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Music sales for 2008 ride digital coattails

RadioGlue — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:50:44 +0000

Digital music, long the bane of the music industry, may finally be something that record label executives can smile about. [MORE]

Source: cnet

Even if Royalties for Web Radio Fall, Revenue Remains Elusive

RadioGlue — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:44:00 +0000

After a 19-month battle over Internet radio royalties, a truce between record labels and webcasters is finally in sight that would allow Internet radio start-ups to eke out an existence for at least a little while longer. [MORE]

Source: New York Times

MySpace Music Signs IODA, Gains 6,000 Indie Labels And 50,000 Artists

RadioGlue — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:37:18 +0000

MySpace Music continues to sign key music deals – today they announced the addition of the no. 2 independent music aggregator, IODA, to the platform. Orchard, the no. 1 indie aggregator, has been on board since the launch. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

Rocking or reeling? Record labels adapt to a world of online music

RadioGlue — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:56:22 +0000

MySpace Music will allow users to listen to any song from the catalogs of the music giants for free. They will also be able to create playlists on their own page, and purchase tracks — all while consuming advertisements. [MORE]

Source: CNN

Music On microSD: I Can’t Believe The Labels Fell For This

RadioGlue — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:47:55 +0000

Forget buying an album on a USB stick, SanDisk just convinced the big labels to release (DRM free, thankfully) music on a 1 GB 15mm x 11mm x 1mm microSD card. And then they convinced Best Buy and Walmart to sell these things. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

The MySpace Music CEO Candidate Shortlist

RadioGlue — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:28:25 +0000

Get ready to start hearing a lot about MySpace Music, a huge joint venture project between MySpace and the big music labels. [MORE]