Music exec says business model is 'done'
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Rick Rubin, co-chairman of Columbia Records, holds out little hope for the music industry's recovery unless it's dramatically overhauled, according to reports.
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Sir Paul McCartney says he left record label EMI after 45 years because it had become "boring" and formulaic.
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Universal Music Group will not renew its long-term licensing agreement with Apple iTunes, instead moving to an 'at-will' model.
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Blog: The groundbreaking musician is seems to be acknowledging the demise of the old CD-focused business model by giving his new album away with a U.K. newspaper before releasing it to the rest of the world.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has made a surprise call for the end of digital rights management technology, which is designed to stop copyrighted music from being shared illicitly. Jobs says Apple would sell only DRM-free music on iTunes if it could.
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News that the Universal Music Group would no longer guarantee Apple access to its coming releases could shake up the digital music business.
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Business & money: Â· UK chief goes after new owner angers musicians   Â· Venture capital group determined to cut costs
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The machine that minted a long string of big-name stars, from Snoop Dogg to OutKast, has broken down. What happens now?
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Arts & entertainment: As his year as a label boss draws to a close, success might just be on the horizon, says Will Hodgkinson
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment will become the last of the big four majors to drop copy protection software on music downloads.
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Industry executives say they have closed in on a solution as to how to make advertising a viable revenue source for podcasting.
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Music may still be a big force in pop culture, but the music businessâs own comeback attempt is falling flat.
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LOS ANGELES - Record labels have consistently rebuffed calls by digital music executives to sell songs online without copy-protection restrictions. But now that the CEO of the predominant online music retailer has joined the chorus, will labels pay attention?
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Sony stops making copy-protected CDs, saying music fans have heeded its anti-piracy message.
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Nearly a year ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs boldly called for the music industry to abandon its practice of using digital rights management (DRM) software to protect its content.
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The dizzying array of file formats and anti-piracy options will hobble the burgeoning digital music business, says one of the developers behind the format that sparked the download revolution.
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Vivendi Chief Executive  Jean-Bernard Levy has no plans to spin off the music unit  Universal and he said on Saturday he believed the gloom  surrounding the industry had been over done.