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01/06/2009 09:43 AM
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Apple 'may end music play curbs' (BBC News)
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Speculation is mounting that Apple is close to a deal removing restrictions on how its downloaded music can be played.
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01/05/2009 10:56 PM
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Music marketers target female shoppers at home (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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With CD sales dropping fast, the music business is exploring nontraditional ways to expose consumers to recording artists. Among the new sales and marketing vehicles are Tara Leigh Music Party and musicShop.
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01/05/2009 10:55 PM
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Music industry eases tactics in fighting piracy (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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The Recording Industry Association of America's decision not to pursue new lawsuits against online file-sharers marks a fundamental shift in the music business's battle against piracy, from one focused on enforcement to one emphasizing education.
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01/05/2009 09:30 PM
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Hyundai Super Bowl ad to feature music by Yo-Yo Ma (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Hyundai Motor Co. will use music by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a Super Bowl XLIII television commercial that consumers can re-edit online, Billboard has learned.
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01/05/2009 08:14 PM
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Sources: Apple to expand DRM-free music, pricing (CNET)
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Moving further away from its one-price-fits-all model, the company will allow top four music labels more price flexibility.
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01/06/2009 09:05 AM
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by our resident music industry philosopher Kyle Balin (All About Jazz)
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The African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child," was used on Hypebot by Bruce as a reality check for Music 2.0. Black Stone Cherry adds onto those famous words of wisdom in their song 'You' by saying, “It takes an army to march a mile."
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01/06/2009 09:40 AM
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Beatles music online at last (PC Advisor)
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Apple couldn't, Norwegians would After years of legal squabbles with digital download services such as Apple's iTunes, the music of The Beatles can now be legally downloaded.
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01/06/2009 08:16 AM
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CSU music student to perform in Obama’s inauguration parade (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
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Columbus State University music student Christopher Johns won’t be watching the presidential inaugural parade from the sidelines — he’ll be marching in it.
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01/06/2009 06:25 AM
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Pattinson's music ambitions (world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
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Twilight star Robert Pattinson isn't worried if offers of acting jobs dry up - he'd happily turn his hand to a career in music.
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01/06/2009 05:08 AM
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Analyst: Music labels must get over their CD fixation (Guardian Unlimited)
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Will 2008 be the last big Christmas for CDs? Analysts Gartner think so, saying the music industry must away from its dependence on revenues from CDs and invest in online distribution networks. "Music labels should instead emphasise 'digital first,' making all new releases and catalogue issues via digital services and moving CDs to an on-demand publishing mode," said Mike McGuire , ...
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