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Thursday’s Music Brief: Merger News, Sony’s Woes, Fat Possum Scores & More

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  • Sony Music News:
    • Could Sony be the first major to re-sign with YouTube? (paidContent)
    • Sony Music's woes extend to digital sales. (CNet)
  • Borders to shrink CD and DVD shelf space by 70%. (Billboard)
  • Apple is rumored to be launching a "from anywhere" streaming service for purchased video. (ars) Could music streaming be next?
  • John Wesley Harding follows Trent Reznor's lead and offers fans choices on the new release from $15.98 – $5000. (Boing Boing) Missing are the free and $5 options that attract new and more casual fans.
  • Indie Fat Possum Records has licensed the entire Hi Records catalog, including Al Green's 1972 album "Let's Stay Together" and several of his greatest hits compilations. (Billboard) It's great to see a small label score a coup like this.
  • Vibe Magazine reduces circulation, frequency; staff gets pay cuts, 4 day workweek. (Ad Age)
  • eMusic has paid out about $100,000 to unsigned bands over the past year, as part of its eMusic Selects A&R initiative. (DMW)
  • SXSW adds the Oak Ridge Boys, Little Steven and more bands. So much for cutting edge programming….

  • A profile of Rounder Records who are getting a lot of attention since
    their Plant Krauss album won both Album and Record Of The Year Grammys.
    (Boston Globe) Software body slams uk.gov's 'special treatment' of music biz. (Register)
  • "Live from the Artists Den," a new music series featuring artists performing in extraordinary settings will be airing nationwide on public television beginning February 2009 will also air on MSN Music during the first run of the episodes. (press release)
  • EU streaming service Spotify (which I've tried and LOVE) is coming under label pressure. (AFP)

    • Bruce Houghton on 02/12/2009 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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