Indies at war over music mega merger
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Merlin waves magic wand Independent labels are in a public row over whether to back Warner Music's bid for ailing British major EMI. The merger would see the 'Big Four' consolidate into a Big Three.â¦
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Music industry giants have agreed on a deal that aims to boost developement of new music distribution methods in the US and Canada.
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The planned $13 billion merger of the nationâs two satellite radio services, Sirius and XM, is sure to raise antitrust issues.
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Supercross is shaping up to be the latest battleground in the fight over media consolidation.
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A price war in the online music market began yesterday when RealNetworks began an aggressive campaign to challenge industry leader Apple.
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The music industry has taken its battle with peer to peer networking down under. The Australian subsidiaries of the major record labels, including Universal, EMI, Sony BMG, Warner and 25 others are suing Sharman
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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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Three major record labels have inked a deal with a peer-to-peer company to bring paid song downloads to music fans, apparently supporting a technology that the industry has tried to stifle in the past.
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There's a war brewing in the music world. And it's a war that can only do good.
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Blog: Music industry group that collects royalty payments has offered a compromise, but it's unclear whether it will go far enough to please disgruntled Webcasters.
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Microsoft's efforts to loosen up access to closely held music owned by record labels has an unintended consequence: It punishes artists who want to share. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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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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Handset-to-handset fighting Whenever a single monolithic company has launched against the globe spanning iTunes, Apple has been able to move the goalposts and push further and further towards a monopolistic market share of online music, but this week a genuine challenge has emerged, one that we are certain will dent the success of Apple, and we suspect that it will be reflected in the companyâs share price before too long.â¦
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Independent record companies said Wednesday they have decided to file a court challenge to the merger of Sony Music and BMG, the music unit of Germany&#39;s Bertelsmann.
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The planned merger of the nationâs two largest satellite radio services, XM and Sirius, raises questions about antitrust issues.
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The BRITISH PHONOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY (BPI) announced yesterday (October 7) that they are taking legal action against 28 UK file sharers, kicking off a rolling programme of legal action against &quot;major uploaders&quot; - and NME wants to know what you think about
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The corporate pair that launched the iPhone shares much in common. They also have plenty of conflicts as they push competing digital music businesses.