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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...

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, MySpace and the Story of Jay Park (AKA...

Los Angeles - If you pay any attention to Asian Entertainment news, you can't miss  the story on Asian pop star Jay Park (AKA...

YouTube Offers Indie Musicians a Share of Ad Dollars

San Bruno, Calif. - Google's (NASD:  GOOG) YouTube has launched a new program for independent artists looking to make advertising dollars from their music videos and live...

Report: Mobile Apps to Outsell CDs by 2012

San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile apps will outsell CDs by 2012, according to a new study conducted by Chetan Sharma Consulting on behalf of mobile applications...

MOG Music Service Coming to iPhone, Android

Austin - MOG, the operator of a network of user-penned music blogs and a digital music subscription service, on Monday introduced new mobile versions of its...