McCartney to debut new songs live on iTunes stream (AP)
Music reseller ReDigi will remain up and running — for now (Digital Trends) Digital Trends - ReDigi lives to see another day. The digital music reseller site has been facing a copyright lawsuit from Capitol Records, which alleged that ReDigi was copying music it held the rights to and reselling it. ReDigi denied those claims, saying it made no copies and even built its software to identify and reject any pirated music that...... The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store (AP)
Pandora vs. Spotify: Who Will Win the Battle for Streaming Music? (Mashable) Mashable - Matthew Bryan Beck is an NYC-based singer-songwriter, producer, editor, graphic designer and photographer. He writes the tech/social media blog Sludgr. Follow him on Twitter and Subscribe on Facebook. Once upon a time, the future of streaming music rested squarely on the shoulders of Pandora Radio. CEO: Vevo made $150 million in revenue last year (AP) AP - Vevo, the online music video service launched by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in late 2009, pulled in $150 million in revenue last year, chief executive Rio Caraeff revealed on Tuesday. Ukraine shutters top file-sharing site (Digital Trends) Digital Trends - In the wake of the takedown of file-sharing site MegaUpload (and the ripple effect to sites like FileSonic and Uploaded.to), another popular file-sharing site has gone dark. Ukrainian police today shut down the country’s most popular file sharing site, Ex.ua, on grounds that it was illegally distributing copyrighted material, inc...... Bronfman: UMG, Sony purchase of EMI 'dangerous' (AP) AP - Outgoing Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. says the proposed purchase of British recording company EMI by recording rivals Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV is "dangerous" and must be stopped by regulators. Neil Young building digital music device for downloading (Reuters) Reuters - Neil Young said Tuesday that he is picking up where Steve Jobs left off, working on a device that can offer digital music without sacrificing quality as iTunes, Amazon and others have done. Vevo Made $150 Million Last Year (Mashable) Mashable - Vevo generated $150 million in revenue last year, President and CEO Rio D. Caraeff revealed at AllThingsD's media conference on Tuesday. The two-year-old music video platform, a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Abu Dhabi Media, has paid out $100 million to content owners over the past two years, h...... You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AP - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra officials insist it's not "American Idol" meets Mozart.
AP - Paul McCartney will debut the songs from his new album "Kisses on the Bottom" in a free live streaming performance on iTunes.
AP - iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending Feb. 6, 2012: