From the Idol to the Bizzare
Posted Thursday January 18, 2007, 6:49 am, Over one day old
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Filed under: News, New Artists, Must Hear January will play host to some rather well anticipated album releases, including new music from The Shins, Of Montreal, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and an iTunes exclusive EP from Yo La Tengo.
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Filed under: News, Napster Microsoft's decision to abandon PlaysForSure by not including it in the newly minted Zune hasn't been the death nail many expected. Napster, a PlaysForSure partner who's recently been looking for a new owner, is still managing to rake in subscribers, and grow revenue.
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Music The grapevine says some at CES are being told Microsoft will no longer develop PlaysForSure, its proprietary DRM system, a move Microsoft swore up and down it would never make when the company failed to include PlaysForSure support in the Zune line.
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Lomax writes, "Looking back over the past 45 years, it is now plain that the move from vinyl to CD was not the bold step forward we were told it would be. Their visual appeal was almost always minimal and yet they took up what now seems like a lot of shelf space."
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Filed under: News Does anyone remember that, just one year ago, XM was kicking Sirius all over the playground? I do, and it's been amazing to watch Mel Karmazin carve and hone Sirius into a well-oiled machine which, as of 2006 year end is in the black, with its first positive cash flow ever.
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Filed under: News, DRM There are rumors flying that one of the big four is set to release a significant portion of their catalog in DRM-free mp3 format, which means that somewhere in label-land, someone finally managed to get their medication all straightened out.
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Filed under: News, Music The FCC isn't quite as aggressive as Eliot Spitzer and, as a result, radio may well end up walking away essentially unscathed by the payola probe started by New York's pro-active attorney general.
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Filed under: News, BPI Having followed the digital music scene for years, I think I can say without any disclaimer that if you're looking for the most evil among the RIAA, BPI and IFPI, you really can't go wrong with the Brits.
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While the nay-sayers are forecasting the demise of the music business (once again), Coolfer shows us that optimisim may be the better track, "Last week, digital track sales totaled over 21 million, a 29% drop from the previous week but still 61% higher than the same week in 2006.
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