Brick-and-mortar stores eye new music formats
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The music industry continues to  build bridges between the digital and physical world.
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Several artists are experimenting with offering new releases on USB devices packed with extras like videos and ringtones.
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Getty Images thinks it&#39;s time to  reinvent the commercial music licensing business.
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A new search engine launches Monday aimed at helping music lovers find tunes across a growing number of online music stores.
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After years of selling online music digitally wrapped with copy and playback restrictions designed to hinder piracy, major music labels are beginning to make some songs available in the unrestricted MP3 file format.
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CANNES, France  - Away from the headlines of job  losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music  industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales  and offset the decline in CDs.
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Ten thousand songs in your pocket. Millions of tunes on the Internet at your fingertips. And books on tape &#151; they're going down the path of vinyl records. Welcome to the new world of digital audio.
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Several new online services  have emerged with their own takes on digital music discovery.
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Radio broadcasters are considering  technology and business models that may soon allow listeners to  click, listen and buy the tunes they hear on their favorite  radio stations.
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Exasperated listeners weary of hearing the same songs over and over on the radio may have something to cheer about: a pair of innovative deals that could shake up the music playlists of some of the nation's largest radio-station chains.
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Users of HD Radio devices will soon be able to 'tag' songs they hear for later purchase using iTunes.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The music industry continues to build bridges between the digital and physical world.
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A new hybrid CD format that offers standard CD audio on one side and the enhanced media capabilities of a DVD on the other made its nationwide debut this week.
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Music fans will see more online options this year as the recording industry scrambles to develop new business models and find new sources of revenue to offset losses from plunging CD sales.
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While the major record companies continue to discount new releases, some labels are pushing tricked-out versions of big titles that carry their highest prices ever.
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Blog: Hollywood Records is scheduled to announce new format on Wednesday, one that weds physical music sales with digital element.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - With music specialty stores dying by the hundreds this year between the liquidation of Tower and Musicland, Nordstrom and Sears may be picking up some of the slack. Both retailers have added an entertainment cache to their stores by carrying CDs.