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WaTunes to Shutter Digital Music Distribution Services
Detroit
- Social music service WaTunes announced on Monday that it will phase out its
digital distribution services for independent artists and record labels. The
company said...
ReverbNation Expands Flat-fee Music Distribution Service
New York
- ReverbNation, the provider of a marketing platform used by artists, labels,
managers and venues, on Monday announced that it has added a batch...
Thumbplay Music Enters Public Beta for BlackBerry
New York - Mobile
entertainment distributor Thumpblay on Monday announced the launch of its
Thumbplay Music service in public beta in the U.S. The company said...
EU Seeks Publication of Draft of Anti-Piracy Treaty
Brussels - The European Union
on Monday called on the U.S.
and other countries participating in the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
Agreement (ACTA) to publish a draft of...
Report: EMI in Talks to License Catalog for $600 Million
London
- Major record label EMI is in negotiations to effectively "pawn" its
back catalog to other labels for around $600 million for a five-year period,...
eMusic Debuts Rewards Program to Boost Subscriber Value
Austin
- Digital music service eMusic this week introduced a new A+R Access + Rewards
program, which it says will provide subscribers to its service with...
DMW Exclusive: Gene Simmons' NGTV Files for Bankruptcy
Los Angeles - Online celebrity news and entertainment site No Good TV (NGTV), backed by entertainment industry veterans including company chairman Gene Simmons, also...
Pandora Accounts for 44% of All Internet Radio Royalties
Austin
- Streaming music service Pandora last year paid out over $28 million in
royalties to SoundExchange, which distributes digital music royalties to labels
and artists, Digital...
The Orchard Offers Digital Music Sales Analytics Tool
New York
- The Orchard (NASD: ORCD), a digital distributor of music and video, on Thursday launched a
new analytics tool, giving artists and labels using its...
Universal Music to Test $6-$10 CD Pricing on New Releases
New York
- Major record label Universal Music Group plans to test a new pricing scheme
for CDs this year that will see discs priced between...
