Music Business Dealings
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Radiohead has signed with iTunes to allow its latest album to be downloaded from the online music store, Agence France-Presse reported. The band was one of the few major acts not to have its songs on the service. In October Radiohead left the EMI record company after its contract expired. The band made its new album, âIn Rainbows,â above, available on its Web site, radiohead.com, asking fans to pay whatever they thought it was worth. Radiohead has not said how many times the album was downloaded or the average price paid. ... The concert producer Live Nation said it had reached a two-year deal with the Jonas Brothers band, under which that New Jersey group would play more than 140 concerts around the world, starting in Tucson on Jan. 31, Reuters reported. In October Live Nation lured Madonna from Warner Brothers with a multi-album touring and merchandising partnership.
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New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who has confronted the financial services industry over its business practices, is now turning his attention on the record industry&#39;s influence over the public airwaves, the New York
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In a bold move to pave the way for more widespread licensing of music publishing rights, EMI Music Publishing and Sony BMG Music Entertainment have entered an umbrella
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Say what you want about the recording industry&#39;s take-no-prisoners approach to combating online piracy. At least when the music czars go after someone, they target persons suspected of trading
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The music industry continues to  build bridges between the digital and physical world.
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Blog: Warner Music has reached a settlement with music-sharing service Imeem. Could legal music-sharing services finally be poised to take off?
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Eliot Spitzer, fresh from rocking the insurance industry, has now asked the music business to uncover the secrets behind how radio stations decide what records they play.
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, fresh from taking on the mutual fund and insurance industries, has cast his prosecutor&#39;s eye on the music industry, reportedly serving subpoenas
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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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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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New York's attorney general aims at the shady practice of payola in the music industry.
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The Beatles, trading as Apple Corp, won&#39;t let it be when it comes to Apple Computer&#39;s forays into the music business. Photo: Getty Images.
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Music publishers and U.S. commercial radio station owners said on Monday they had agreed to a new $1.7 billion deal to cover licensing rights for music played over radio airwaves or via radio station Web sites.
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In the latest proof that the label is at least testing DRM-free music sales, consumers can buy gift cards from physical stores and redeem digital albums online. The bad news is that the music is also "anonymously watermarked."
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The settlement between Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the states of California and Texas also includes free albums for affected consumers. In Listening Post.
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The music industry's trying to use the current legal system to get around decisions made by legal systems past, says InfoWorld's Robert X. Cringeley. The upshot? We're all thieves -- yes, you too.
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The label thinks about selling its downloads without restrictions.