Curacao/MusicNet deal aims to boost digital sales
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It&#39;s no secret that U.S. Latins use the  Internet less than other segments of the population. And it&#39;s  no secret that digital sales of Latin music lag way behind the  physical.
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Universal Music, the world's number one seller of recorded music, has said it was set to become the world's top music publisher thanks to a 1.63-billion-euro (2.0-billion-dollar) deal to buy Bertelsmann's BMG Music Publishing unit.
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This past year marked the  beginning of a revolutionary experiment to sell and distribute  digital music to and from mobile phones. The stage is only just  being set, with the business models, pricing and marketing  issues still evolving.
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Sales of the clip outnumber those of the tune or the disc, giving a new boost to the artist.
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Sony Corp. next week will launch a marketing blitz in Europe for its new Connect music download store, its latest effort to derail the runaway momentum of Apple Computer's iTunes service.
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Arts & entertainment: Record industry to offer 25m tracks to download for free as big-name advertising funds new services
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The British music industry wants to help independent labels utilise the potential for download sales.
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The drive to develop legal peer-to-peer online music services, where consumers share songs over the internet, received a boost this week when three of the four major record
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Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service that aims to lure music fans away from rival
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Qtrax will feature tunes from major labels, protected by DRM and supported by ads.
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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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Wanadoo has signed a deal with U.S.-based digital media firm Loudeye  to bring its online music service to subscribers in the Netherlands and Spain, the Internet division of France Telecom  said on Tuesday.
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A new music service that allows  consumers to directly download an unlimited number of tracks to  their cell phones for a small weekly fee from wherever they are  will launch in Europe on Thursday.
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Vivendi's Universal Music, the world's   largest seller of recorded music, is vaulting to the top spot   in music publishing, too, after agreeing to buy BMG Music   Publishing for 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion).
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Music fans have been slow to buy music  on their mobile phones. So several companies have responded  with services that let users access from their phones music  that is stored on their computers.
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Sales of MP3 players are rocketing, fuelled by falling unit prices, integration of MP3 support into a wider range of devices and the creation of legal music download websites.
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Record companies' revenue from digital music sales rose 40 percent to $2.9 billion over the past year, but the growth is still failing to cover losses from collapse of international CD sales, the music industry's global trade body said Thursday.