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December 21, 2011
U.S. Trade Focuses On Other Piracy Providers
While BAIDU, CHINA’s biggest Internet search engine, was taken off a list of "notorious markets" that fuels piracy and counterfeiting of intellectual property after it agreed to pay content providers, a new U.S. Trade report cited other … more »
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November 17, 2011
Google Introduces 'Google Music'
It's finally here. GOOGLE has rolled out its competitor to APPLE's iTUNES, and introduced a music service YESTERDAY (11/16) that lets people buy songs through their ANDROID devices. GOOGLE MUSIC rolls out with deals in place with UNIVERSAL MUSIC, SONY … more »
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November 17, 2011
Report: Cumulus Unit AR Broadcasting Files For Prepackaged Bankruptcy
CUMULUS MEDIA unit AR BROADCASTING HOLDINGS, INC. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reports BLOOMBERG. The filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in DELAWARE says that the unit owes under 1,000 creditors an aggregate $100 million and has assets worth $10-50 … more »
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November 16, 2011
Report: Google Music Has A Deal With Sony
On MONDAY (NET NEWS 11/14), ALL ACCESS reported GOOGLE was ready to finally launch its music service -- but they were expected to do it without WARNER MUSIC and SONY to start -- having only signed a deal with UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP. GOOGLE sent … more »
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November 15, 2011
Is There A Rebound Happening In Music Sales?
Might it be a MERRY CHRISTMAS in the boardroom of record companies? Maybe -- if what BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK reports keeps happening -- "Music lovers are doing something they haven't done in years: They're buying more albums. The number of … more »
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October 27, 2011
Warner Music Emerges As Most Likely To Buy EMI
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP has dropped out of the auction for EMI, reports REUTERS, quoting a source familiar with the situation. "UNIVERSAL had been primarily interested in the recorded music division at EMI, which has artists such as COLDPLAY and KATY … more »
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October 19, 2011
AOL Radio Cuts Number Of Commercials To Compete With Pandora
AOL's online radio service is relaunching TODAY (10/19), now powered by SLACKER, with half the number of commercials as it ran before, targeting PANDORA for listeners. BUSINESSWEEK.COM reports, "The company will insert about three minutes of … more »
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August 31, 2011
EMI Sale Enters Second Round Of Bidding
The second round of bids for EMI GROUP LTD. are due next week, the WALL STREET JOURNAL reports. CITIGROUP INC. received first-round preliminary bids from around 10 potential buyers, both trade and financial, in JUNE. Several buyers are expected to submit … more »
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June 22, 2011
RIAA Drops $2.1 Million Lobbying Congress
The RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (RIAA) spent $2.1 million in the first quarter to lobby the federal government, reports BUSINESSWEEK.COM. The money was spent "on protecting intellectual property rights in various countries and on a … more »
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March 29, 2011
Magazine Profiles Southern California Public Radio's Expansion Plans
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO's expansion plans are profiled in a story by BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK, which quotes SCBR board Chairman GORDON CRAWFORD as saying the board hopes to buy stations to increase the reach of the company from 14 million to 25 … more »