free tunes through Amazon.com.
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Online retailer Amazon.com Inc   said on Thursday its digital music store will now  offer songs by artists on the roster of Sony BMG Music  Entertainment without copy-protection technology, known as  digital rights management.
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Universal has confirmed earlier reports that it was seeking to end its long term agreement with Apple's iTunes.
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Universal Music Group is seeking a month-by-month licensing deal with Apple Inc.'s iTunes that would no longer guarantee the online music seller access to all Universal content, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday.
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Universal Music's publishing division  has overtaken EMI as the world's leading major music publisher,  according to market research on Monday.
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Universal is reported not to be renewing its long-term deal to sell its music through Apple's iTunes.
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By From news reports  Vivendi's Universal Music Group unit said Wednesday that it would acquire BMG Music Publishing from Bertelsmann for about $2.1 billion, making Universal the world's largest music publisher, with a catalog that includes performers of the standing of Elton John and B.B.
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Unlaunched TotalMusic prompts price fixing concern Two major labels have been served notice of a fresh antitrust investigation, a music business newsletter reports today. MusicAlly's daily Bulletin suggests that the as-yet-unlaunched TotalMusic service, currently backed by Universal and Somy BMG, has prompted notices from the US Department of Justice. The report suggests all four major labels have been contacted.â¦
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The move is a blow to Apple's iTunes Store, which has persuaded only EMI and a handful of independent labels to let it offer their tracks in the DRM-free iTunes Plus format it launched in May.
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Struggling music label Sanctuary said Friday it has agreed to a takeover from Universal Music worth about 44.5 million pounds.
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Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on  Thursday its digital music store will now offer songs by  artists on the roster of Sony BMG Music Entertainment without  copy-protection technology, known as digital rights management.
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Universal Music Group has licensed songs from its stable of artists including U2 and Eminem to a company that has developed technology designed to prevent the unauthorized distribution of audio tracks over online file-sharing networks, a source familiar with the venture said.
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Apple today introduced the iPod U2 Special Edition as part of a partnership between Apple, U2 and Universal Music Group (UMG) to create innovative new products together for the new digital music era.
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Music label Universal has taken steps to allow consumers to listen to its artists legally for free by signing an agreement with new music store entrant SpiralFrog. The service will launch late this year and is based on advertising.
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Reserves nuclear option Universal Music Group (UMG) has responded to yesterday's report in the New York Times by declaring that it will continue to supply its catalog to Apple's iTunes store. It'll just do so on new terms, far more flexible than it previously enjoyed.â¦
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EU regulators gave Universal Music Group clearance Tuesday to buy BMG Music Publishing for about for about $2.09 billion in a deal that will create the world's largest music publishing company