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Indie Labels Form Merlin Licensing Agency, Partner With Snocap

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 22, 2007 - 10:07am.

Cannes, France - A consortium of the world's independent record labels have joined to form Merlin, a new licensing agency that will release music from the labels that represent 30% of the world's music market to digital services.

tags: Licensing | Music | MySpace | Indie | Snocap | Midem | Merlin |

Flight 82 to Midem: What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

Authored by Ned Sherman on January 19, 2007 - 1:19pm.
For the last four years, I have been among the 200 or so who take Delta's overnight Thursday flight (Flight 82) from JFK to Nice, often referred to as the "Midem Shuttle", to join the thousands of industry leaders from around the world at the Midem Music Conference & Market in Cannes.  The passenger list for this 7 hour flight reads like a who's who list of music industry movers and shakers - top label execs mingling with artists, talent managers, the digirati and members of the press.  The scene is almost surreal and time goes by like a college road trip with a constant flow of networking, drinking and bantering that you would expect at a Grammy's after party.
tags: Music | Events | Long Tail | Chris Anderson | Ned Sherman | Midem | George Clinton |

Fraunhofer Institute Introduces Streaming MP3 Surround Sound Format

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 18, 2007 - 1:55pm.

Erlangen, Germany - The Fraunhofer Institute, developers of the MP3 format, on Thursday introduced a new MP3 streaming surround sound format for standalone Internet radios. The module allows 5.1 channel surround sound to be streamed to Web radio players. Fraunhofer said it will demonstrate a new WinAmp MP3 surround plug-in and a Flash-based radio application at the Midem music conference in Cannes, France.
tags: Music | Fraunhofer Institute | MP3 Surround | Midem |