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SonyBMG Signs on with Project Playlist

December 23, 2008

Project Playlist, who late last week had its widget banned from MySpace at the request of “major music companies", today announced an agreement with SONY BMG for both audio and video. A least one other label is rumored to be close to deals as well. Prior to the MySpace takedown, Project Playlist's web site ...

An Ode to Magazines Who Left Us in 2008

December 23, 2008

Warner Music Pulls All Content from Youtube

December 22, 2008

Unable to renegotiate the share of ad revenue it sought,  Warner Music Group has pulled all of its content from YouTube. Affected are thousands of songs and artists from WMG's extensive recording catalog, as well as, those published by Warner/Chappell Music who may not record for the company. “We are working actively to find a resolution ...

Labels Force Content off Youtube and Myspace

December 22, 2008

DEVELOPING STORIES: Over what should have been a slow pre-holiday weekend two stories broke that again put the major labels at odds with several major Music 2.0 companies. Here are links to our updated coverage: Unable to get the revenue share is sought, Warner ...

MySpace Pulls Project Playlist After Label Threats

December 21, 2008

Facebook Holds Firm For Now... MySpace pulled all Project Playlist widgets from its site yesterday. The move apparently came after MySpace received notices from several “major music companies" demanding that the popular playlist sharing widget be removed. “MySpace has received notices of infringement about Project Playlist at different times from several of the major music companies ...

Youtube Telling Labels Not to Count on Big Checks

December 21, 2008

Just yesterday I wrote about Universal earning an estimated $100 million in 2008 from online music videos. The other major labels are getting big checks too with 80% of the money coming from YouTube. Now comes word that YouTube is already in negotiations with the four major label groups and telling them not to count on ...

Music Sales Drop 2% Q3 Despite Digital Growth

December 20, 2008

Overall demand for music among U.S. internet users fell 2% in Q3 of 2008 according to a new NPD survey which included purchased CDs and downloads, P2P sites, and borrowing music to rip. It's not clear if the numbers are just a blip or within some margin or error, but they certainly can't be spun as ...

Youtube Turning into Major Label Revenue Stream

December 20, 2008

Recent surveys have shown YouTube's growing influence as a place for music discovery, but now its becoming a significant source of  revenue as well. No one is releasing hard numbers, but at least one major label, Universal, admits that payments from YouTube now measure in the “tens of millions of dollars" and will top $100 million ...

Annual Digital Music Track Sales Top 1 Billion In '08

December 19, 2008

Indie Labels Unite to Fight New York Download Tax

December 19, 2008

The president of indie label trade group The American Association For Independent Music (A2IM) issued  this statement today arguing against New York state's proposed tax on digital music sales: “The A2IM board and members of our community are very concerned about the effect this tax would have on all members of the music community. ...