Music industry betting on &#39;ringle&#39; format
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As the recording industry wakes up  from its summer slumber and starts thinking about what will  motivate the consumer for the holiday selling season, the major  labels are getting ready to launch the &quot;ringle,&quot; which combines  the mostly defunct single format with ringtones.
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Scads of music services are making a power play for your digital dollars. We shine a light into the murk and pick out the gems. By Mathew Honan from Wired Test.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - 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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So are live promoters the new pigopolists? As some of the biggest figures in the music business weighed in on the future of music this week, there were very mixed views on its future.â¦
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The U.S. music industry is becoming  more open-minded about working with online music stores from  the tiniest start-up to Amazon.com, hoping to boost digital  music sales and erode the dominance of Apple Inc&#39;s iTunes.
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Music download sewvice Napster will try to claim a piece of the growing market for mobile phone ringtones through a partnership with Dwango Wireless, which specializes in wireless content.
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Record labels are looking to digital sales as a first step on the road to the larger music marketplace after years of infighting over how to sell music online.
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A new weekly music television show that will showcase charts for mobile phone ringtones and music downloads is to be aired on ITV1 in a sign of the growing influence of both the mobile phone and the internet on music sales.
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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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The music industry has long hoped  mobile phones will help turn around weak music sales, but music  executives privately fear the most obvious contender, the  iPhone, may give too much clout to Apple Inc., in shaping the  future of the fledgling mobile music market.
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In the latest sign of growing business opportunities for music companies in the North American cell phone market, Universal Music Group is launching a division dedicated to mobile entertainment in the United States, Billboard has learned.
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Rock bands have long prospered by living - and selling - images of hard living and brash poses. But sex, drugs and rock &#39;n&#39; roll are no longer enough. The definition of cool for some acts now includes mobile phone ringtones.
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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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The music industry is using alternative routes to get new music heard, such as music blogs and 'viral marketing.'
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Arts & entertainment: US government looks into record labels' proposals to offer unlimited music for mobile devices for a flat fee
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The music industry, searching for  ever-expanding ways to promote acts and generate new revenue  streams, is getting increasingly creative in its use of mobile  technology.
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Napster on Thursday said it&#39;s testing a monthly subscription service that would let customers download an unlimited number of songs and play them on portable music devices