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Atlantic Becomes First Major Label To See Digital Sales Surpass CDs

New York Times | TIM ARANGO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Music Sales, CD Sales, Atlantic Records, Music Industry, Atlantic Records Sales, Music Sales, Business News

Under pressure from Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, the American International Group said Tuesday that it would pay its chief executive,...

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Court To Record Labels: Your "Rules" About Reselling Promotional CDs Are Bogus

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal District Court, Promotional CDs, Busta Rhymes, CD Sales, Independent Record Stores, Trey Augusto, Nycd, Warner Music Group, Major Record Companies, Mariah Carey, Universal Music Group, Sal Nunziato, First Sale Doctrine, Ebay, Record Stores, Business News
Tony Sachs

If record companies really expect these people to not sell their freebies online or to used record stores, then they're even stupider than they seem.

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Half Of All Teens Refuse To Buy CDs

Los Angeles Times | Michelle Quinn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Compact Discs, Wal-Mart, Apple, CD Sales, iTunes Music, Cds, Music Industry, Music Seller, Itunes, Digital Downloads, Best Buy, Business News

Nearly half of all teenagers bought no compact discs in 2007, accelerating the music industry's painful transition from CDs to digital downloads, acco...

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Report: EMI Set To Slash 2,000 Jobs

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terra Firma, Guy Hands, Emi, Job Cuts, CD Sales, EMI Layoffs, Business News

British newspapers say the state-of-the-company speech EMI's Guy Hands has planned for Tuesday will include jobs cuts, after all. A lot of job cuts: H...

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