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Breaking Digital Music NewsMichael Jackson Breaks Digital Song Sales RecordsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:50am.
 Los Angeles
- Michael Jackson has sold a record 2.6 million digital songs in one week, up
from 48,000 a week ago, according to sales data compiled by SoundScan. The feat
makes Jackson the first artist to sell over a million downloads in a single
week.
MCS Music Files Copyright Suit Against Yahoo, Microsoft, RealAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:24am.
 Nashville, Tenn. - MCS Music America,
a company that provides administration and manages copyrights for some 45,000
music tracks, has filed copyright infringement claims against Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), Microsoft (NASD: MSFT)
and RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), alleging the companies did not obtain all the proper
permissions for using its tracks on their service, Techdirt reported. On its
website, MCS Music America
says it administers copyrights for artists including Elvis Presley, Tina
Turner, Mariah Carey, Metallica and Moby, among others.
RIAA Wins Copyright Judgment Against Usenet.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 6:00am.
 Los Angeles
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Wednesday
that a federal court has ruled in its favor in a copyright infringement lawsuit
it filed against Usenet.com. According to CNET's coverage, U.S. District Judge
Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York found Usenet.com -- which
offers access to the twenty-year-old Usenet network -- guilty of direct,
contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.
Pandora Comments on New Submission RequirementAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:27am.
San Francisco
- Tim Westergren, founder and CEO of streaming music service Pandora, has
responded to complaints about the company's new requirement that independent
artists first list a CD for sale on Amazon before they are eligible for play on
Pandora, Hypebot reports. Westergren chalked the move up to three reasons:
"user experience, improving the metadata, and managing submissions."
"We are huge believers in not discriminating against aspiring/emerging
artists -- 70% of the 75,000 artists in our collection are not on a major
label," Westergren told Hypebot. "All we're asking of artists is to
make great music, and have it available for easy purchase for Pandora's
audience."
Sony Music, RED in Talks With IODA for Distribution, MarketingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:25am.
Los Angeles
- Major record label Sony Music Entertainment and its RED Distribution arm are
in talks to partner with IODA, a provider of digital distribution services for
independent artists, Digital Music News reported. The proposed deal reportedly
centers on use of IODA's Rightsholder Dashboard, an online tool that artists,
managers and labels can use to track sales and related data.
Hype Machine Outs Bands it Thinks Manipulated ChartsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:22am.
Los Angeles
- Hype Machine, an aggregator of music based on coverage and buzz generated on
blogs, has made changes to its chart of popular songs after it found allege
manipulation of some of the placements. The company found that multiple fake
accounts had been created whose only actions were to favorite a single band's
songs, upping their ranking. Hype Machine also went as far as to name the bands
"who (or their managers, promoters, interns, determined fans, there is no
way to ultimately know) we believe have attempted to manipulate the charts on
the Hype Machine."
Lime Wire Store to Stock CD Baby Digital CatalogAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:20am.
New York
- Lime Wire, a provider of peer-to-peer file-sharing software and an online
media store, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with online CD
retailer CD Baby. Under the deal, the LimeWire Store will now sell CD Baby's
digital catalog, boosting its library to over 3.5 million songs. CD Baby offers
recordings from over 240,000 artists.
Insider Trading Probe Launched on Pirate Bay BuyerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 8:24am.
Stockholm, Sweden - An investigation has been launched into suspected insider trading
of shares in Sweden-based Global Gaming Factory, following irregular volume was
seen a week before the company acquired file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay for
$7.8 million, TorrentFreak reported.
tags: Deals | Law | Music | Movies | Acquisitions | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | Global Gaming Factory |
Report: iPhone App Developers Have Raised $100M to DateAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:37am.
Los Angeles
- Start-up companies focusing on developing applications for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone
have raised $102.49 million in venture capital over the past two years, according
to data compiled by the blog ChubbyBrain.
tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Apple | Investments | iPhone | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | iFund |
Pandora Requires Indie Artists to Have CDs Listed on AmazonAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 8:35am.
San Francisco
- Streaming radio service Pandora is now requiring independent artists to stock
a physical CD for sale at Amazon.com before adding their songs to the service,
Hypebot reported. Submissions must be available as a physical CD, and include
cover art and a UPC code, in part due to a deal to display album art on Pandora
via Amazon's servers. Artists are also encouraged to joint the Amazon Advantage
Program, which costs $29.95 per year and gives Amazon a 55% cut of profits from
CD sales.
Will Pirate Bay Be Successful As A Legit Music Downloading Service?Authored by Jay Baage on June 30, 2009 - 6:59am.
Report: Jammie Thomas-Rasset Rejects RIAA Settlement OfferAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 6:10am.
Los Angeles
- Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the woman recently found guilty of copyright
infringement on a file-sharing network and ordered to pay $1.9 million in damages,
has rejected a settlement offer from the record labels, CNET News.com reported.
The Pirate Bay Acquired for $7.8 Million; Will Go LegitAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 5:11am.
 Stockholm, Sweden - Swedish software firm Global Gaming
Factory (GGF) announced on Tuesday that it has paid $7.8 million to acquire
notorious file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, and will turn the site into a
legitimate business that compensates copyright holders. Under the term, the
operators of The Pirate Bay -- who were recently found guilty of copyright infringement,
sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay fines totaling $3.9 million --
will receive half of the payment in cash and half in GGF shares.
tags: Deals | P2P | TV | Music | Movies | Sweden | Acquisitions | Copyright | BitTorrent | The Pirate Bay | Global Gaming Factory | Peerialism |
Sirius XM Debuts Michael Jackson Tribute ChannelAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 10:58am.
New York
- Sirius XM (NASD: SIRI), the satellite radio firm with major operations in DC, on Saturday
launched The Michael Jackson Tribute Channel, honoring the pop music icon who
died last week. The limited-run channel, featuring Jackson's music, as well as interviews and
stories from other artists, will air through midnight Monday on Sirius channel
51 and XM channel 62.
RIAA P2P Case Tally in Court Brief Differs With EstimatesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 10:49am.
Boston
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said in court documents
filed this month that it had settled with 4,000 of the 18,000 people it
contacted about their alleged infringements on file-sharing networks, although
other estimates peg the total number of proceedings at nearly double that
figure, Digital Music News reported.
Apple: CEO Steve Jobs Back at WorkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 7:51am.
San Francisco - After a five-month
medical leave of absence, during which he underwent a successful liver
transplant, Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs has officially returned to work at the
company's headquarters in Cupertino,
California, The New York Times
reported.
tags: Apple | Steve Jobs |
Sirius XM Passing Music Royalty Rate Hike on to SubscribersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 10:32am.
New York - Sirius XM (NASD: SIRI) plans
to pass on higher royalty rates it has to pay to broadcast music to its
subscribers in the U.S.,
in the form of a $1.98 per month fee increase for primary subscriptions and
$0.97 per month fee for multi-receiver subscriptions, SiriusXMNews reported.
Apple Sued Over iTunes Gift Cards, Price Hike to $1.29 SongsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 8:39am.
San Francisco - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has been sued for
breach of contract and consumer fraud by two Illinois residents, who claim the company
misled them by marketing its gift cards for the iTunes Store as redeemable for
99-cent songs, when in fact some songs now cost $1.29 each, CNET News.com
reported.
Death of Michael Jackson Spikes News Traffic, Music SalesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 8:07am.
San Mateo,
Calif. - As news spread about
Michael Jackson's death on Thursday, fans and curiosity seekers inundated the
Internet for information, slowing several major news sites to a crawl,
according to website performance measurement firm Keynote Systems. The firm said
that during the early evening hours, sites including ABC, CBS, the L.A. Times
and AOL became nearly unavailable (down to nearly 10% availability).
tags: Music | News | Publishing | Wikipedia | Amazon.com | TMZ.com | iTunes Store | Twitter | Michael Jackson |
Apple Increases Stake in U.K. Chipmaker ImaginationAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 7:27am.
Hertfordshire,
England - Radio
chipmaker Imagination Technologies Group has announced that Apple (NASD: AAPL) has nearly
tripled its stake in the company, purchasing 2.2 million new shares for about
$5.2 million.
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