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Are Apple and Major Labels Planning a CD-Like 'Audio Upgrade' Campaign?
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Remember all of the money you spent - and the record labels made - when upgraded your record and tape collection to “superior sounding" CDs? Former label chief and Jimmy Iovine certainly does; and I'm hearing persistent talk that he's close to selling a similar audio upgrade campaign to Tim Cook and his new bosses at Apple. Iovine and his Beats colleagues have long been critics of the audio quality delivered by traditional mp3's. They set out to fix it with ...
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Three Things About Streaming Music the Industry Needs to Figure Out
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By Mark Mulligan from Music Industry Blog. I spent a couple of days last week in Barcelona for the annual Future Music Forum, which is developing into an important date on the music conference circuit. Later this week I will post some of the highlights of my opening address but first I am going to spend some time developing some of the white hot issues surrounding streaming that were raised at the conference. In a really strong field, two speakers ...
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Iranians Sentenced to Jail and Lashing for Dancing to Pharrell's "Happy"
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Seven young Iranians who recorded a video of themselves dancing to Pharrell Williams' “Happy" have been sentenced to suspended jail terms and lashing. According to the Associated Press, Lawyer Farshid Rofugaran said his clients received suspended sentences of six months in jail and 91 lashes each after their video was deemed to be “indecent." One of the defendants was also charged with possessing alcohol. “My clients did act in a video and their actions are contrary to religious requirements but are ...
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Blue Note Records Welcomes Jamie Cullum to the Family
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Michael Ricci
Blue Note Records Welcomes Jamie Cullum to the Family Special NYC shows September 29 to preview his upcoming album INTERLUDE Also opening for Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden Blue Note Records is proud to announce that they’ll be the new US home of British jazz star Jamie Cullum and all will have a chance to celebrate together as Blue Note welcomes the celebrated song-writer and musician to New York, where he will give a special sneak preview to his ...
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Watch David Letterman Mock the Eagles for Refusing to License Their Music
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The "Me" Generation: Why Music Curation Isn't the Answer
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By Michael E. Spinelli, founder of Eventsnype. In a recent interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook dubbed Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre “creative geniuses.” The justification CEO Tim Cook gave for acquiring Beats for $3 billion was the recognition that “human curation was important in the subscription service – that the sequencing of songs that you listen to affect how you feel.” [1] Given the questionable activity level of Beats’ record amount of users and the leaked royalty statements ...
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U2 Working with Apple on "New Digital Music Format" That Assures Artists Get Paid Again
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U2 is working with Apple to create a new digital music format that would assure that songwriters and artists get paid for creating music. Their plans “might just save the music industry," according to a preview of a Time Magazine cover story posted online Thursday morning. Time reporter Catherine Mayer spent the last week with the band, including travelling to Cupertino for their Apple album giveaway and performance. But that's just the start of what they have planned, according to ...
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Bop.FM Tipping Point: Pandora, Xbox Music, Rhapsody and Napster Added
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Bop.fm specializes in “service-agnostic playlists" allowing you to send a song link to a friend who can listen to it without having the same music service subscriptions that you have. Starting out as a somewhat better variation on overlapping trends, Bop.fm has steadily added key music streaming services from Spotify to Deezer. Now they're covering most of the possibilities with the addition of Pandora as well as Xbox Music, Rhapsody and Napster. Bop.fm - The “Switzerland of Digital Music" Bop.fm ...
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