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Universal Music Taps Amazon CreateSpace for On-Demand CDs

New York - Major record label Universal Music Group announced on Thursday that it will utilize Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) CreateSpace unit to release classic out-of-print CDs from...

Cricket Debuts Muve Unlimited Mobile Music Service

Las Vegas - Cricket, the budget wireless service operated by Leap Wireless, on Thursday announced the launch of Muve Music, its unlimited mobile music download service,...

Report: Spotify Signs U.S. Licensing Deal With Sony Music

Los Angeles - European streaming music service Spotify has finally signed a licensing deal for the U.S. with a major record label, Sony (NYSE:  SNE) Music,...

Liberty Media Files Copyright Suit Against File Host Hotfile, Users

*A correction was made to this story. Los Angeles - Liberty Media has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against online file-storage service Hotfile, in addition to...

Music Marketer FanBridge Gets $2 Million, Acquires Damntheradio

New York - FanBridge, a provider of digital marketing services for artists and bands, announced that it has officially closed its $2 million, first round of...

Beatles iTunes Sales Top 5 Million Songs, 500K Albums

Los Angeles - Over 5 million Beatles songs and over half a million full albums have been sold from Apple's iTunes Store since the tracks first...

CD Baby Expands Publishing Service to Authors With BookBaby

Portland, Ore. - CD Baby, a provider of CD and digital music distributions services for independent artists, has expanded its service with the launch of BookBaby,...

Universal, Sony Music Plan "On Air, On Sale" Policy for Singles

London - Major record labels Universal Music and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music plan to begin releasing singles for sale in the U.K. on the same day...

Nokia to Shutter Unlimited Music Service in 27 Countries

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced that it will discontinue a service that bundled digital music downloads with new phone purchases in 27 countries. Initially branded...

N.Y. Post: Spotify Close to Deal With Sony, Other Major Label

New York - Spotify, the European streaming music service that postponed an expected U.S. launch in 2011, is close to a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music,...