112 news & feature articles results for "emi group plc music retailer"

One of the most intense battles for the soul of the online music business may not involve Internet companies.

Posted by John Borland

While untried start-ups stampede the Net, veteran entertainment information company Muze is quietly reinventing itself to get a cut of the action.

Posted by Courtney Macavinta

CD shipments dipped 7 percent in the first six months of this year versus last year, a new study shows. The culprit? Internet downloading services, the record industry says.

Posted by null Reuters

Valley Media and Amplified.com announce they will merge in a move that could hasten the adoption of digital downloading as a means of commercial distribution.

Posted by Courtney Macavinta

AOL Time Warner and Bertelsmann are playing an entertaining game of reverse chicken with their Net music strategies. Evan Hansen wants to know who will have the guts to run in the opposite direction longer.

Posted by Evan Hansen

Labels say they are encouraged by the progress of services like Lala and YouTube but are frustrated by the performances of companies such as Imeem and SpiralFrog.

Posted by Greg Sandoval

Hot Topic, the alternative rock accessories and apparel store, launches a DRM-free music store to compete with iTunes and Amazon.

Posted by Don Reisinger

"SlotMusic," backed by four major music labels, is a record album sold on a compact memory card that can be immediately played on MicroSD-enabled phones.

Posted by Michelle Meyers

Here comes MySpace Music. Execs say some advertisers paid eight-figure sums to ally with service expected to launch this week. Can the service challenge iTunes?

Posted by Greg Sandoval

Despite the recording industry's fears of copyright violations on the Internet, a new study shows that online music fans would be willing to buy albums off the Web.

Posted by Jim Hu