While MySpace was able to sign up the four Majors the independent labels were left out and are not happy.
There will be an “exodus” of music artists from MySpace over the website’s new music download service, a record label boss has warned.
Koch president Bob Frank said: “Our issue is not with the majors having equity, [...]

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iTunes could have a real competitor (finally).
MySpace will “give its roughly 120 million users free access to hundreds of thousands of songs from the world’s largest recording labels. the music can be played only on” internet connected computers and will have ads. You’ll also be able to purchase it from Amazon.com, which sells songs [...]

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Record Labels and Box stores have a new format they want to sell you. Sony, Universal, Warner, EMI and retailers Best Buy Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are set to announce the sale of “slotMusic,” microSD memory cards.
the new format is meant to address two intertwined trends. Most albums are still sold in a [...]

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I just read a review of Zune vs Nano/IPod.  This review included the following assessment of their respective “genius” tools that recommends other bands, a la Pandora:
Another highlight of the Nano’s makeover is the new “Genius” feature, which is meant to help you put playlists together by taking one song as a starting point and [...]

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Popcuts, which publicly launched its Web site in early August, charges users 99 cents per song. Thereafter, whenever someone else buys the same song, those who have already bought it get paid in credit that can be redeemed for more Popcuts music. The earlier you buy a song, the larger your cut of future sales.

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In the digital age of music sharing it may not seem like publishing rights are as important as before, but these rights may become more vital as creativity is easily shared over the net, music collaboration becomes ubiquitous and ownership tracking of such music is refined.
There are no clear answers here – every band in [...]

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